Young James celebrated his birthday by taking a class & getting caught in front of his friends including Max, Gabe, Henry, Topher & Zack, among others.
During staff training, Eli worked the board very well, Lisa R. honed her lines pulling, Lizzy H. practiced her Layout Full, Amy G(W) practiced her lines & helped be a crash test dummy, Suzie W. practiced her Layout OOL, and Yoni got reacquainted w/the rig & catch trap.
In the class that followed, Billy made some nice improvements w/his swing. Naomi practiced & caught her Stag. Our hard-bodied Courtney G. learned her F/E Split & even learned how to get into her B/E Split w/a modified swing! Courtney's brother, John, made his 1st KH catch!
At the very end of the night, I got to catch our Lisa R.'s Layout (round trip, of course) & Amy G(W)'s Split. Then, both of these ladies accomplished full round trips w/B/E Splilts into Straddle Cut/Catches in my hands & back to the return bars & pedestal! Great flying, girls! Just wish we got that on video.
"I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." - Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
Right around this date marks the 6 year anniversary of the 1st time I ever touched a flying trapeze...! I remember going to Club Med, Turks & Caicos. Someone said to me, "You know, you should try trapeze. I think you'd like it..." Six years, hundreds of students, thousands of catches, a number of tricks (including a Double...!), millions of memories, dozens of dear friends & one beautiful wife later, here I am w/you. What a hell of a trip.
The comely Kristy M. took her swing OOL for her 1st time & nailed her Cut Away return (still sans a bar for now) again! Talented & hardworking Lisa B. & feisty Galit E. were working on catching & returning OOL. W/a brief flash of patience, Emily S. made her 1st return ever! Great work, Emily! Emma S. did double duty (making up a class) to work on her Hox Saulto. Intense Jen R. easily made a round trip w/her B/E Splits as if it were so "last week". Oh-so-cute & intelligent Suzanne M. did her 1st Cut Away Halves! The very talkative-in-the-air Leslie W. was making her B/E Straddle Whip catches. The elegant Maryam W. was nice enough to stop by to drop off Galit's static bar & our fly bar. The positive Renee F. was in pursuit of recreating her B/E Planche catch OOL.
"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning." - Ivy Baker Priest
"Reality is the beginning not the end,
Naked Alpha, not the hierophant Omega,
Of dense investiture, with luminous vassals." - Wallace Stevens
The comely Kristy M. took her swing OOL for her 1st time & nailed her Cut Away return (still sans a bar for now) again! Talented & hardworking Lisa B. & feisty Galit E. were working on catching & returning OOL. W/a brief flash of patience, Emily S. made her 1st return ever! Great work, Emily! Emma S. did double duty (making up a class) to work on her Hox Saulto. Intense Jen R. easily made a round trip w/her B/E Splits as if it were so "last week". Oh-so-cute & intelligent Suzanne M. did her 1st Cut Away Halves! The very talkative-in-the-air Leslie W. was making her B/E Straddle Whip catches. The elegant Maryam W. was nice enough to stop by to drop off Galit's static bar & our fly bar. The positive Renee F. was in pursuit of recreating her B/E Planche catch OOL.
"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning." - Ivy Baker Priest
"Reality is the beginning not the end,
Naked Alpha, not the hierophant Omega,
Of dense investiture, with luminous vassals." - Wallace Stevens
Tuesday, October 9, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
This night, we honed our flying on average as a group & even had some 1st times...!
The powerful & demure Allegra G. looked excellent working returns OOL. Fresh from her CG weekend, the elegant Maryam recreating B/E Splits OOL. Former ballerina Thais K. sought to regain her B/E Splits as a "go to" position again. French Emmanelle C. was looking stronger & tighter w/her flying; she is SO primed for a leap in the progress of her flying. Cute & engaging Kristin R. was swinging OOL & working her returns very well. The comely Kristy M. accomplished her 1st Cut Away return (sans the bar for now)! Prodigious Karen catching her 1st B/E Straddle Whip! Lithe & worldly Emma S. was as close as ever to that return bar. Adorable Lauri W. making huge strides w/her swing w/the instruction of our cool Lisa R. And, w/that, Lauri also got into her B/E Straddle Whip!
