The Legacy Continues

The Legacy continues and connects COLORADO & GEORGIA http://tinyurl.com/9xgsq5h
 through the Mike Glenn camps for the deaf & hard of hearing. Mike admits he does it and that it really comes from a Spirit of Love from the heart.He pays honor and tribute to his father Charles Glenn who coached most sports at the GSD(Georgia School for the Deaf) located in Cave Spring Georgia. In addition to coaching, Charles taught math at GSD. All the years he coached he received no payment. Nothing but a hand shake at the end of each season.

I wanted to be sure to get the behind the scene stories so I could understand all that was the back story for this film.So I traveled to Cave Spring and visited Rome where I visited the GSD and the original gymnasium where this story began along with the High School where Mike was bussed during segregation to high school.

I had the pleasure of seeing many of the original buildings that still exist on campus. Two buildings really stood out. One was the old stone barn which the school hopes to restore and make a historical museum one day.
The second was the original gym where I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Mr. Gabe Sinclair who was the first black boy to play in that gym. He is the nicest, sweetest and spunkiest ole guy I have ever met. He even has a pretty good hoop shot after all these years. When asked to describe his coach and mentor  Charles Glenn he speaks kindly and explains he may not have been the best coach, but he had an amazing heart and was always ready to help his students. It's not hard to see where the original Spirit of Love started, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree with Mike Glenn. Mike is an honorable man who pays tribute to his father every year by continuing the camps at no charge and has been doing so for 33 yrs. That in itself should be worthy of recognition by the sports hall of fame.

We traveled a few minutes away to see Mike's old high school where he still holds the records for the most points ever scored. His name remains at the top and has done so for three decades. An impressive record.

I look forward  to my return to Cave Spring so that I too can keep a promise. The promise obviously is to return to screen the Spirit of Love movie http://spiritoflovemovie.com at Mike's old High School Alma Mater, but also to fish with Mr. Gabe Sinclair at the lake located on the GSD campus,and enjoy more wonderful stories and an awesome fish fry with Gabe and many of the hometown fans from Cave Spring.