Well that happened to Collette and I at, of all places, the CNE
Our first day at the Ex we decided to catch some of the dozens of shows you can see included with your admission. We always came back for the three hour long Air Show but this day, we just wanted to catch some of the smaller shows provided
The sign on the hall read Konterschwung: Swiss Acrobats. OK we thought, that sound entertaining. We like gymnastics/cirque type shows and this one was inside; we'd been out in the sun for hours so it would be nice to get some shade and to sit down
As the music started men began to come off of the stage, all of them dressed identically; white coveralls and sunglasses. They say nothing but they sort of stalk around, observing the audience with an expression that is blank yet with a hint of derision
Some of the men brought a set of parallel bars up on the stage and I though OK, this is what I was expecting. But it wasn't, it really was not. As the men stood up on stage, the began to unzip their coveralls and I thought "Huh, Magic Mike comes to the Ex"
Out came the swim caps and the goggles and I knew we were definitely down that rabbit hole. The troupe did indeed use those bars but not in a way I've before seen. In competitions only one man uses the bar at one time. I guess where these guys train there's only one set of bars and they had to learn how to share.
Besides the impressive athletic skills on display, these guys infused everything with a family wacky sense of humour that belied their stoic expressions. Collette was laughing so hard she had difficulty taking pictures.
So I'll stop trying to explain this to you and just let you watch the video. Don't bump your head on your way down the hole
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