Natalie has been going to Planet Gymnastics for about a year now and really loves it. She was recently promoted (starting this fall) to GymStars II. But to wrap up the 2010-2011 year, they have a big final show called Gym Show and all of the kids get to participate. Naturally, the GymStars I, being the smallest of the independent (ie: without a parent) students, were the cutest of all! They practiced really hard on their routine for weeks!
The theme this year was a "Planet Gymnastics Hoedown!"
Natalie scanned the crowd before she found us and gave us a big wave. Her friend Lili is on her left (your right). First, they did a dance/gymnastics routine to the song "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash. Then some of the older kids did their routines (along with some of the girls from the cheerleading squad they have there). Then the GymStars I group came back out and did an obstacle course showing off some of the moves they had learned during the year. I didn't get any pictures of that since I videoed the whole thing!
Natalie and all of the other kids got to come out and watch the teachers do a really cool routine full of flips and handsprings and all kinds of crazy cool stuff! They were really impressive!
At the end, everyone receives a medal for their participation during the year and during the Gym Show. Normally I'm not such a huge fan of giving all the kids medals, but gymnastics isn't exactly a "team" sport, so I was okay with it. There aren't winners and losers in gymnastics, it's just exercise and skill!
Uh oh! That's a pretty big reward, I think I'm going to have to turn them in! I know where these ganstas live!
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