Gym Dandies

[KcTheAcy]

Hey, I am a member of a unicycling and juggling group called the gym
dandies From Scarborough, Maine. It is a group of over 200 unicyclists
ranging from 3rd to 10th grade and over 1000 kids have been in since in
started in 1981. We perform at many other schools and in parades. In
performances we use 20' and giraffe unicycles. We also use jugging
equipment, Balls, Clubs, Rings, Devil sticks and Diablos. We also have
walking globes. I was wondering if there were any other unicycle groups
this big. Our best performers can do things like mount giraffes un
assisted, Backwards pegleg, 1 and 2 footed Wheelwalking, floor mounting,
5 ball juggling and many other things. So here are some pictures. I hope
i can get some feedback on my first post so ya. :D

[image:
http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/specialist/physed/gymdandies/photos/photo14.jpg]


[image:
http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/specialist/physed/gymdandies/photos/photo17.jpg]


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[unicycleboy]

I am aware that TCUC is pretty big, i dont know really know, In the Uk
we have little groups around the Uk things like clubs and schools but
nought on the scale of 1000's :)

Trev


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[circusnews]

KcTheAcy,

As far as I know, the Gym Dandies are unique among unicycle clubs in
their size and scope. Their was a school (someplace in the Midwest US
if I recall correctly) that taught all of their kids to unicycle back in
the late 80's, but they stopped doing that after about 2 or 3 years when
the principal left. IIRC 60 Minutes or 20/20 did a story on them back
about 1988 or 89 shortly before they stopped the project.

Now, if you want to expand into the realm of youth circus programs,
their are many programs comparable in size through out the world,
including many others that are run as a part of the school. These range
from Paul Woodheads Circus West in Australia (part of a public school,
some 250 kids involved every year), to the S.F. Circus Center in S.F.
California (big program), to The Circus Club at The Benjamin Franklin
School in Cleveland Ohio (smaller program serving some 60 or so kids),
to Circus Juventas in Minnesota (serving some 100+ kids), to Everyday
circus in St. Louis (another sizeable program), to the Gamma Phi Circus
at Illinois State University (circus summer camp serves over 300 a year,
school year program serves lots of kids as well), to Sarasota Sailor
Circus (serves over 250 kids a year from the Sarasota school district)
and many, many more. New England alone has over 30 youth circus
programs, including my own youth circus program in Newton, Massachusetts
called Simply Circus ( www.simplycircus.com ).

You guys do some great work (I have seen one of your videos), and I hope
that you can be a part of the next New England Regional Youth Circus
program (Jon will have the information on that when it becomes
available).

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[merrill]

The twin cities club appears to be a bit bigger than your group, but I
think you guys may qualify as one of the best kept secrets. I grew up
in Scarborough (30 years ago), but til now couldn't verify whether or
not you guys really existed. Have the Gym Dandies ever been to a
unicycle convention? Any of you guys into Muni?


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[Tmornstar]

Hey, KCtheACY,
Please e-mail me. I'd love to learn more about your group!
Tommy



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[Sofa]

The London Unicycling Club is almost as large. We have nearly 30
riders.

Does your club have a website? perhaps you would like to add your club
to

'this list' (http://tinyurl.com/y8a0) ?

If floormounts are what I am thinking, I do those all the time.
If floormounts are -not- simply falling off the unicycle, what are they?


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[KcTheAcy]

Thanks for all the replies... Our Web site can be found'Here'
(http://tinyurl.com/yaq5) You can talk to Jon Cahill About "The List" We
may use different terminology than you pros..but When I said floor
mounting I was reffering to 2 things...Kick mounting a small uni and
mounting a graiff without assistance or a wall..Sorry i was not clear

-Kaycee


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