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Come Dance with Me!

4/18/2020

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This time last year, Tom and I were busy rehearsing for the Big Dance Recital at Mercy.  Graduates are invited to dance with a parent or family member.  His dance teacher, Vicki McHale, is brilliant at getting so much out of the students.  (She does the best she can with the parents as well.)  Enjoy!
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We few, we happy few...

2/18/2020

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Martin Luther King and Presidents' Weekends are busy times at ski resorts and can feel a bit overwhelming with the volume of guests that we typically experience.  Although I'm no Shakespeare scholar, I like to watch the St Crispin's speech from Henry V to get inspired going into these holiday weekends.  This year, I rewrote parts and our director edited it further and performed!  Go Joe!
(That same evening, a group called "Band of Brothers" played at the mountain.  Serendipity, indeed!)
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I want to be a part of it!  New York New York! Marathon 2019

11/4/2019

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The 49th annual New York City Marathon took place yesterday, November 3, 2019, and I was one of 54,000+ participants.  After months of preparation, training, and fundraising, I could hardly believe it when the date actually arrived.  Now that it's over, whatever will I obsess about?!  I'm sure I'll find something...
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Thursday, I went into the city to attend the Expo, get my bib, and of course, take lots of pictures.  I was tempted to purchase "finisher" shirts, but didn't want to jinx myself.  ​I ate an apple while posing in front of the medal and found my name.

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Super Shredders

11/24/2017

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A "Spartan" is not only a member of a warrior society from ancient Greece, but also an obstacle course race, of varying distances.  Obstacles include upper body challenges, carrying buckets of rocks or sandbags up and down hills, throwing spears, climbing ropes, scrambling over walls and hurdles, and many more.  A Sprint is about 5 miles, a Super 8, and a Beast 13.  All three in the same year are a Trifecta.  If you can't do an obstacle, you have to perform 30 "burpees," a hellish combination of squat, push-up, and jump.  Burpees are not fun.  But the races are a blast! 
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Our team of Blue Mountain ski and snowboard instructors, “Shredders,” formed last spring to cross off a bucket list item and do a Sprint at our home mountain in Palmerton.  Fast forward a few months and we’re looking to do a Trifecta in 2018!  After worrying about the Sprint all summer (in one week it will be over, in 48 hours it will be over) I didn’t want the race to end!  Signing up for the Super November 4 at Mountain Creek, New Jersey was a no-brainer and 5 of us (left to right:  Jennifer, Meghan, Sheri, Sharon & Stefanie) decided to go for it.


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Instructor Profile #10:  Joel Sager

2/23/2017

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Joel with his ski/snowboard lesson notebook he has kept for 40+ years!
From Broadway to Blue Mountain, instructor Joel Sager has “beaten the odds” a few times in his life, beginning with his birth!   He is 12 minutes older than his identical twin, Gene.  Twins were not common the year he was born and identicals were rarer still.

Starting his skiing career in Michigan in the 1960’s, Joel lied about his age and joined the ski patrol at 17.  At that time, lift tickets were 50¢ and a season pass was $12.



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Yes, we do!

2/1/2017

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Thank you to my friends & coaches!

1/30/2017

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For my 80-year-old dad currently in Sun Valley!

1/28/2017

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Bliss...

1/27/2017

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Answer, obviously!

1/26/2017

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