Last Saturday I was asked to announce a District Gymnastics meet. I had never done that before. After I accepted I was told I would be paid...I guess I am no longer an amateur announcer. What I did learn was that I COULD HAVE BEEN A HIGH SCHOOL GYMNAST...really. I watched the vault...Half the girls hit the spring board and did a leapfrog over the vault and then put their hand in the air - TA DA...I could do that. The first first floor exercise that I saw was girl that did a little dance routine and then went to the corner of the mat to do her passes...she ran, stopped, did a forward roll on mat, stood up and did a bent leg cartwheel....twice...TA DA...I could do that. Every girl on the balance beam fell at least once. TA DA...I could do that.I was there for about 3 hours. I spent 40 minutes of that announcing.
I just finished my last basketball announcing game for the year... my announcing year is over - for another year.
6 comments:
I love the way you write... I can just hear you saying everything you wrote! You make me laugh!!!
If something is really so easy, so simple, so obvious ... don't you mean to say: "TA-DUH!"
Reminds me when I was covering the Utah Summer Games in Cedar City. Never did any of the girls gymnastics competition (for all levels of girls - it doubled as the state competition for girls gymnastics). But the press room where I was working was across the hall from the Southern Utah University gym where the gymnastics championships were going on - all the compulsory routines were performed to the same music, so for one day straight, all I had was a one-minute clip of "As Time Goes By" from "Casablanca." I was ready to shoot anyone who dared to quip "play it again, Sam."
WORD VERIFICATION: barbici
MEANING/USE: Plural of "barbecue" ... "Mitch has three barbici planned for his backyard this summer."
Hmmmm...I'd like to you see your leapfrog, Mitch -- followed by a "ta-da"! Perhaps a video clip for your next post?
WV: achha
ACHHA: A fake sneeze; combination of "achoo" and "gotcha".
After I saw Ella dancing in her dancing outfit last time I was there, I think she could have jumped on the stage and performed too. The photographer is getting a good start on picture taking.
Oops I put my comment on the wrong blog. It was meant for Michelle's. I'll try again.
Okay - Now for the third time. This is for Mith. You have entertained me well tonight, imagining you doing gymnastics. Keep up the good work
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