Feisty Galit E. did double duty & accomplished 2 uprises in a row in 1 turn! Alex K. & Sharron C. were both working their turn arounds & are ready for new positions. Strong Lex R. was working his returns well & will soon get that bar (mark my words)! Son Max R. caught his 1st B/E Straddle Whip which looked great w/those long legs of his! And, Colleen P. (sans cohort Lidia T.) fought through frustrations to make some headway w/her flying this night.
"Beauty [of flying] is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time." - Albert Camus
The powerful & demure Allegra G. looked excellent working returns OOL. Fresh from her CG weekend, the elegant Maryam recreating B/E Splits OOL. Former ballerina Thais K. sought to regain her B/E Splits as a "go to" position again. French Emmanelle C. was looking stronger & tighter w/her flying; she is SO primed for a leap in the progress of her flying. Cute & engaging Kristin R. was swinging OOL & working her returns very well. The comely Kristy M. accomplished her 1st Cut Away return (sans the bar for now)! Prodigious Karen catching her 1st B/E Straddle Whip! Lithe & worldly Emma S. was as close as ever to that return bar. Adorable Lauri W. making huge strides w/her swing w/the instruction of our cool Lisa R. And, w/that, Lauri also got into her B/E Straddle Whip!
Feisty Galit E. did double duty & accomplished 2 uprises in a row in 1 turn! Alex K. & Sharron C. were both working their turn arounds & are ready for new positions. Strong Lex R. was working his returns well & will soon get that bar (mark my words)! Son Max R. caught his 1st B/E Straddle Whip which looked great w/those long legs of his! And, Colleen P. (sans cohort Lidia T.) fought through frustrations to make some headway w/her flying this night.
"Beauty [of flying] is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time." - Albert Camus
Monday, October 8, 2007
Friday to Sunday, October 5 to 7, 2007, Kent, CT
So much happened this October Getaway weekend...! Friends were abounding & abundant. The flying was new again & for the 1st times. With friends & flying like ours, if the sun never set or the nights never ended, our wonderful days together would still not be long enough. With times like this, my body & my life are wonderfully spent.
After getting the weekend off to a quick start w/our flying & catching, some of the staff put on a show for all the CG guests on Fri night w/the awesomely cool Scott S. as the MC!
The flyer-formerly-known-as Amy W. threw her Straddle Whip & Splits/Angel, ending w/her Layout dismount. Kiwi Rob T. threw his Planche & Layout, ending w/his Double Back dismount. Our fearless leader, Jeff L., threw his Flexus/Flexus, Shoot & Over-the-Bar Half Turn, ending w/his Seat Roll dismount. (And, no, Jeff, this is far from your last performance on the flying trapeze.) The pure & never-sleeping Hal A. Whip & Half Turn, ending w/his Reverse Suicide dismount.
The Oct Getaway Performance Fly Team!
(additional show videos being uploaded...)
There was lots of partying. Sleep, not so much.
My girls doing some synchronized water tubing:
The eternally young-looking Skye F. did her 1st catch (B/E Splits) OOL! Her hands were a little squirrelly at 1st, but she flew beautifully to the net & during catches. New to our circle of flying friends, fun-loving Dawn S. fit in quickly & very well w/our crowd. She threw some beautiful Set Straddle Whips, dabbled in her 1st Pull Over Shoot & even got to take a bullet drop across the net OOL! The earnest Brian H. made his 1st catch (B/E Planche) OOL! He was even working towards working the returns OOL more smoothly. After we figured out her timing, the young, beautiful, extremely talented & mature Leah B. made some nice B/E Splits catches OOL. Ebony-locked Alison C.'s swing was looking stronger than ever, and she was easily getting into her B/E Whips for her 1st times! She did it so smoothly that I thought she's been doing that forever already. Good work, Alison!
The intense & determined Tanya E. was in pursuit of taking her B/E Splits across out of lines ("OOL"). She was making her catches easily enough & learning even more so to loft up her returns. One of the most precious moments of the whole weekend was when the oh-so-cute Julie B. took her 1st swing OOL! When she dropped to the net, Julie laughed so purely & heartily that the sound of it tickled me so much. She reminded me that those are the moments we do all this for. World-traveling, talented Jen B-B. did her 1st real turn around w/a swing & then her 1st Cut Away w/a swing. She worked it so well & virtually perfectly her very 1st time. Tall, strong, handsome Greg M. made his 1st catches (B/E Straddle Whip) OOL!
