European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes wednesday. February 12, 1986 performing inside two ropes or "double-dutch,1 Sis Polo a 1_ pm nah a we or some members of he skip its team from Boulder colo., do Back flips at the  High school gym. Rope jumping team skips around Germany on tour sirt lol  , fifth under re Farkel Lewis right and ���c�2 White jacket gel autographs from Roto Hamilton left a Geoe . By Dick Hodgson Kagera lantern Bureau Kaiserslautern skip  for 170 students from Boulder colo., that bit of american Slang is synonymous with television appearances Magazine articles and International competitions. Eleven fifth through eighth Grade members of the skip its rope jumping demonstration team currently Are on a 43 performance tour of Germany. During the17 Days of the tour they Are bringing their show to elementary school pupils rope skipping clubs and German television. Director Richard Cendali a physical education teacher at Boulder s Douglas elementary school said members of the team spend about 25 weeks each year on tour demonstrating More than 1,200tricks. We generally take about 10 students on each tour he said. The Tours Are something special for the kids and the work really hard to be selected for the travelling teams. In addition to developing their skip Ping skills they have to keep up with their school work because their other teachers have to approve them for the  members of the skip its practice to Gether for three hours two or three times each week and still maintain much better than average Scholastic standing Cendali said. They know they can t travel with the team if they have a d or a u on their report cards he said. But since the Grade Point average for the group is 3.85 on a 4.00 scale that has t proven to be  the United states has More than 300 skipping teams and an estimated 100.000competitive Skippers he said. Skipping is something almost anybody con do. It s not expensive and it gives the kids a sense of accomplishment he said. Sometimes we tend to treat kids As objects. We forget they Are people and Don t give them enough chances to do things that excite them that Are just Plain fun. I try to give them an Opportunity to express themselves with a  Cendali said the group has no budget for the trips. So we rely on the support of a lot of people. Dodds gave us two vans for our ground transportation in Germany. Adidas gives us our uniforms Twa paid for our flight Over Here and Aid insurance paid for our transportation to Berlin the first Stop on the German tour when the team does t have a sponsor for a trip Cendali dips into his own pocket to come up with the Money an aide said. It s Worth it to give them the Chance to perform Cendali said. The educational opportunities Are too great to pass up. When i see the smiles on their faces that what i get  the skip its schedule includes today Baum older s Hall of champions 9and 10 . Ramstein High school 6 30 . Thursday Simbach elementary school 9 30 . Pforzheim High school 2 45 . Friday Stuttgart s ludwigs Burg school 8 30and 9 30 . Stuttgart Patch school i and 2 . Saturday Friedburg German school 11 20 . Sunday Canadian forces base Baden Soelling in 2 . Monday Wiesbaden 6 . Tuesday Darmstadt elementary school 9 . Frankfurt Junior High school 1 and 2p.m. Feb.19 Wuerzburg elementary school 9 Andi . Feb. 20 bad Stoelz 9 . Munich elementary school i and 2p.m. Feb. 22 a Dos sports show German second program10