The Modern Day Keyboard

                                Modern Day Keyboard


Today this blog won't be about dance. It will be about the modern day keyboard known as QWERTY. Christopher Latham Sholes invented the first QWERTY keyboard. Christopher was born on February 14,1819 in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania. He was a newspaper publisher and a Wisconsin politician.  He died February 17, 1890 in Milwuakee, Wisconsin. Why is the QWERTY keyboard set up the way it is?  It is like that because when a key was struck, a linkage would swing the bar into tape coated with ink. When the character struck the tape, the impression of the character was transferred on to paper. Sholes' original prototype had a problem with the bars colliding with each other and jamming. So, he arranged the keys with the most common letters in hard to reach spots, to slow typists down and try to avoid this problem. That is all for this blog. Bye!

Dance Attire

                Dance Attire

This blog is going to be about what your supposed to wear to dance practice. The first thing you should wear is your team dance shirt or a regular t-shirt, or a leotard. The next thing you should wear is yoga shorts, yoga pants, leggings, or tights. Then you should wear the correct dance shoes. They could be ballet shoes, jazz shoes, tap shoes, or if you have acrobatics, you should wear socks. For your hair you should either put it in a bun or a high ponytail. 

How to do a handstand

How to do a handstand: 

Step 1: Always stretch! Do some arm stretches, wrist stretches, leg stretches, and back stretches. 

Step 2: Put both your hands up straight in to the air and stick your right or left foot out, only a little and point it. 

Step 3: With your pointed foot push yourself until you have your hands on the ground and legs straight up in the air.

Step 4: Straighten your back and put your legs together.

Step 5: Then, point your toes!

How to do an arabesque

How to do a arabesque:

Step 1: Always stretch! Do some leg, arm, and back stretches.

Step 2: Put your arms in an L shape straight forward. 

Step 3: Now keep your back straight and lift your left or right leg up straight and keep your arms in an L shape. 

Step 4: Point you toes!

 

Chapel

                                            Chapel

Hey guys this post is not going to be about dance, but I had an amazing chapel today! In chapel we talked about WHO YOU RUNNIN' TO?! Do you choose your friend, parents, or anyone over God.  No, because God knows everything that your going through and your friends don't. Your parents over friends might not know the answers to your problem. Only God knows the answer to your problems. 

Verses: Exodus 17:16, Acts 17, James 4:2

Speaker: Stephanie

Where do we need to go to fix serious situations? We need to go to God. He is the only person that can help us. He doesn't just listen, he answers. Moses from the Bible, he asked God what he should do and God answered. Moses never gave up on God. That's what we should do. NEVER GIVE UP ON GOD!!! 

Tap Shoes

                  Dance Shoes

For this blog I am going to be talking about tap shoes. Tap shoes are used for tap classes. They are either black or tan colored and they have a heel in the back and on the heel is this metal piece so that is what make the tap noise. At Payless tap shoes cost about $27 to $55. This is the end of my blog but there is more to come. Bye!

Jazz Shoes

                  Dance Shoes

For this blog I am going to be talking about jazz shoes. Jazz shoes are shoes that have a little heel in the back and they are used in a jazz dance. Jazz shoes are either black or tan colored but they look very nice. At Payless they cost about $10 to $30. There will be more blogs to come. Bye!