by Doris Miller
Thousands of people are on the stands shouting and cheering as big signs and banners read: ‘THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON ORGANIZATION PRESENTS THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON DIRT BIKE COMPETITION’. Mitch is riding a motorized dirt bike as it roars, speeding it down the dirt road as the crowd shouts, “Hey Mitch! Hey Mitch!” The Diaz-Davidson Youth performers and athletes and people on the stands call out to Mitch as he rides the dirt bike into the distance.
Five pre-teen boys hurry away to some dirt bikes as Mike tries to hurry away with them, but Mary grabs one of Mike’s arms as Marilyn grabs Mike’s other arm stopping him. Mike angrily shouts to the other boys, “Wait y’all shit!”
“Watch your mouth mister!” Marilyn shouts. “Your outfit needs fixing! You can’t go out there like that!”
Mary turns to Barry and says, “Barry could you fix Mike’s jacket real quick?”
“Sure Mary,” Barry says as he goes in front of Mike. He bends down to Mike and fix the front of Mike’s Dirt Bike jacket as Mary and Marilyn hold onto Mike’s arms. Barry finishes fixing Mike’s dirt bike outfit. Mary and Marilyn let go of Mike’s arms as Mike hurries to the rest of the guys and the dirt bikes.
Mike, Mitch and five other pre-teen boys are at the Dirt Bike Start Line. They start to ride on motorized dirt-bikes, speeding the dirt-bikes down the dirt track as they wear helmets and dirt-bike outfits. The crowd and the Diaz-Davidson Youth performers and athletes call out to Mike, Mitch and the four other pre-teen boys as Mike, Mitch and the four other pre-teen boys speed the dirt-bikes down the dirt track.
Mike, Mitch and the four other boys continue to speed their dirt-bikes down the dirt track. A group of excited pre-teen girls in the stands call out to Mike and Mitch, “Hey Mike and Mitch, could y’all give us a ride!” Mike, Mitch and the other pre-teen boys continue to speed their dirt-bikes down the dirt track.
At the Start line, around 20 white and Latino boys are at the start line. Mike, Mitch and the other four boys ride to the start line. Mike Mitch and the four boys start to line their dirt-bikes alongside each other facing the same direction. The rest of the boys start to line side by side and behind Mike and Mitch in 6 teams. Mike is at the head of line 3 as Mitch is at the head of line 4. The coach, a middle-aged male white, Barry, Tomas, Nicolas and Michael approach the boys. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Mickey and Michael fix all the boys’ outfits and helmets. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Michael and the coach step aside as the boys get ready to race. The boys start up their engines. Their engines roar as they get ready. Tomas then shouts, “Okay are you guys ready?!”
“Yeah we’re ready Mr. Tomas,” one of the boys says.
“Okay then.” The gun sound pops! Mike, Mitch and the other four boys at the head of their team gear up their engines. The second gun sound goes off! Mike, Mitch and the other four boys race down the dirt way as their teams and people in the stands start to shout and cheer, “Go Mitch! Go Mike!” Several people in the stands are holding up large banners and signs high in the air reading ‘GO MIKE AND MITCH!’, while other people hold up signs reading ‘THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON YOUTH DIRT-BIKE COMPETITION’. Other people are holding up banners and signs reading ‘THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON YOUTH ORGANIZATION’. Mike, Mitch and the other four boys speed their dirt-bikes further down the dirt road. The entire crowd and team continue to route for Mike, Mitch and shout, “Go Mike! Go Mitch!” Mike, Mitch and the other four boys continue to speed their motorized dirt-bikes, speeding the dirt-bikes down the dirt track. Mike, Mitch and the other pre-teen boys continue to speed their dirt-bikes down the dirt road.
Mike, Mitch and the other four boys speed to the finish line! The crowd starts to scream more! The coach, Barry, Tomas, Nicolas and Michael hurry to Mike, Mitch and the other four boys and cheer for them. Mike, Mitch and the other four boys take off and remove their helmets as the rest of the team and some of the crowd from the stand hurry to Mike, Mitch and the other four boys! The crowd lifts up Mike, Mitch and the other four boys and cheer for them!
Six other boys come to the start line. They start to line side by side in 6 teams. The coach, Barry, Tomas, Nicolas and Michael approach the boys. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Mickey and Michael fix all the boys’ outfits and helmets. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Michael and the coach step aside as the boys get ready to race. The boys start up their engines. Their engines roar as they get ready. “Are you guys ready?!” Tomas shouts.
“Yeah we’re ready Mr. Tomas,” one of the boys say.
“Okay then,” Tomas says. The gun sound pops! Mike, Mitch and the other four boys at the head of their team gear up their engines. The second gun sound goes off! Mike, Mitch and the other four boys race down the dirt way as their teams and people in the stands start to shout and cheer, “Go Mitch! Go Mike!“ The six boys speed their dirt-bikes further down the dirt road as the crowd cheers for them, “Go Diaz-Davidson Team! Go Diaz-Davidson!” The entire crowd and team continue to route for The Diaz-Davidson team.
Chapter 15
Inside The Organization