Gals, I literally just spent 45 minutes looking for a photo because a picture says a thousand words! But to no avail. I think this song Spinning Wheel may hold more meaning for me than it does for most people.
In 1978 I was 10 years old and was moving up in my passion for gymnastics. I started very late for a gymnast (age 9). My mom told me I could not fit gymnastics in to my schedule. So I quit tap, ballet, jazz, toe, acrobatics, roller skating, bowling, Girl Scouts and softball and put full time into gymnastics! Eventually going 6 days a week for 4 hours a day. But in 1978 I was sill only a Class III gymnast (btw, the ranking system has since flipped…pardon the pun 😊). The compulsory floor routine was done to a lyric free Spinning Wheel!! I heard this song over and over and over while practicing my routine that year…and my teammates routines. I still remember the routine too for the most part. And because it was so basic, I bet at 55 years old, I could still do it 😂
I was looking for the photo of me doing my routine to this song. Sorry for the ramble but this just brought back so many memories. The irony that it is by a group called Blood, Sweat & Tears is not lost on me! I experienced ALL of those in my gymnastics career!!!!! Blood 🩸 Sweat 😓 and tears 😢
@Gaike as a fellow gymnast, I thought you might want to see this post 🤗
Donna, it’s great to see your face. I’ve been thinking of you and I hope you are doing ok 💛
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| @ThisDayInMusicHistory - Sep 30, 2023 Thank you @BKPOWER8 , I’m slowly coming back. You must add me to the list of gymnasts 🤸 with @Gaike 😅 I swear we had similar backgrounds and upbringing.everything you mentioned I was involved in too. I was never involved in planes or space, but definitely find space very intriguing. We might be related 😂 : 7 : 2
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