This past weekend KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) held their annual KEENFest, and Dale was given the opportunity to be the magician/emcee’s handsome assistant — and in true Dale fashion, he was not nervous at all.

He had to arrive early because the magician, Tom Pescé, requested that the athletes, as the KEEN participants are called, arrive ahead of guests so he could meet them and get to know them before hosting the event.

Dale has been with KEEN since he was 9 years old. He’ll be 32 soon, and all these years later, he’s just as thrilled to be a part of the program. What Dale didn’t know was that after meeting him, Tom had already decided he wanted Dale as his assistant.

And of course, he did a wonderful job. He was amused by the magic that happened right in his own hand. It tickled him how many people asked him the secret to the trick. He just smiled and said, “I can’t tell the magician’s secrets, it’s just magic.”