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Name

Victor Mauro

Type of Artist

Spins Flags

Region

Florida

My History

How would you describe yourself as a flagger?

As a flagger I feel I am becoming very good. as Person who flags I feel I am becoming a better person


What is it about flagging that you enjoy the most?

I enjoy as flagger when I can help some one else learn and enjoy what flagging is about


How long have you been flagging? How did you get started?

I have been flagging for 4 years. I first became interested on January 1st of 2000 at a friends home in Boston. Where I was shown where to hold a pair of flags and then to my devices to carry it further.


What was your first flagging experience?

My first experience was during a friends New Years eve celebration in Boston.


What was one of your best flagging experiences?

During Fun Under the Sun in Fort Lauderdale when DJ ROland Belmares and I were flagging together on Stage on the beach during his set.


Who has inspired or taught you?

I have to say that I had my first instruction by a friend in Boston by the name of Dennis. and then I had a friend in 2001 give me my first pair of flags and her name was Roya.


What was one of your wildest or craziest flagging experiences?

Most all my experiences flagging happen in the wildest ways, but my first wild experience was throwing a Sunday Tea dance at my home and having 7 or eight flagers perform on the roof of my home.


Do you make your own sets? Can you describe what kind you make?

I produce my own flags as well as the flag for mos of my close friends in Fort Lauderdale and within my growing flagging troop of guys. I make Silk flags


Where do you often like to flag?

I love to flag in a quiet open space alone, and then I have to say I love to flag at the Coliseum in Fort Lauderdale (my home space)


What are your favorite types of flags to work with, and why?

I love to work with Silk, because it is a more artistic way of me creating and enjoying the art further.


What are your favorite flagging quotes?

"You make this world beautiful sharing this piece of you with us."


What advice do you give to beginning flaggers?

My advice to new flaggers is "if it becomes work stop" and "always enjoy yourself because you are beautiful".


What nice/unusual comment has anyone said to you while flagging?

"You make this world beautiful sharing this piece of you with us."


Do you have a wish for what happens to your flags after you leave this world?

I want the people that I love and that have enjoyed using them to take them as long as my spouse is ok with others having a piece of me


What are your favorite songs to flag to?

I want the people that I love and that have enjoyed using them to take them as long as my spouse is ok with others having a piece of me


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    George McCarty North : January 30, 2005

    Victor,

    It was swell meeting you and Shane at Blue Ball. Thanks for pulling your weight in the flag crew. It’s guys like you that make it worthwhile being part of flagging community.


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    visitor : November 29, 2004

    MArty:
    Vistor,

    You are my inspiratrion and mentor.

    Love, MArty