Photo by: John RiggOwner Aaron Basham keeps his parents' values in place, offering specialized training to the community.
Facility trains local athletes
When Cypress Academy was first established in 1982 by Richard and Mary Ann Basham as a place to take basic gymnastics and dance classes, it was a 5,000-square-foot building near the playground on Huffmeister Road and Cypress Corner Lane. More than 30 years later, their son Aaron—with the help of his staff—has expanded the facility to nearly 80,000 square feet and added a number of programs such as cheerleading, theater and tumbling.
Now, students are able to begin training from the moment they can walk all the way through high school, Aaron Basham said.
"When I came in, I was a 21-year-old college graduate," he said. "It was a challenge to assure the staff and customers that I was going to simply build on what my parents had established and not change the way we serve the community. My parents had put the academy's values in place for their love of the sport and love of the kids, and it has been important to me to keep those values while at the same time expanding."
