"Dino's Daily Update" (Flying Trapeze): Looking back (the week in review)...

After a very nice start to our flying week, we didn't tone it down a bit in the following days! Here a few of the highlights...

Wednesday:
LOL All in one night: After doing his Swings OOM for his 1st times, prodigal flyer Brandon R. learned the "Salute" (1-handed release), "Clap" (2-handed release) & 1st B/E Uprise before practicing his 1st Pirouettes! One of the students in the class said to him, "You must get a lot of people hating you." I'd feel badly for Brandon receiving comments like that if it didn't take me a year to get my 1st Uprise. After working on her Pull Over Shoot, the spritely Rachael F. was catching her Whip in her 3rd class ever. Cute nerd Brittany S. is making strides w/her Swing & will be ready for B/E positions before she knows it! We wish her luck on her ballet performance & will see her in another week.

After asking, "Hey, aren't you supposed to be on the West coast...?!" the very candid (and, sometimes gassy) Emily revealed that she was supposed to leave NYC, but she was taking her last weekday class w/us THIS week, not last. She certainly kept us on our toes as she kept throwing B/E "surprises". Will it be a Split?! Will it be a Whip?! Not even Emily knows!! I took the opportunity to swing w/both her & the ever-pleasant Charles P. in attempts to hone their tempos. Charles is progressing very well & quickly w/his B/E Straddle Whip, making it stronger & better w/each class!

The beautiful & talented Nicole A. made her 1st catch (B/E Split) OOM ever! I really respect her confidence. She told me that she recently had a class where she could almost do no right. But, during the course of this evening w/the awesome team of Whit, Cody & I, she could do no wrong! Nicole showed us how easily she could half turn to the mat/net out of her B/E Split. Then, she repeatedly did perfect "timers" w/me. By the end of her class, she caught her Split 3 times OOM!

The focused & super-light Alex K. upped her Shooting Star enough to catch it for her 1st time ever! Then, she went on to throw a nice B/E Splits and return it w/her newfound Angel return! Very productive night, Alex. Potent flyer Elena G. played w/her large repertoire of skills & positions including her Pirouette, Layout & Half Turn.

Thursday:
Our Amy G. kept up her consistency w/her Forward Over OOM, and our Jeff L. even hung (low) for it to push her progression. Tight-bodied Thais K. practiced her Forward Over a little more & made some nice B/E Splits catches OOM. Galit E. did her 1st Angel return OOM ever! She caught her B/E Split smoothly, kicked up well, caught the return bar confidently & completed it for a full round trip!

The adorable & effervescent Suzanne M. took up the pursuit of her Full Twisting Straight Jump. She made enough great strides w/it in this one night for me to be confident enough to hang for it! I think we would've caught it w/one more try, but Suzanne got a rip. In for Molly G., Renee F. fought a tough fight to stay positive as she worked on her Half Turn. The cute-as-Betty-Boop nurse Leslie W. surprised our Jeff L. w/her new & improved Turn Around before she played w/her 1st Hox Saultos. The strong Lex R. made his 1st Full Round trip ever! He caught his rock-solid Hox Off, worked the apron really well, kicked hard once on the return bar & snagged the riser to pull himself back onto the pedestal board!