Heather W. was once again amazing & impressing all of us w/her beautiful form & cool tricks. The awesome & single Jason F. made his 1st Hox Off catch ever OOL & followed it up soon after w/his 1st return OOL! He was hilarious & so animated during the nights of dancing.
The wonderful Marisa B. looked at home on the CG rig as she flew OOL & played w/the plethora of her tricks. Feisty Galit E. discovered her very effective flying mantra to help her release off of her B/E catches! Fun-loving & tatooed Scott S. was working up towards taking his Uprise Shoot OOL again. He made some easy catches & even got back to the return bar rather well, too! The elegant Maryam W. took her 1st B/E tricks to the net ever (B/E Splits) OOL! She made it to her back well in the net. Maryam dressed up as the cutest elf ever for the Sat night costume party.
As always, it was so good to have the lithe & worldly Emma S. w/us. Her rendition of a drunken stumble had me asking if she was really drunk (which she wasn't)! The positive Renee F. made her 1st ever B/E catch OOL! She worked so hard, positively & diligently to take her B/E Splits across, but after some prodding & convincing, she did it w/her B/E Planche. Congratulations, Renee! Talented & hardworking Lisa B. made her 1st return ever OOL! She was catching her B/E Splits so easily & consistently that she worked up to smoothing out her returns. Soon enough, she made a great catch, turned off the catcher & grabbed that return bar! Awesome, Lisa!
Hailing from Brooklyn, the adorable Lana did her 1st F/E Split & caught it, too!
"Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile." - Author Unknown
I felt this was an interesting quote, plus it included the word, "getaway". I've paraphrased it for our purposes:
"We only regard those... as real examples of love [as for flying]... in which a fixed & unalterable decision has been taken [such as jumping off the board]. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task [of flying]. In none of the serious & important tasks of life do we arrange such a 'getaway.' We cannot love & be limited." - Alfred Adler
After getting the weekend off to a quick start w/our flying & catching, some of the staff put on a show for all the CG guests on Fri night w/the awesomely cool Scott S. as the MC!
The flyer-formerly-known-as Amy W. threw her Straddle Whip & Splits/Angel, ending w/her Layout dismount. Kiwi Rob T. threw his Planche & Layout, ending w/his Double Back dismount. Our fearless leader, Jeff L., threw his Flexus/Flexus, Shoot & Over-the-Bar Half Turn, ending w/his Seat Roll dismount. (And, no, Jeff, this is far from your last performance on the flying trapeze.) The pure & never-sleeping Hal A. Whip & Half Turn, ending w/his Reverse Suicide dismount.
The Oct Getaway Performance Fly Team!
(additional show videos being uploaded...)
There was lots of partying. Sleep, not so much.
My girls doing some synchronized water tubing:
The eternally young-looking Skye F. did her 1st catch (B/E Splits) OOL! Her hands were a little squirrelly at 1st, but she flew beautifully to the net & during catches. New to our circle of flying friends, fun-loving Dawn S. fit in quickly & very well w/our crowd. She threw some beautiful Set Straddle Whips, dabbled in her 1st Pull Over Shoot & even got to take a bullet drop across the net OOL! The earnest Brian H. made his 1st catch (B/E Planche) OOL! He was even working towards working the returns OOL more smoothly. After we figured out her timing, the young, beautiful, extremely talented & mature Leah B. made some nice B/E Splits catches OOL. Ebony-locked Alison C.'s swing was looking stronger than ever, and she was easily getting into her B/E Whips for her 1st times! She did it so smoothly that I thought she's been doing that forever already. Good work, Alison!
The intense & determined Tanya E. was in pursuit of taking her B/E Splits across out of lines ("OOL"). She was making her catches easily enough & learning even more so to loft up her returns. One of the most precious moments of the whole weekend was when the oh-so-cute Julie B. took her 1st swing OOL! When she dropped to the net, Julie laughed so purely & heartily that the sound of it tickled me so much. She reminded me that those are the moments we do all this for. World-traveling, talented Jen B-B. did her 1st real turn around w/a swing & then her 1st Cut Away w/a swing. She worked it so well & virtually perfectly her very 1st time. Tall, strong, handsome Greg M. made his 1st catches (B/E Straddle Whip) OOL!
Heather W. was once again amazing & impressing all of us w/her beautiful form & cool tricks. The awesome & single Jason F. made his 1st Hox Off catch ever OOL & followed it up soon after w/his 1st return OOL! He was hilarious & so animated during the nights of dancing.
