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Final bow.
Post show bow at Pittsburgh’s The Moth Grand Slam in October 2018.
Wonderful show. Catherine told a great story that centered around a 16 month relationship with a plant, not a ten-year struggle over cancer.
Lots of physical mojo in the stories including a guy who aims to dunk, then the trip to NYC with a back-seat pee, a bully-beating in high school, a patient patient, an ants in his pants teacher, and more.
Catherine’s three-time reign as Pittsburgh’s Grand Slam Champion has come to a close.
Catheine Palmer is a professor and audiologist. Her stories focus on the funny reality of parenting whether your kids are babies or taxpayers. This often misguided parenting has produced tow resilient young men who continue to make new stories. Listen to four of her stories on the website.
David Montgomery (host), Joel Brady, Stephan Cooper, Bob Creo, Davit Davitian, Kimberly Giles, Catherine Palmer, Mariah Passarelli, Lora Rigatti, Nate Sandstrom, Denise Scheuermann. David Bennett (musican), Michelle Jalowski (director), Kelly Flanagan Dee (Story-SLAM producer).
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Host’s photo.
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Hi All,
The Steelers have a bye week, and we’re saying bye to the warm weather in Western PA, but let’s not be strangers.
It is time to show up for some winter training and I’m calling to you — and not just #26, Le’Vion Bell.
Our first visit to Moon to happens from 2 to 4 pm on SUNDAY, at the new, indoor, MOON high school pool for some community SKWIM.
First visit is GRATIS. Open swim starts at noon. We start our game-play at 2 pm. I’ll bring the disks and you just bring the “plays well with others, can-do attitudes.” They even have plenty of fins at the pool.
See my new, mini, web course on SKWIM rules: https://skwim.us/courses/skwim-rules/
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We’re going to go back to Moon a number of Sunday afternoons throughout the the remainder of the year, and we need a good turnout. We’ve been doing well, but have plenty of additional space on our Friday night sessions at Mt. Lebanon High School. Tuesdays we can swim and play both SKWIM and Water Polo at Chartiers Valley High School too.
We want you to stay active this winter — at the swim pool — in our programs. Say BYE to inactivity this winter.
Our events are being promoted on the MeetUp group, Free & Almost Free in Pittsburgh. You can RSVP there: https://www.meetup.com/pittsburgh-free/events/254996510/
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Another competition happen in Pittsburgh on Friday night at the August Wilson Center in Downtown when my wife takes the stage to tell another story in The Moth’s Grand Slam event. Catherine is 2-time (or is it 3) defending champion for Pittsburgh. Ten people, all winners of the monthly shows in the past year, get an invite to tell a new story.
https://themoth.org/events/results?eventLocations=6470&typesOfEvents=&eventDate=201810
If you are going, let me know and we can include you in the tailgate.
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For the local buzz on other moon news, see:
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events/first-man
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Ta.
Mark Rauterkus
412 298 3432 = cell
MeetUp in Moon. Click to see the MeetUp event.
I’d love for you, your family and friends to consider a new set of swimming, play, fitness and community engagement events slated for August and detailed at a website I just launched.
We are holding drop-in practices for the next 2 weeks at Citiparks Ammon outdoor pool in Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood from 3:30 to 5:30 pm on most days. This is a few blocks up from PPG Paints Arena where the Penguins play, central the to the city.
See the calendar and sign up there. Come on out and bring a team too.
Last night I had fun playing the water disk game, SKWIM, with a championship girls field hockey team and its coach. See my Facebook page. Rowers, hoopers, triathletes, and video-game players can give SKWIM a go.
Furthermore, we are gaining participation in club water polo efforts with the help of South Park Aquatics. Kids from the city, Mt. Lebo, South Park and Elizabeth Forward are all doing it now. More from Peters, Bethel and elsewhere are expected next week.
Coming to Highland Park Pool.
Lastly, on Saturday, September 1, 2018, NCAA Men’s Water Polo games are slated for Citiparks Highland Park Pool between Washington & Jefferson, Penn State, Gannon, Mercyhurst and our Pittsburgh Masters team, Renegades. See https://Renegades.4rs.org. Free admission. Save the date.
I’d be happy to coordinate to see you and your group at the pool this month. Call or email me for any additional insights.
(Please forward far and wide.)
My wife is the master of ceremonies for this event and will tell a few short stories among the others on the program. If you want to come out and support the cause, a seemingly worthy one, I’ll see you there.
Click image to get the PDF of the poster.
Thanks in advance for reading and passing along these good news links — far and wide. Three different chapters of the same engagement story. Video highlights too.
But we’ll be outdoors at 6 pm at Citiparks Ammon tonight, (and every Tuesday and Thursday), weather permitting. Plus, we go to another site to play SKWIM with 3 summer teams as well.
Wonderful that the team and coach are out and in the light of day, but please don’t say, again, that “it is the best possible outcome.” Part of the outcome was the death in service of a gentleman / diver, and that should not be discounted.
Tremendous efforts from a team of super talented individuals from around the world. The entire ordeal is so hard to fathom.
Time to celebrate — and mourn. May peace come to all who return home. May future explorers always posses the wisdom, courage and lessons learned from these past weeks.
