Chalky II (The Eye of the Gymnast)

I could not think of a good name. Since it's using "Rocky" music, I wanted to parody it, but just didn't know what to call it. Anyway the substance isn't in the title....click on:




(In case anyone was wondering, "was there a Chalky I?", I suppose this could be it).

"The Summer Fan"

One of several summer camp videos:

"The Summer of '05"

"Just a Good Ol' Boys...."

Alessandro was a boy who marched to the beat of his own drum. He got better as summer wore on; but he wore us, the better part of that first month in which he was sticking out like a sore nail that needed to be hammered in place. He only got dropped off on Mondays; and I remember one day Alexis wasn't there, and Sara subbed for her. Sara never experienced Alessandro before, so when we split up the group, I generously allowed Sara to teach his group. By then, he was much more broken in....either that, or by then he had broken us in, because I found him to be a pretty fun kid, all things considering.

"Go Fly a Kite!"

I didn't plan on this video; if I knew, I would have shot more footage to fill the song. Song's short to begin with, but with only about 4 video clips, It's nothing but skin and bones, and I really had to stretch the footage out by slowing some parts down.

Caputin is Alexandra's friend, visiting from France. I'd like to think that she enjoyed herself during her stay here.

The SMGC Lonely Gymherd Puppet Show

Karen did a great job with setting up art for the kids, something different each day. This particular day, the campkids made hand puppets. With the extra time we had, we decided to have an improv puppet show. It was pretty cute; you had to have been there.

Paint with All the Colors

"GymKata"

The title comes from that awful Kurt Thomas movie (that I secretly liked).

"Out of the Blue"

Erica joined SMGC over the summer, having arrived from Vermont. Happily, she's made Los Angeles her home, now.

Having been out of gymnastics for a while, she signed up for our summer camp program. Erica had some demons to overcome. Having previously suffered a bad spill, her confidence was still shaken over a basic move: a round-off backhandspring.

Her struggles with her mental block and a recent song inspired me with the theme for this video. The song is written and performed by her coach, Lillian Carrico. I think it's a really good song, deserving of airplay and some notoriety for Lilly. She should be making albums (but only if she can still coach, too; because she's good at that, as well).

"Surfin' SMGC"