The wonderful Marisa B. looked at home on the CG rig as she flew OOL & played w/the plethora of her tricks. Feisty Galit E. discovered her very effective flying mantra to help her release off of her B/E catches! Fun-loving & tatooed Scott S. was working up towards taking his Uprise Shoot OOL again. He made some easy catches & even got back to the return bar rather well, too! The elegant Maryam W. took her 1st B/E tricks to the net ever (B/E Splits) OOL! She made it to her back well in the net. Maryam dressed up as the cutest elf ever for the Sat night costume party.
As always, it was so good to have the lithe & worldly Emma S. w/us. Her rendition of a drunken stumble had me asking if she was really drunk (which she wasn't)! The positive Renee F. made her 1st ever B/E catch OOL! She worked so hard, positively & diligently to take her B/E Splits across, but after some prodding & convincing, she did it w/her B/E Planche. Congratulations, Renee! Talented & hardworking Lisa B. made her 1st return ever OOL! She was catching her B/E Splits so easily & consistently that she worked up to smoothing out her returns. Soon enough, she made a great catch, turned off the catcher & grabbed that return bar! Awesome, Lisa!
Hailing from Brooklyn, the adorable Lana did her 1st F/E Split & caught it, too!
"Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile." - Author Unknown
I felt this was an interesting quote, plus it included the word, "getaway". I've paraphrased it for our purposes:
"We only regard those... as real examples of love [as for flying]... in which a fixed & unalterable decision has been taken [such as jumping off the board]. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task [of flying]. In none of the serious & important tasks of life do we arrange such a 'getaway.' We cannot love & be limited." - Alfred Adler
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Thursday, September 4, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
Tonight was a pretty smooth night w/some more 1st times & better flying...!
After remounting the board w/ease, hardworking Lisa B. was tackling her Half Turns to the mat/net w/more confidence before making some Uprise Shoot catches w/our Manny. Elegant Maryam W. is making it all the way to her back w/her Splits to the mat/net w/a half turn down w/a touch of violence. Type A Elena G. was tweaking her Force Out Turn Around by pulling a little longer w/her left arm before making B/E Splits catches OOL. Determined Tanya E. is also working on her half turn to the mat/net off her B/E Splits. She's also working her returns off of catches better than ever!
Armed w/a stronger swing, the creative Suzanne M. started working on her Cut Away Half. Young, intelligent, cute Zane tried out her Full Twisting Layout for her 1st times tonight before making an easy Layout catch w/me. Before working on her Hox Saulto, the focused Emily S. remounted the pedestal board for her 1st time! As good-spirited as ever, Jen R. worked her remounts to the board w/increasing confidence before working her Cut Away Half. Talkative-in-the-air Leslie W. showed me that she can get into her B/E Splits just fine on the low bar, but refuses to break through that mental block to do it up high.
Positive Renee F. is making it to her back w/more consistency w/her half turn to the mat/net off her B/E Splits. Feisty Galit E. is taking it back to basics by doing a few tricks in lines. We thank Galit for selflessly working the board for us. Accompanied by her Luciano, our wonderful Denise M. is seeking to take her B/E Straddle Whip OOL again. Tense-bodied Fran S. remounted the pedestal for her 1st time!
I want each of the students to remember to work on &/or up to the basics in each class: turn around, remounting the pedestal & "half/halves". Also, blend in much creativity to their flying through their training.
This weekend, many of us are off to Club Getaway for our final intensive trapeze weekend of this year. Tune in again soon to hear all about it...!
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." - Alfred North Whitehead
After remounting the board w/ease, hardworking Lisa B. was tackling her Half Turns to the mat/net w/more confidence before making some Uprise Shoot catches w/our Manny. Elegant Maryam W. is making it all the way to her back w/her Splits to the mat/net w/a half turn down w/a touch of violence. Type A Elena G. was tweaking her Force Out Turn Around by pulling a little longer w/her left arm before making B/E Splits catches OOL. Determined Tanya E. is also working on her half turn to the mat/net off her B/E Splits. She's also working her returns off of catches better than ever!
