"A little less conversation, a little more action, please..."

What do you get when you cross a chatterbox with a diligent worker? Juliaaaaaaa!

Julia transferred from Broadway (not the stage theater) to SMGC.....over a year ago? I'm sure she knows the date. I'm thinking end of 2006.



The first day, she was very quiet. I thought to myself, "Oh, great...we have a very focused, quiet worker with a singular purpose of getting better at gymnastics and epitomizing a productive work ethic. She'll be a good influence on the other girls." It took me about a month later to realize that first day or week or two, it was probably just the residual afterburn of several years at Broadway ("no talking!") and maybe some first-time jitters in a new gym. I guess it didn't take all that long for the other SMGC motor-mouths to break her in. (Incidentally, you can see her when she was about 10 yrs young and fresh onto Broadway team).

This video was about six months in the making. Julia actually is a very good worker (who happens to also balance it out with a lot of mouth-movement). She's one of my favorite people in the whole gym. Everyone seems to love her (even when they've never even met her- Juliaaaaa!). Who do we love the best?

Juuuuliaaaaa!!!!

Let's Do the Twist

This was a fun edit. Mixing footage from SMGC and LASG, from 2005 through to this past week.

Say hi to Erin's new blog.

Little Darlin'.....

It's been a long time since I made a video of Erin, even though she's been a mainstay (out of everyone who's left from SMGC, she's been around the longest) and someone who really appreciates these videos. I think the very first video I made was her doing level 5 beam, when I discovered Windows Movie Maker.

I've discovered that those I've known the longest are becoming the hardest to make videos for. The problem lies in an accumulation of video clips to sift through, as well as imperfect organization on my part. Sometimes, I don't know whether to store a clip under a person, or during a time period (summer camp, winter camp, etc) for easy retrieval.

Erin is a Beatles fan. She's also a very happy camper (I have always loved her laughter!) who likes happy songs. I'm already at work with her next videos (which should have more recent stuff).

This one waxes nostalgic like the last post. The part in the video where she doesn't really seem to be doing much of anything in her floor routine? That was some strange improv concoction she goofed around with.

The video is comprised of footage from 2004 and 2005...which is why she looks so small, cute, and fuzzy funny.

Well.....she still looks like that.....just a few years older.

A Rubbery Slope

I was perusing through my files, trying to organize; I decided to put this up for Erin, as it's nostaglic. From around Winter Camp, 2004 at SMGC, during a snack break.

John Hill and the Secrets of the LASG Birthday Zipline

The feature attraction to LASG birthday parties has got to be the zipline. Coach John Hill does a great job with it, as well as with manipulating the overhead spotting belt for the birthday kid. I couldn't resist doing some filming when he and Heather set up the barrier of octagons for the kids to crash through on the zipline.

I was originally going to post just the raw footage, but just couldn't help myself with not adding in the Indiana Jones music.