Leaving tomorrow for Seattle to consult with a great company (no, not that one).
Totally founded on a green and humanitarian basis, what you always dreamed might happen if greed didn’t prevail so much in our society. More on that later.
For all of you devoted followers (?) I won’t be as likely to be doing as much facebook, twitter, wordpress posting. I have a “boot camp” schedule set up and want to be brought up to snuff (strange expression) as fast as possible.
I haven’t been to Seattle in years. And at night I am going to try and get around to what many consider the most Derby region anywhere: Fabulous Rat City Rollers, the Oly Rollers (just a few miles south) Donna Kay’s whole new concept, OneWorld Derby, home of Elwood Bruise, I think Derby Deeds, and so many other teams and Derby things. And you want banked track skating? Just go to Everett a few miles to the north.
I often wondered why did Seattle develop so much? I am originally from Portland, and certainly the Rose City Rollersare no slouches; the best junior Derby is here. And Cherry City (Salem) showed so much heart and compassion in the memorial (and auction) for Jennacidal Tendencies’ surviving children (almost $9000 raised to date!) and I am proud of how the whole northwest (and I include British Columbia – Roller Derby needs no passports when it comes to being international – and remember, the fabulous Lucy D is from somewhere up there).
Image by Rattlhed from Wikimedia Commons.
OK, so I am known for occasionally shouting my political outbursts, but I hope I am also a positive influence in our world and my guidance is helpful. I want to see a game that is safe but has action, and I don’t think the players in any other sport compare to the depth of passion and sibling love that is in Derby;
And I will find out in this coming week whether it is the water, rain, fish throwing or whatever that has created this hotbed of Derby and the wonderful utopian company I will be visiting.
Keep those cards, letters, and posts coming.
Tilted Thunder plays in Everett, but they practice in the same area of Seattle as Rat City (Ballard) only a few blocks apart from each other. And I think it’s so popular up here in the northwest due to the fact that Rat City and Rose City did what any great promoter does; they figured out a way to make it a “cool” event to go through, then did a nice job of making a lot of those curious first-timers to stick around once they got through the doors.
The weather has been awesome up here the last couple months, too. Hopefully it’ll stay that way for your visit!
I would like visit the training while there!
Gerald E. Seltzer
Shoot me an email at tom22374@yahoo.com and I’ll see what I can do to help make that happen, Jerry 🙂
Jerry have a very fruitful trip.
Sent from my Galaxy S®IIIJerry Seltzer wrote:
There is *SO* much Roller Derby in the Seattle / Puget Sound area, it’s wonderful! Besides Rat City and Oly there are the men of the Puget Sound Outcasts, the Tacoma Dockyard Derby Dames, Everett Jet City, Tilted Thunder, I-5 Roller Derby, the Bellingham Roller Betties, One World and *so* many more.
During season there is usually multiple games every weekend, fun!