Frisbee Wins Suva Hearts

First things first: Greg Frisbee is his real name and his show is not a Frisbee show. There’s juggling, yo-yo trick, fire-eating, and balloon tricks but no Frisbees.
The variety performer says he got his fair share of teasing for having a name like that and didn’t like Frisbees.
“Up until a few years ago, I wanted nothing to do with a Frisbee,” says the 33-year-old variety performer. “But recently I’ve started learning a few Frisbee tricks.”
The Boston native says he started performing his variety shows about 12 years ago but always had a part time job (one time at a radio station doing the traffic report and another time at a coffee shop).
Greg says the idea of being a performer first took seed when he got his first magic set as a 10th birthday present.
“My parents got me a magic set and I started doing magic tricks,” he said. He began performing magic tricks to earn money busking in his local town of Pembroke.
“People then started asking me to perform at parties and it just went from there,” he said.
He has since travelled to Japan, China, around the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany and this is his first time in Fiji.
“My first time in Fiji and the people have been fantastic! People talk to you like you’re their long time friend. The people are warm and friendly,” he said. He visited the Fiji Museum yesterday and said he found the culture interesting.
His performances are sprinkled throughout the afternoon at Fiji Showcase 2008 and the crowd, children AND adults, just love him.  But this performer was shy as a child.
“I was a very shy person with not a lot of friends. I couldn’t talk out loud to people and couldn’t speak up when the teacher called on me in class,” he said.
“There was an English teacher at my high school in Massachusetts (Silver Lake High School), who was a part time magician,” he said. “We got talking and he taught me more magic tricks.”
He has a message for youngsters: “Follow your dream. Stick with it. With enough hard work any dream can become a reality,” he said.
He urges young people to believe in themselves.
“Don’t get deterred when people say you can’t do something. When they say that, it’s really because THEY can’t do that.”
And his shows keep getting bette: Frisbee says he is trying to incorporate something local into his show.