Canada Day is a day for celebrating the coming together of this great, vast nation. It is best spent with your family and those you hold closest to you. I think today has definitely hit the nail right on the head! Khona, Randy and I went together this morning to visit Melanie in the hospital. I was very happy to see her again, as well to see that she is definitely on the upswing in her recovery. Having the Alabama group all together again was great!
The rest of the day was spent at Rotary Park where we setup and did a couple of demos, some lion dances and of course goofed around with a 10 ft. beach ball. It felt good to use Po this time as he is the new lion this year. I finally got the scooch part figured out in the wake up sequence! Doing the demos to the drum beat instead of the song we have been practicing to was a bit of a challenge. This is good though as it kept everyone on their toes. We had to solely rely on visual cues rather than visual and audio cues that we are used to.
Seeing how everyone is progressing with their forms is awesome. Everyone seems more confident and fluid, it really shows the dedication we share to do the best we can. I was in awe when Mr. Duncan modified his form on the fly and used the railing on the bridge to jump off of to perform a spinning attack. Well done!
The giant beach ball was simply a ton of fun. Everyone really just let out their inner kid as we had a huge game of crab soccer. It got everyone involved and the looks from drivers passing by were priceless! Even deflating the thing was hilarious. Definitely a team effort! Sifu Brinker said it was almost therapeutic, and I agree, it was a good way to cool down after all the excitement of the day.
Like I said before, today was a day to spend with your family. This team, the entire school! They are all becoming like a family to me. The Kwoon is our home. I'm glad I could spend today with you. Thank you.
See you on the mats.
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