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Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show is an Australian Tour that ran from December 5th to 23rd in 2000. This is one of the rarest concerts to be performed, if not the rarest. A few facts are known: The concert opened with a large present descending onto the stage to reveal The Wiggles inside, the show explored Christmas in the Australian summer, and then the Northern winter in the second act, and according to The Wiggles' Website, Morgan Crowley performed with The Wiggles at "the last few shows." It is also the first of 4 shows that were separated into two acts.
Setlist[]
Act 1 (Summer)[]
- In The Wiggles' World
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Taba Naba
- Christmas Picnic
- Wags Loves To Shake Shake
- Go Santa Go
- Here Come The Reindeer
- Murray's Christmas Samba
- Christmas Star
- The Monkey Dance
- Another Cuppa
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Just Can't Wait For Christmas Day
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
Act 2 (Winter)[]
- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Decorate The Tree
- Christmas Polka
- Hot Potato
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
- It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword
- Henry's Christmas Dance
- Curoo Curoo
- Wiggly Wiggly Christmas
- Jimmy The Elf
- Wiggly Christmas Medley
- Jingle Bells
Rumoured Songs[]
- Come On Everybody (We'll Tap For You)
- An interview with Anthony from 2000, mentions Christmas Polka, Murray's Christmas Samba and tap-dancing at the show. Possibly meaning that the song was planned to be performed (it is also worth mentioning it was listed in the tour programme's setlist, further adding the possibility that it was considered for the setlist). [1]
- Captain's Magic Buttons
- The song is listed in the tour programme's setlist which could mean it was planned to be performed, although it's entirely unknown if it was ever performed in the actual setlist. [1]
Cast[]
- Murray Cook
- Jeff Fatt
- Anthony Field
- Greg Page
- Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword
- Feonie Wade as Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Andrew McCourt as Wags the Dog
- Reem Hanwell as Henry the Octopus
- Morgan Crowley (from 16 December onwards)
- Leeanne Ashley - choreographer
- Ben Murray - Santa Claus
- Rebecca Knox - elf
- Corrine O'Rafferty - elf
- Naomi Wallace - reindeer
- Larissa O'Donovan - reindeer
Tour Dates[]
Show times: 10am, 1pm and occasionally 4pm
- 5-6 December - Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth WA
- 10 December - Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide SA
- 12, 13, 14 December - Palais Theatre, St Kilda VIC
- 16 December - Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle NSW
- 18-19 December - Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane QLD
- 21, 22, 23 December - Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney NSW
Trivia[]
- This tour marked:
- The first and only time where The OG Wiggles performed at the Palais Theatre.
- The last tour to have The Wiggles' 1997-2001 era outfits, which were original skivvies and plain black pants.
- One year later, it was revealed their original BONDS skivvies were made out of cotton as experts warned the group that wearing these long sleeved tees over time could make tiny holes caused by their belts. Anthony addressed this in a 2022 Today Show interview, commenting that "We sweated so much in these skivvies, and at one show, Murray was sweating, and one child in the audience yelled out "Murray's melting!" and the other people in the audience thought that we might have to update them."
- The Wiggles would continue to wear the short-sleeved BONDS shirts on tour until 2006, when Greg retired and was replaced by Sam.
- The final Wiggles tour of the 20th century.
- The only time that Just Can't Wait For Christmas Day, Ding Dong Merrily on High, Decorate The Tree, Christmas Polka, Wiggly Wiggly Christmas & Jimmy The Elf were performed live in concert.
- In The Wiggles' World makes its live debut on this tour; however, it would not be performed again until The Wiggles' 25th Anniversary Reunion Show after 16 years later.
- One of the first few tours where The Wiggles receive presents from the audience (Usually roses for Dorothy and bones for Wags).
- The earliest appearance of Henry's 5th costume, Dorothy's 6th costume and Wags' 5th costume.
- Similar to the opening of the Yule Be Wiggling video, The Wiggles arrived at the show by falling from the roof in a giant gift-box.
- Like the Wiggly Party tour (and possibly The Wiggly Big Show Tour), this tour used the same set from the video related to the concert.
- A large majority of songs from Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas make their live debut on this tour.
- This tour is lacking in documentation; currently, no video footage and very few photographs have surfaced.
- Like The Wiggles Big Show, two Wags costumes were used; specifically, his 3rd and 5th costume.
- This is the first Wiggles tour to use guitars manufactured by Maton instead of Takamine and Fender guitars, e.g. the Red Starry Guitar; however, the bass guitars are still manufactured by Fender.
- The Wiggles started this tour a day after Wiggly TV, the very first Wiggles and ABC for Kids DVD, was released.
- The Perth TV advert contains clips from The Wiggly Big Show video.
See also[]
Video[]
References[]
The Wiggles' Concerts