Armed w/a stronger swing, the creative Suzanne M. started working on her Cut Away Half. Young, intelligent, cute Zane tried out her Full Twisting Layout for her 1st times tonight before making an easy Layout catch w/me. Before working on her Hox Saulto, the focused Emily S. remounted the pedestal board for her 1st time! As good-spirited as ever, Jen R. worked her remounts to the board w/increasing confidence before working her Cut Away Half. Talkative-in-the-air Leslie W. showed me that she can get into her B/E Splits just fine on the low bar, but refuses to break through that mental block to do it up high.
Positive Renee F. is making it to her back w/more consistency w/her half turn to the mat/net off her B/E Splits. Feisty Galit E. is taking it back to basics by doing a few tricks in lines. We thank Galit for selflessly working the board for us. Accompanied by her Luciano, our wonderful Denise M. is seeking to take her B/E Straddle Whip OOL again. Tense-bodied Fran S. remounted the pedestal for her 1st time!
I want each of the students to remember to work on &/or up to the basics in each class: turn around, remounting the pedestal & "half/halves". Also, blend in much creativity to their flying through their training.
This weekend, many of us are off to Club Getaway for our final intensive trapeze weekend of this year. Tune in again soon to hear all about it...!
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." - Alfred North Whitehead
Wednesday, October 3, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
It was a fairly quiet yet very productive Wednesday night...!
First, during staff training, a few of our instructors & instructor-in-training raised their game! Whit pulled for Knee Hang catches for her 1st times, and quite effectively I add! We studied what we had to work w/in regards to her pulling, then used a simple, timed technique to give her pulls that necessary boost. Nice work, Whit. You should volunteer to pull for catches as much as possible from now on.
Not that it wasn't fun, but I got to put the burly Egon through the ringer on board & felt almost guilty for pouring it on so much. He passed w/flying colors (no pun intended) as he kept it personal & safe, ingeniously not saying the same thing twice, and doing everything I would've done myself! Great work, Egon! YK got to hone her lines pulling by coupling her commands w/her pulling. Lizzy & I got to practice that really fun combo: B/E Splits into a Cut/Catch in my hands to a Pirouette return!
In the small class that followed, the ever-jovial Lidia T. got some 1-on-1 intense instruction from me on low bar before ripping her hands to shreds. You're making progress, Lidia! Hang in there! The focused Colleen P. was introduced to the turn around on the bar. Her very 1st one was actually very good! Then, she proceeded to over-think it all before making some Hox Off catches & working her returns w/our Lizzy as her catcher.
"When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm & a burning desire to get to work on it." - W. Clement Stone
What's your mission...?
First, during staff training, a few of our instructors & instructor-in-training raised their game! Whit pulled for Knee Hang catches for her 1st times, and quite effectively I add! We studied what we had to work w/in regards to her pulling, then used a simple, timed technique to give her pulls that necessary boost. Nice work, Whit. You should volunteer to pull for catches as much as possible from now on.
Not that it wasn't fun, but I got to put the burly Egon through the ringer on board & felt almost guilty for pouring it on so much. He passed w/flying colors (no pun intended) as he kept it personal & safe, ingeniously not saying the same thing twice, and doing everything I would've done myself! Great work, Egon! YK got to hone her lines pulling by coupling her commands w/her pulling. Lizzy & I got to practice that really fun combo: B/E Splits into a Cut/Catch in my hands to a Pirouette return!
In the small class that followed, the ever-jovial Lidia T. got some 1-on-1 intense instruction from me on low bar before ripping her hands to shreds. You're making progress, Lidia! Hang in there! The focused Colleen P. was introduced to the turn around on the bar. Her very 1st one was actually very good! Then, she proceeded to over-think it all before making some Hox Off catches & working her returns w/our Lizzy as her catcher.
"When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm & a burning desire to get to work on it." - W. Clement Stone
What's your mission...?
Monday, October 1, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
It was a very pleasant day w/good energies this Sunday at our rig...!
The lovely Nicole A. is in pursuit of OOL Splits, so she's working on the half turn to the mat/net after her position. She's also working on her Forward Over in lines. Remember, Nic, tuck fast & hard & quick, then open up fully. She made a few Uprise Shoot catches & returns towards the end of her class:
The wonderful Marisa B. worked on adding more power & loft to her Layout. Ever-laughing Jean L. climbed into her Uprise Shoot after taking her swing OOL on our rig! She made a playful catch & return using that Uprise Shoot:
Newbies Erin & Ole tried out flying for their 1st times. Erin, timid at 1st, made her 1st KH catch at the end her class! The lithe & worldly Emma S. declared, "I'm going to do something fun today...!" So, she chose the always crazy Hox Saulto to spice things up! Her 1st attempt virtually flew off the bar; her very next attempt remedied that but didn't rotate; and, Emma's 3rd try was a complete Hox Saulto! Great work, Emma! Welcome to the race to get it high enough to catch as our much loved Marisa did! Sarah from Texas returned to learn her Set Split. All was good right up until the point of catch! No worries, Sarah; you'll have that under your belt soon enough...
