Shipoopi

the new swear word. Now, Shipoopi is actually a song from the musical The Music Man which is the musical my high school is doing this year. now over the past 2 weeks we've been learning the dance to the song Shipoopi. now I know what's running through your head "shipoopi... hehe... you said poopi" or something to that effect. but the dance to this song is intense! 90% of it is hopping. and then we split off into groups and our director, Frau, decided that she wanted a group of girls who could do cartwheels. which i can, so i immediately raised my hand, not knowing what was going to become of this. so, as it turns out, i have to do a cartwheel over a guys legs. to explain, he stands like he is sitting on a chair, with his legs out. I put my arms under his legs and essentially put my shoulders on his knees and he grabs my waist and sorta holds me so i don't fall while doing the cartwheel. this is easier said than done. I am so afraid that I'm gonna end up kicking my guy in the face! and i developed a bad habit of trying to put my hands on his knees and cartwheel over his knees like that. which resultsin me failing miserably. the first time i tried it i ended up on the floor which was interesting, to say the least and Frau is making our chorus teacher make us go out in the hall during the last few minutes of class and practice the cartwheels over and over again until we get them right. it's gonna be an interesting few weeks. but anyway. so this dance is so hard that whenever someone says Shipoopi, i swear at least five people go "ARGHHH!!!" not like a pirate, but like frustration.