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
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