Centrifugal Crash

Today our class played an interesting game. I forgot what it was called but I call it “Centrifugal Crash”.

Everybody got in groups of four, with two pairs of two, and sang a four-verse song while holding hands. One pair of hands would go on top of the other. With each verse, one hand would go over somebody’s head, until it looked like a woven circle of arms and bodies. Then everybody would put their feet into the center and lean back, pushing against the circle. The tune changed into a more exciting song, and everybody would keep leaning back and hopping in a circle counter-clockwise. The centrifugal force would throw all of us out and onto the ground, and it was really funny. We were supposed to let go once the tension got great, but once, Kevin and Patrick Fan didn't let go, and I was trapped between them. I got thrown out to the far side of the classroom, dangerously close to the wood piano.

It was a very exciting (and “moving”) class!