Mrs KH and I at the Emerald Cup

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On New Years Eve Mrs.KH and I decided to make a little comeback after 4 years of excuses. As usual I am very proud of her accomplishments.She was weighing about 152lbs when we started. 14 weeks later she was 121bs.
I got her permission this time to post some pics of us on stage...
We did Mixed Pairs and missed 1st place by 1 point and had tons of fun.
here is the opening:

 

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during quarter turns

to me, we look like we belong together

 

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and the finish

it was a great time around awesome people.

 

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Mrs KH on Friday in Masters figure

You can tell she is having a good time

 

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last one for now

Here we are with Walter. He won the Masters over 70 this year. It was great to meet this gentleman.

 

[rAJJIN]

Congrats KH! Tell the Mrs I think she Looks better then ever!
Sounds Like you guys did real good and had some Fun. Looking good buddy

 

[ParadiseCup]

that's awesome !!

congrats to both of you !!

 

[lynx]

You two look like you had a awesome time!

I agree with rajjin, Mrs.K looks great!

 

[GerryT]

You both looked terrific! And complemented each other very well. Congrats! My late wife did some choreography for mixed pairs competitors in the 80s, and am glad to see it is still around!

Continued success!

 

[njpooldude]

you lucky, lucky dog

its nice to have that "someone"

old feller was lookin ripped!! good for him!

 

[aeliop]

Nice

You both looked great! I wish they would bring back the mixed pairs in Florida, I was always a fan of it.

 

[JETHRO TULL]

You both look terrific!

On New Years Eve Mrs.KH and I decided to make a little comeback after 4 years of excuses. As usual I am very proud of her accomplishments.She was weighing about 152lbs when we started. 14 weeks later she was 121bs.
I got her permission this time to post some pics of us on stage...
We did Mixed Pairs and missed 1st place by 1 point and had tons of fun.
here is the opening:

Thank you for sharing these pictures! You are an awesome looking couple. Most people could only dream of looking so good.

 

[marilyn]

I don't know how I missed these,...they look great!! thanks for posting them.

 

[engbulldog]

you both look great!!! looks like you both had a great time thanks for sharing the pics

 

[latimus]

lookin good man. yah that older gall that won the over 50s and the mixed pairs is unbeliavable. couldnt believe she didnt win the overall masters bbing.

 

[Phidias]

to me, we look like we belong together

HELL YEAH!!!

You BOTH look absolutely FANTASTIC... WOW JUST WOW!

Congrats on that 2nd place which despite your obvious disappointment is still an awesome performance!

 

[cslim]

these are really awesome! THanks for sharing! you both really do look like you belong together!

i had no idea they did mixed pairs competitions - SO cool! and what a great thing to go through with significant other!!

 

[EVERLAST]

wow...

you guys look great!
You do look like you belong together.
Really!
Also did not know about the mixed pairs...
hmmm ....oh, Sassy?
What do you think?

 

[knucklehed]

Thanks everyone! Your comments mean a lot to us.

About Mixed Pairs; it was popular back in the 80-90's but seemed to fizzle out. Most the NPC shows offer the event and often without any additional entry fees, but participation is low. Only 4 entries in Seattle and one couple dropped out at the last minute.
I understand (at least for me) it is difficult to focus on putting a entertaining routine together and finding time to practice while being so focused on your own diet and preparation. So I can understand why many competitors aren't interested in participating.
However for us the rewards have extended well beyond the day of the show. It is a great way for us to exercise our relationship. When you're tired, hungry, stressed and irritable nothing is easy. However once we start putting our heads and bodies together and working out some choreography it just turns into fun. We laugh, mostly at ourselves and play like we are kids again.
I encourage any couple that would remotely consider it to take the leap. Have some fun together. You won’t have any regrets

 

[mikeheavypecs]

You all look GREAT!! This brings back fond memories. In 1987 we entered the American Mixed Pairs Championships (NPC) in Atlantic City and it was filmed by CBS. There were over 20 pairs in these Nationals and the competition was fierce. We got 7th place and felt lucky. There was so much excitement with Mixed Pairs competitions back then and the audience LOVED them! I don't know why it lost so much enthusiasm!

MIke