Teen mania, KeNyA, Kira, Patricia, Chris, RayGene, Daniele, Matt and Michael were working on a kick line, not perfect, but hey it's their first try.  The may not be ready for Broadway, but this was at the pond.  The ducks were impressed:)

KeNyA, Daniele (left) and Patricia (right) were cheerleaders last year for Los Banos Junior High.  KeNyA was a "flyer", the person they toss around.  The stunts they did last year were much better than this one, but these three never worked stunts together.  Their cheer squad did great last year, competing at the West Coast Championships in Disneyland!  In this photo Nev-A-Mom is the back spot, and I have absolutely no clue what Kent Daddy is doing.  It looks like he's howling at the sun, or crowing like a chicken . . . KeNyA has a theory about that.  She says "Did you ever notice how when guys get in each other's faces they slam their chests into one another . . . just like chickens?"  Bawk, bawk, bawk!

  We were appreciative Mom and Dad Sandhagen joined us for awhile.  (That's "Big H", Kent's Dad alongside him.)  My Mom never made it to the pond, too busy, too ill, long drive, hot weather.  I thought of her and Dave Wysong for days before this party.  It would have meant alot to have them join us too.  I phoned Dave's cell phone, knowing he died in March, hoping we might hear his voice.  No luck, it said the customer we were trying to reach could not be located.

But we did locate "our" Paul Hildebrant who left our club to move to Oregon.  He joined a show ski team there and thought we might like to learn a trick.  I was game.  It sounded cool and simple, we'd start off the dock with me sitting on his shoulders, once we were skiing along I would wrap my legs under his outstretched arms and lay straight back, arms straight out to my sides.  Matt's standing behind me for a back spot, just in case we didn't ski off the dock and my head looked like it would hit the back of the dock.    Um, it didn't work so well.  The first try I just rolled over backwards as he started to stand, the next time I went over his front.  The photo on the left is about try 3 or 4.  We were well off the dock but I think we just lost the rope here.  It was fun, entertaining (for all) and interesting.  My (KeNyA's) teen friends, did NOT want the responsibility of being my back spot.  I was never hurt or injured, neither was Paul.  KeNyA asked me not to try it anymore cause it looked like I could get hurt, and she still needs a Mommy:)  That's the interesting part, teens seeing into responsibility "you're gonna poke someone's eye out with that thing", rather than just seeing the potential for fun.  For the record, I was never scared, I saw the potential for fun.  Hmmm.

Even Super RayGene didn't want to be my spot.  I just love it that folks are free enough here at the pond to just be, well, dorks if they feel like it.  RayGene's no dork though, if you can remember back to your own youth you'll recall that a cape of any sort would allow you to run faster and jump higher.  RayGene has the courage to not care what others think, she needed to move fast . . . it was another day of King of the Dock!

Harrump, they didn't want Nev-A-Mom to do tricks, but we should let the children play?  KeNyA and RayGene being KeNyA and RayGene at the Pond.

The teen kick line of KeNyA, Kira, Patricia, Chris, RayGene, Daniele, Matt and Michael showing they're ready for "mean streets" or Broadway, well if you look at the kick line again, maybe they're ready for Los Banos Theatre:)  (That's not a slam we LOVE our Arts Council and all they do, KeNyA was in "Cinderella" in May, she's auditioning for "Alice in Wonderland" next week . . . but this is Los Banos, not New York!

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