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I have been on stage a couple of times in my life, but this was definately my best performance. At age 7, I was in a gymnastics show at my school for all the parents. I was always into tumbling, flipping, and rolling around. I was fascinated when I watched the acrobats when I first saw them at (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus), back in the day. Back then, that was my childhood dream...to be an acrobat. I was the most agile child of the ten in our group, so, they put me as the top-dog and the last to do a tumble sault- over the row of three kids. I remember being very nervous and all I kept thinking about is that everyone was watching. The first nine kids had to do a tumble sault over one person- kneeling on all fours. The last person (me), had to do a tumble sault over three kids. When you do a tumble sault, you run, put your hands on the ground, and roll. Well, what I did, and I have no idea how I did it, was a complete flip (no hands) over the three kids. Everyone cheered and gave me a standing ovation. Till this day...I still, don't know how I did it.