The Spectacle -- "A School Concert"

Bonnie, David Doral, and Joaquim

You are about to see the amazing pictures of Shuswap's Bastion School's final concert.

Here are David and his parents in front of the part of the Spectacle backdrop he helped create.

The Great Battle or "Stick Tapping with a Partner"

 ... choreographed group hoola hoop dance ...

Sticks while standing

There is a video that goes along with the following two pictures.

It shows David with his three sticks, one of them with tassels on either end.

 It is this third stick that he rolls up and down the other two sticks, sometimes catching it under his chin -- though at that point it looks as though it is about to strangle him.

sticks -- while crouched

The rest of the time he has the rolling stick balanced on the two sticks he holds in his arms, rolling down, then rolling up.

The final part of the trick is to flip the fringed stick, catching it with the other two.

This part of the trick is not absolutely mastered, but skilled enough that it can be part of the performance, for it works ... sometimes.

The video is available on request from either of his parents.