Saturday, January 31, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
The Circus
A friend I've made in Las Vegas offered to try to get a popular performance. His wife performs in the "Ka" by the famous Cirque du Soleil. This particular shows has performers and acts from all over the world, fantastic sound and light technology, and involves a lot of vertical movement. This is a picture of some of the platforms that the performers act on.
These are pictures of my friend's wife when she is in costume and make-up for a performance. The little girl holding her hand in the bottom photo is their daughter. She is five and loves ballet. She wants to be a dancer like her mom when she grows up.
Here is a short video showing some of what they do in their performance.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
So this weekend we are helping out at a girls' gymnastic competition! We wrap ankles, supply bags of ice, and examine anyone whose been hurt. For example, one girl landed wrong so we did some tests on her knee to see if she needed to go to the doctor or not (she was okay).
There are over 2,600 girls competing! They come from all over. I've worked with gymnasts from California, Louisiana, Nevada, and Canada (but didn't think to start asking where they were from until near the end).
A couple of the girls I already knew from the clinic. The physical therapists I work with knew several of the other girls and their coaches. Its a dangerous sport but these are tough girls! The physical therapist I work with, Mike, used to work with professional basketball players and he said that the girls (most of whom are around Heidi's and Jackson's ages) are a lot tougher.
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