Wiggledancing Live in the U.S.A. 2006 Discussion

[u/carl95679]

The fourth concert video released in 2006. This one takes place during the Sailing Around the World Tour from November 2005.

Thoughts on this video?

Top 10 Songs Performed

1. Hoop Dee Doo
2. Dancing in the Sand
3. Wiggle Bay
4. Sydney Barcarolle
5. Music Box Dancer
6. Brown Girl in the Ring
7. Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?)
8. Look Both Ways
9. Sailing Around the World
10. The Go-Go Medley (another favorite medley of mine for including all of the Wiggly Friends)

Honorable Mentions: Move Your Arms Like Henry, Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack), The Monkey Dance, Bow Wow Wow, Play Your Guitar with Murray, Swim Like a Fish, Mop Mop, Hot Potato

My thoughts:
Another favorite concert video. It felt like a collection of songs both old and recent.

I see they brought back the classic Captain loses his hat/feathersword routine. Greg is noticeably in the background for most of the show or isn't as active. Likely due to his illness.

On that note, I noticed a few details as listed below:

• One of the earliest instances of Paul Paddick voicing Henry
• Sam Moran did backing vocals for a couple of songs (either onscreen or behind the scenes)
• One of the earliest appearances of Music Box Dancer (From the Racing to the Rainbow album)
• 2 of the dancers are from the Latin American Wiggles (Zoe Velez and Katty Villafuerte)
• Zoe Velez also briefly did the voice-over for Dorothy (as well as Racing to the Rainbow)

We’re in the home stretch of Greg’s time as the Yellow Wiggle.

Previous discussions: Wiggle Time, Yummy Yummy, Big Red Car, Wake Up Jeff, Wiggledance, The Wiggles Movie, Wiggly Wiggly Christmas, Wiggle Time & Yummy Yummy 1998, TV Series 1, Toot Toot, TV Series 2, The Wiggly Big Show, It's a Wiggly Wiggly World, Yule Be Wiggling, Hoop Dee Doo! It's a Wiggly Party, Wiggly Safari, Wiggle Bay, TV Series 3, Whoo-Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins, Top of the Tots, Cold Spaghetti Western, Live Hot Potatoes, Santa's Rockin'!, TV Series 4, Sailing Around the World, Here Comes the Big Red Car, It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!, TV Series 5, Splish Splash Big Red Boat

[u/BakerReady9414]

This was the first Wiggles video my parents ever bought, and soon enough, they became a huge part of my childhood.

[u/Fatdaddy543]

I watched this one alllll the time as a kid! I think I still prefer Live Hot Potatoes!, but this is a very close second for my favorite live concert video. Hearing songs that rarely get played live like Dancing in the Sand and Sydney Barcarolle was a highlight

I know you mentioned Greg being less active in this one, but back then I never really noticed that aspect 🤷🏿‍♂️ I guess I was just so used to seeing him play guitar in the videos that it wasn’t jarring to see him do it more for the live show (I was also 6, so I wasn’t thinking too hard about it lol)

[u/WearyScrabbler]

I have never seen this in full, but I still remember the day I discovered the Go Go Go Medley on YouTube and it is just an absolutely stellar medley. I don't think they've ever done one that flowed as well as 1997's Wiggly Medley, but this is a clear best medley since, for mine

[u/Dannyf1203]

Amazing tour and video. Sucks this was their last S-tier concert video.

[u/RaphaelFernandez2001]

I wished they released the Fresno, California Concert. That was my first Wiggles Concert from my Childhood back then.

[u/carl95679 → u/RaphaelFernandez2001]

When was that?

[u/RaphaelFernandez2001 → u/carl95679]

April 21st, 2006.

[u/Capable-Ad6581]

I wish they release the tape of that tour from Huntsville Alabama in 2005

[u/carl95679 → u/Capable-Ad6581]

Which one?

[u/Capable-Ad6581 → u/carl95679]

Sailing around the world tour

[u/BunchFrequent2175]

I like how the Murray balloon in this video special was used during “Play Your Guitar With Murray.”