Join ACRD in the second home bout of our 10th anniversary season as we take on Port City Roller Derby! Doors at 6pm, first whistle at 7pm.
General admission tickets will be available at the door for $10 or in advance for $7 at the URL below. OCC students are $5 at the door (with ID) or $3.50 in advance at the URL below. Kids 12 and under get in free!
Practice. A verb and a noun. Nouns are boring, so…
Verb:
1. carry out, apply
2. to do or perform often, customarily, or habitually
3. to be professionally engaged in
4. to perform or work at repeatedly so as to become proficient
5. to train by repeated exercises
There are so many great words in there. “Apply, perform habitually, professionally engaged, repeatedly to become proficient, repeated exercises.”
I could give examples of how consistent, engaged practice can make a huge difference in performance. There are thousands of books on the subject. My most recent favorite is Mind Gym. I’m just going to keep it short and give a few reasons to get to every practice – even when you don’t feel like it. Other people can probably think of even more and hopefully will post them here.
In addition to the awesome journalism photography and video from Tony Curtis in the past few months, we’ve also had Jes Sheldon working with us for an art photography project! A selection of her photos of us will be on view this Thursday 6-10pm in a joint Art Photography BFA exhibition at Spark Contemporary Art Space on E Fayette St! Details here: Unanswered Questions: Art Photography B.F.A Exhibition – please come check out the show!
ACRD’s Captain Prymal Instynct was recently featured in a video by Tony Curtis.
Stitch up your skates. You must trust them
without thinking twice. Breathe in the stink
of your sweat-fried padding & give thanks
for the way it holds your bones intact.
Hit the rink. If your wheels strike the tile
with the clean sound of a well-greased cog
whirring in a machine, set your breath to it.
Ball your hands into fists. Once, Bunny fell
with her fingers out & they were smashed
like soft roots under another girl’s wheels.
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