http://www.jumprm.com/school/school_index.php Rope Skipping News/Travel Updates en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:50:01 PM EDT http://www.jumprm.com/school/news_rss.xml After finally getting home I am now officially off for the summer. It took a bit longer than I thought due to my grandmother passing away and having to fly out to California for the Memorial service. She had her 93rd birthday shortly before passing.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#110 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0400 I'm sitting in New York at one of the final schools for this school year's tour. The students are preparing for a concert and I'm waiting for them to finish up so I can get warmed up for my show. What a great year this has been, it's crazy to think.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#109 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0400 I'm sure you've been worried about me if you read this blog somewhat consistently, since I haven't posted in quite some time. I've been taking a bit of a break from some of the computer stuff for the last couple weeks so I can recoup. I finally fi.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#108 Sun, 18 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400 I've been sitting here between 2 computers all weekend working frantically to get the Double Dutch video completed. My goal was to have it in the mail on Friday, but certain time constraints kept that from happening. I thought it would be a quick f.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#107 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400 A couple days ago I was driving into New York City on my way to Southold, NY (which is on the tip of Long Island about 1.5 hours past NYC). Right after I got some gas I pulled onto the road and was immediately stopped by a cop. He came up to the wi.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#106 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400 After quite some time with no new recommendation letters uploaded, I've finally started adding new ones. I recently had a few schools I was at record some new audio recommendations for me and I've uploaded them to the site. Check them out at .... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#105 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400 I performed at 2 very fun schools today in Pennsylvania. The state is in the midst of their tests and the schools are looking for ways to get their minds off of them when they're not forced to sit down and take them. So I have a busy week with lots.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#104 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0400 When you eat out every meal the goal eventually becomes...find something different. In this hunt you will find some good places and some bad ones. Normally it's just mediocre most of the time, as was the case last night. The food was good (the mea.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#103 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0400 When things go wrong for me, they seem to go wrong at a large scale. Friday was my day off and I had a flight scheduled to Grand Rapids, which I was expecting to go nice and smooth, a good change from driving everywhere. As it turns out there was a.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#102 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0400 I performed at a high school in Akron, OH yesterday. I don't do a lot of high school programs, but I always enjoy them when I get the opportunity. I guess it's a hard sell to convince a principal that their students would enjoy a jump rope program,.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#101 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0400 I've been working like mad trying to get this Double Dutch video finished, today marks the first visible evidence that it's getting somewhere. The first section is now available for download! That's right, all the skills from the Double Dutch Singl.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#100 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0500 I showed up at a middle school today to do a demo and there were a bunch of people at the door staring at me. After a few moments one of the ladies opened the door and asked what I wanted. I told her I was there to do a show and she quickly escorte.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#99 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0500 Last week I got quite a surprise when I dialed up an old friend and found that I still had the right phone number. When I said old I really meant it, we knew each other about 10 years ago and I hadn't seen him in about 7 years. I honestly didn't th.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#98 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0500 I think a lot of people get excited about long weekends, but I really dislike them. I would so much rather be performing and this week has been a bummer due to a series of sleet/ice storms that blew through the St. Louis area. All my shows from Thu.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#97 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0500 Today I performed in a city that holds a special place in the hearts of many, yet I didn't even know it existed. I performed in Chester, IL which is the home of Popeye. Traveling as much as I do certainly brings you to a lot of cities and it's amaz.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#96 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0500 After quite a few weeks of nothing but snow, we have headed south and it's nice to finally see the ground (though everything is dead and ugly). I love the look of snow and I love being in it, the tough part has been...driving. Driving in the snow i.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#95 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0500 I have one show left before the end of this week. This is probably one of the rarest weeks that I've had because I was scheduled to perform in the same city 4 days in a row. Of course due to weather (plenty of snow and ice) 3 shows were cancelled y.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#94 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0500 I just woke up and found that for a second day this week all my school shows have been canceled due to weather. I have to admit that it snowed quite a bit yesterday and they're understandable closings, but it's always lame when I don't get to perfor.... http://www.jumprm.com/school/news.php#93 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0500