Students range from high school students, all the way down to the next generation of cheerleaders.Īside from regular classes, GOB also puts on summer camps for various activities. Cheerleading classes range from beginners to advanced competitive cheer and are coached by Angelique Chaiser, a nationally-renowned cheerleading judge and competitor. Most recently, GOB has added cheerleading to its repertoire. ‘We have classes in Irish and Gaelic dance, tap, jazz, ballet and a hip-hop class for high school aged students.? ‘We added dance in 1997 and it was a huge success,? Frezza said. They have grown from teaching basic tumbling, to teaching advanced gymnastics on apparatus, numerous forms of dance and also competitive cheerleading. Now GOB teaches and trains about 500 students each week. ‘The club started with about 60 kids signed up,? Frezza said. Plus I was filling a niche within the community.?Īfter the success of the classes at the local elementary, Frezza circulated a flier asking for participants in a gymnastics club. ‘I was working as a financial planner at the time, and found that I really still loved to coach and work with children. At this point the school had no gym class, so I started coming in a few days a week to do some beginning gymnastics classes,? he said. ‘When my children were in school at HT Burt Elementary, the principal had asked for parents to volunteer in any way they could. Years passed, and Frezza found himself opening his own gym. ‘When I turned 14, I wanted to quit and play football, but the gym I trained at wanted me to coach, so at that age I began coaching younger kids in gymnastics at the Birmingham YMCA.? ‘I was in gymnastics and dance until I was 14 years old,? said GOB owner Paul Frezza. GOB Gymnastics, Dance and Cheerleading is not just celebrating another successful year in 2003, they are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Brandon Township-based gym. What started as a father’s love of gymnastics, dance and children has now become a valuable part of Brandon and its surrounding communities.
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