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''Wiggledance!'' is the fifth video by the children's band
the Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, ...
and their first full-length concert video. It was filmed during their December 1996 concerts at the
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, and released in June 1997. It was released only to the Australia region.


Song list

# Rock-a-Bye Your Bear # Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) # Dorothy the Dinosaur # Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?) # Vini Vini # Wags the Dog # Quack, Quack # Wake Up Jeff! # Nya, Nya, Nya # Five Little Joeys # Baby Beluga # Let's Have a Dance with Henry # Romp Bomp a Stomp # Hot Potato # Get Ready to WiggleIn a Ten News interview, Emma Watkins of the new generation Wiggles mentions that she and her sister, Hayley were at this concert and were shown in the video. -
The same video footage was featured on
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After the Wiggles say goodbye, Captain Feathersword stays around and leads one more song "Nya Nya Nya". "Jeff's Christmas Tune" is also used as background music for the closing credits.


Production

The Wiggles logo was updated to feature a yellow splotch background behind their name. The Wiggles still wore plain colored shirts in the video with short sleeves instead of long ones. Due to copyright concerns, the song "Vini Vini" was removed after the video's initial release. The subsequent release of ''Wiggledance'', while retaining the copyright year 1997, have removed this video and its introduction. Former Wiggles member Phillip Wilcher has mentioned that the Wiggles believed that the song was in the public domain but it was claimed by a French composer. On 4 April 2013, the Wiggles announced the addition of ''Wiggledance!'' to their Wiggle Time TV service. In 2019, the 1997 master was released into multiple segments on their
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channel as Classic Wiggles in multiple parts.


Cast

The Wiggles are: * Murray Cook * Jeff Fatt *
Anthony Field Anthony Donald Joseph Field, AM (born 8 May 1963) is an Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a leader of the children's group the Wiggles and a member of the 1980s and 1990s pop band the Cockroaches. While ...
* Greg Page Also featuring: * Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword * Leanne Halloran as a police officer, known as Officer Beaples in the TV series. Halloran also plays Henry the Octopus and is the choreographer for the show. * Donna Halloran as Wags the Dog, and a zookeeper * Leeanne Ashley as Dorothy the Dinosaur ** Carolyn Ferrie provides the voice for Dorothy


See also

* '' The Wiggly Big Show'' * '' Live Hot Potatoes!''


Notes


References


Wiggledance! (AUS VIDEO-1997)
episode information from TV.com


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiggledance! 1997 video albums The Wiggles videos Australian children's musical films