The BackBlast:

5 PAX joined for a Strudel led, music filled choreography beatdown: “So You Think You Can Dance,” a tribute to his Grandma who lived thru 10 decades (1923 – 2022). She was an inspiration for all who knew her.  Exercises were themed after the pop dances of each decade.

Warm-a-Rama

15 SSH

15 Arm Circles

15 Circle Arms

15 Weed Pickers

15 Imperial Walkers

1920’s The Charleston

3:30min Carioca to the Charleston Dance (1923)

back and forth on parking lot (short end)

1930’s The Swing

3:00min Swerkins to “Lost in the Rhythm” by Jamie Berry (this is an Electric Swing remix version from 2017)

Using swings at playground

1940’s Jazz

2:30min Coupon Arm Curls (Arm-Strong) to Louis Armstrong’s “Swinging to Nothing” (1942)

Short Mosey to school pavilion, picking up rocks along the way.

1950’s Rock’n’Roll

2:30min Rock-A-Bye Baby to “Rock Around the Clock” by Billie Haley and His Comets (1956)

Using rocks for exercise

Mosey back to parking lot, dropping off rocks on the way

1960’s Twist & Shout

2:45min of Ukrainian Twists to Beatles “Twist & Shout” (1963) in memory of Strudel’s grandma’s husband a native Ukrainian

1970’s Disco

2:00 min of Travolta Merkins to Bee-Gee’s “Staying Alive” (1977)

1980’s Moonwalk

Bernie Sanders going up and down long end of parking lot 2x up and down to Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” (1983)

1990’s Macarena

1 min of J-Lo to the “Macarena” by Los Del Rio (1993)

2000’s Hip Hop

1 min of Baryshnikov’s to “Hip Hop” music

2010’s Gangnam Style

1 min of Monkey Humpers to “Gangnam Style” by PSY (2013)

2020’s TBD

Since we are just at the beginning of the decade the music choice was a throwback to the 90’s

Hanging Toe Touch on playgrounds monkey bars to the famous “Don’t Touch This” by M.C. Hammer (1990)

Count-a-Rama

Nane-a-Rama

COT

Coffeteria

The photo shoot was a spectacle that one ferocious beast could not resist investigating.