Friday to Sunday, July 20 to 22, 2007, Kent, CT

I wish I could live a million lives. Then, I could do wkends like this forever w/great friends, new experiences & flying trapeze...

A very good grp of us traveled to Kent, CT for this yr's 1st Club Getaway flying trapeze wkend! There was much flying & catching coupled w/static trapeze, silks & stretching. Our flyers had some breakthroughs & some 1st times! The weather was perfect & everything that was good was plentiful: friends, flying, food, dancing, laughing, catching & fun!

Samantha & Marisa:


We approached this weekend w/a little more "maturity" & prudence w/our flying & partying. We didn't push it to our ultimate limits each session b/c we knew there's still much more to come...!

Here's Marisa, Heather (mounting riser) & Jenn:




We started on Fri afternoon w/some light flying to get used to the rig. Sat was filled w/more flying then static & silks, then lunch & lake-side beach time then more flying! W/an '80's theme that night, we partied after dinner.

Dino w/'80's side-do:


It was also the anniversary of our much loved & missed Leslie F.'s legendary b-day party! All who were at that party last yr remember it was a great one!

Samantha, Marisa, Denise, Renee:


Oleg, Amy & Denise:


Marisa & Denise:


Denise's Half Turn to the Net:


Rebecca & Renee:


Partying hard!


Heather, Oleg & Marisa:


Sun was a calm day, but we had more flyers willing to keep going than ever before! All of them were hardcore as we got in more flying & catching.

Marisa, Heather (taking off) & Jenn:


Jen E. & Jenn B.




The wonderful Marisa B. flew mostly out of lines, taking it easy but getting in a lot of air time. The beautiful, effervescent Samantha B. dusted off her swings & tricks including her Cut Away Half. The flyer-formerly-known-as-Amy W. flew her Layout & Splits out of lines. We even got to work her Splits to Cut/Catch w/attempted return a few times out of lines!



Denise "Candy Wideback" M. worked her swings out of lines as well as her "go to" Straddle Whip before partying late into the night!


The intense & faithful Tanya E. & multifaceted Jen E. were both flying out of lines & working up to developing their tricks out of lines, too. After smoothing out her take-off a little more, the new & improved Renee F. did her 1st B/E Splits out of lines! And, the confidently-flying Heather W. was throwing her Layout to catches out of lines for most of the wkend.

Heather's Layout Catch:




Philadelphia's Jeremy M. learned his Hox Off & tweaked his swing timing. The surprising, ebony-tressed Alison C. came w/her stronger swing & B/E Whip. (I've become Alison's personal catcher!) The vibrant Kristin R. got her 1st exposures to static & silks in between tweaking her B/E Splits. The anti-relaxed Fran S. took her 1st swings out of lines as she had an epiphany: to use less power, flex more & simply SWING!

The elegant Maryam W. was pleasantly more talkative as she got to relax more w/everyone. Maryam got to take her 1st swing out of lines!


The lithe, worldly & funny Emma S. was rejuvenated as she got to take her 1st swing out of lines, too! Between readings of the latest Harry Potter book, self-professed geek, Rebecca S., worked hard to take her 1st swing out of lines as well! From her escapades on Sat night, she won the "Best Pole Dancing" award!


Here's Rebecca taking a much needed rest from all the flying, reading & partying:


The powerful, adept & very nice Allegra G. attended for the last day. She flew over a net out of lines for her 1st time! And, Allegra did her 1st B/E Splits out of lines ever, too!

The organizer & spearhead of the whole weekend, Jeff L., got to catch & fly & spend some quality time w/his beautiful wife, Elena. Montreal's Joan came down to work some lines & teach some static trapeze in the boathouse. Jenn B. helped to work the board the whole weekend & even get in some flying. Our Bobby H. taught some static & silks then gave the group a great stretch on Sunday! The mighty M. Fix worked the rig & hung out w/us over the weekend.

Fix & Dino:


Club Getaway's circus leader, Beth F., her husband, Effe, & teammate Ann-Marie welcomed us warmly. Beth & Effe performed both Sat & Sun nights in the boathouse, doing their great silks acts. And, long-time flyer & instructor, Arano, did double duty as he flew in a show w/us & then manned the DJ booth in the evenings!

On Sat, Beth, Arano & Jeff flew to me as an informal show & demonstration for the guests. Beth threw her Straddle Whip, Splits & Layout to me. Arano threw his Planche & Full Twisting Layout. And, our Jeff threw his Planche, Half Turn, Flexus/Flexus, Layout & the triple-time Planche Turn Around into a Half Turn! Virtually everything was returned, too! Not bad for a group that has rarely flown together before that day; and, Arano has never flown w/us before!!

Beth's catch w/Dino:


Arano's Planche catch w/Dino:




















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