The world traveling, awesome Leslie F. worked on retaining power in her Layout before going for some Splits catches. The tense & intense Fran S. also worked on her Layout & swing w/some improvement.
During a birthday party for little Anna & her friends, Joni W. chaperoned the young, perpetually studious, beautiful pair of flyers, Ramona N. & Allison S. Ramona made a sweet catch & return w/her B/E Splits before playing w/her nice Layout. Allison was working on B/E Stag before easily catching her Set Splits. Here's Allison working on the B/E of her swing:
"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway." - Mary Kay Ash
The lovely Nicole A. is in pursuit of OOL Splits, so she's working on the half turn to the mat/net after her position. She's also working on her Forward Over in lines. Remember, Nic, tuck fast & hard & quick, then open up fully. She made a few Uprise Shoot catches & returns towards the end of her class:
The wonderful Marisa B. worked on adding more power & loft to her Layout. Ever-laughing Jean L. climbed into her Uprise Shoot after taking her swing OOL on our rig! She made a playful catch & return using that Uprise Shoot:
Newbies Erin & Ole tried out flying for their 1st times. Erin, timid at 1st, made her 1st KH catch at the end her class! The lithe & worldly Emma S. declared, "I'm going to do something fun today...!" So, she chose the always crazy Hox Saulto to spice things up! Her 1st attempt virtually flew off the bar; her very next attempt remedied that but didn't rotate; and, Emma's 3rd try was a complete Hox Saulto! Great work, Emma! Welcome to the race to get it high enough to catch as our much loved Marisa did! Sarah from Texas returned to learn her Set Split. All was good right up until the point of catch! No worries, Sarah; you'll have that under your belt soon enough...
The world traveling, awesome Leslie F. worked on retaining power in her Layout before going for some Splits catches. The tense & intense Fran S. also worked on her Layout & swing w/some improvement.
During a birthday party for little Anna & her friends, Joni W. chaperoned the young, perpetually studious, beautiful pair of flyers, Ramona N. & Allison S. Ramona made a sweet catch & return w/her B/E Splits before playing w/her nice Layout. Allison was working on B/E Stag before easily catching her Set Splits. Here's Allison working on the B/E of her swing:
"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway." - Mary Kay Ash
Friday, September 28, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
We had an easy night of flying w/some newbies this Friday evening. The students included Mari, Tamara & J. Pagan. Pagan with her long swimmer's body was a natural that made her KH catch very easily & is ready to try out new positions! We hope to see them all again soon...!
"The heights by great men reached & kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The heights by great men reached & kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thursday, September 27, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
This night we flew in the S.H.O.W. program & made some more great headway...!
Some highlights of the evening's flying:
The always cute Suzanne M. not only learned but also caught her Half Turn for her 1st times all in one night! Goes to show you that it can happen if you just apply yourself. The incredibly adept Allegra G. & Feisty Galit E. are both working on their returns out of lines! Allegra is doing so using her B/E Straddle Whip & turning comfortably when the catch is not there. Galit is using her B/E Planche. Both are ready to get that return bar OOL soon! The powerful Molly G. was finding her timing again in pursuit of taking her Splits OOL. And, we congratulate Renee F. on landing her 1st apartment rental!
"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same." - Anne Frank
Some highlights of the evening's flying:
The always cute Suzanne M. not only learned but also caught her Half Turn for her 1st times all in one night! Goes to show you that it can happen if you just apply yourself. The incredibly adept Allegra G. & Feisty Galit E. are both working on their returns out of lines! Allegra is doing so using her B/E Straddle Whip & turning comfortably when the catch is not there. Galit is using her B/E Planche. Both are ready to get that return bar OOL soon! The powerful Molly G. was finding her timing again in pursuit of taking her Splits OOL. And, we congratulate Renee F. on landing her 1st apartment rental!
"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same." - Anne Frank
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