Pippin Poncho

In 1977, during my senior year of high school, I was taken to the Pan American Gymnastics Cup in New York City, NY with a small group of other gymnasts by our high school coach, Carol Nygaard. She had a friend near the city, so we had somewhere to stay and although the trip was all about gymnastics and seeing the sights; when you grow up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the chance to get to see a Broadway Play seemed unrealistic. But we did get to attend, and we saw Pippin! On Broadway. The musical was a huge success and I danced in a troupe called MagicToDo with 10 guys and 10 girls where we traveled around the city performing at halftimes, events and at nursing homes. This theme song of the play has had a special place in my heart all these years and when I was brainstorming a name for this openwork poncho – I thought the 1970s and Pippin was the perfect one.