14 strong at The Ballroom with Barry Manilow … what to do? … When in Rome …

Disclaimer complete and a cool(ish) breeze in the air, 14 strong were ready some moderate fun at The Ballroom. I scoured the exercises for every celebrity music and dance appearance I could find, and even made a few up.

The Thang,

mosey 1/2 way down the hill, circle up, 10x imperial walker, 10x windmill, 10x squat, 10x merkins

mosey down to the circle, circle up, 10x hillbilly walker, 10x cherry picker, 10x monkey humpers, 10xCDD

mosey to the bottom lot for Patrick Swayze (not the Roadhouse Swayze, not Point Break Swayze … yes, Dirty Dancing Swayze) … back and forth in the lot … Karaoke L, Karaoke R, butt kickers, graceful high knees, backwards run with arms out waiting for Jennifer Gray (or Anchorman) to jump in them, and back down with a power-skip

10 count before a Jonah Hill OYO … 3x broad jumps, 3x merkins, 3x broad jumps, 3x merkins x 7 times each for 21 of each (ala 21 Jump Street)

mosey 1/2 way back up the hill and circle up for a Matt Foley IC … 1x squat with arms out (optional, yell about living in a van down by the river), 4x Dying Cockroach, 2x squats, 8x Dying Cockroach … up to 5x and 20x

mosey up to the grass near the to parking lot, 10x Makhtar N’Diayes, 10x Kneetar N’Diayes

mosey to the side driveway just below the parking lot, 5x bombjacks, bear crawl up to the lot, 5x donkey kicks, walk back down to the side drive, 5x bombjacks, bear crawl up to the lot, 10x alternating shoulder taps

mosey to the other end of the parking lot, circle up, a minute or so of Grateful Dead IC, 10x Freddie Mercury IC, 10x Travoltas IC, 5x Diamond David Lee Roth Burpees OYO

mosey to the small lot before the wall, inchworm from one side to the other, lunge walk back, toy soldier across, windmill walkers back … circle up for 10x flutters, 10x LBCs and 10x box cutters

over the wall and back to COT, announcements, prayers and praises, honored to lead a solid group.

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow