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Article: Jammin' gymnastics.(full-time community gymnastics center)
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1996 National Recreation and Park Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Put a beam bag in each hand; hold your arms out like this; look straight ahead; and walk down the balance beam.
What does it mean to be part of a typical Monday night at the St. Mary's County (MD) Recreation and Parks Gymnastics Center? It means trying to find a parking space in an overcrowded parking lot. It means parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents packed into the Pro Shop and Competitive Lobby (a seating area with window that looks into the gym).
It means a jumble of managed chaos, a swarm of moving bodies flipping, flying, somersaulting, twisting, turning, balancing, and moving in all parts of the gym. Most importantly, it means sharing the smiles, ...
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