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Every once in a while, Andrew puts together a show that knocks me for a loop. Santa Clara Aquamaids was definitely that show for me recently. He had contacted them and they wanted to bring people from every level of the organization on to the show, which I think is just way too many people at one time. Andrew doesn't seem to understand and the guests don't realize that if you have more than three people, you are actually cheating the subject. Because each person is only able to offer the most basic information with no detail. You end up with a disjointed conversation about things you didn't necessarily even want to cover about the topic because are just too many cooks in the soup.
So I tried to formulate a plan that would divide the topic into essentially three different shows. One about the Santa Clara Aquamaids organization, one about the Olympians, and one about the specialized sports medicine - plyometrics. Each topic is a strong subject on its own. The training that the girls of the Aquamaids get helps with their self-esteem and fitness, which is milder than the usual training of an Olympic contender. Of course, some Aquamaids try for Olympic medals, but that takes an amazing amount of dedication in order to qualify for the synchronized swimming team. Which is why I felt the olympic contenders deserved their own show to look at that slightly different aspect of doing synchronize swimming from the point of a competitive athlete. Whereas, for the Aquamaids Organization, I wanted to talk about the basic structure of the organization and how they manage to get volunteers and other people to come help in this non-profit venture.
I sent an email with this proposal to the PR person. But unfortunately, he did not receive it before we taped the show. So everybody showed up. Part of that group were some of the young Aquamaids, the ones that are not necessarily athletic contenders and they did not know what to do. Everyone loves to see cute, young girls., so I decided I would have them make the public service announcement where they would talk about why they joined Aquamaids and why it's important. I sent away their sports medicine consultant, Dr. Chu, because I want to do a separate show on his particular techniques of sports medicine and training. I feel pretty good that we will get several cohesive shows out of this.
Plus, how often do you get to touch an Olympic medal? So cool!
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