A basic Kiwi track is getting a little bit of a revival because of a charity referred to as Stepup Taranaki.
Eighties hit ‘Poi E’ is the theme tune to what could possibly be the world’s largest ever choreographed video.
Greater than 200 bikers lined a road in Taranaki yesterday to do their bit for charity.
It’s going to be only one scene in an enormous dance video resulting from be launched later this yr, to the tune of an area favorite.
“The track ‘Poi E’ was synonymous with the venture,” says Stepup Taranaki chairman Sam Bennett.
“What we needed was one thing that was iconic, that spoke Taranaki and spoke to our individuals.”
Identical to it spoke to the entire nation in 1984, when it spent 4 weeks on the prime of the music charts.
The Patea Maori Membership, Dalvanius Prime’s household and songwriter Ngoi Pewhairangi gave Stepup their blessing to make use of the music for this undertaking.
A number of the ladies who starred within the unique even reprised their roles.
Stepup has been filming this video for six months now, with individuals dancing to ‘Poi E’ everywhere in the area at iconic places just like the New Plymouth wind wand, at in style surf spots, and even at a marriage.
All of the whereas elevating cash for the Taranaki hospice and Taranaki Younger Individuals’s Belief.
“And simply getting our province enthused, and getting them off their butts and dancing,” Mr Bennett says.
There’s nonetheless an opportunity to get dancing, with a number of extra scenes to be shot earlier than the video is launched in October.
Stepup hopes it’s going to go viral and get ‘Poi E’ again at primary within the charts by Christmas.
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