Well, in my previous post I told how I took two classes on Monday and Saturday. On Mondays I do Circus Arts and on Saturdays I do horseback. In this post I will tell you a little bit about Circus Arts and Horseback.

There are five different activities in Circus Arts, and all of the students in groups of eight rotate. I usually go in this order; mat ,silks ( climbing ) , trapeze, mini tramp, and objects/ tight wire/ parallel bars. Everyone first stretches so there body is prepared for the activities. Then the class is divided into groups of eight. First I’ll tell you about silks.

Silks are huge bed sheets about ninety feet long, cut into strips five feet wide. These sheets are put through a small ring on the ceiling and hang down evenly, two forty-five foot long strips hanging from the ceiling. Don’t ask me how in the world the staff members get it up there; I have no idea!

Next thing I do is trapeze. it is not a flying trapeze, just a small still one hanging down from a hook in the ceiling. Me and my classmates usually put chalk on our hands because the bar can sting. We do lots of tricks, too complicated to explain!

Then there is mini tramp. A small trampoline used to practice your jumps. Most of them you can tell what to do by the name. For example, straight jump, tuck jump, full turn, half turn, and pike.

Last but not least the objects, bars, and tight wire. The tight wire and parallel bars are used to practice balance. The parallel bars are what you can imagine; parallel bars! The tight wire is a wire about eight inches off the ground and has a rope on a pulley that you can hold onto in case you are having difficulty balancing. The objects are objects like the unicycle, juggling balls, and a disk that you can balance on a stick.

On Saturdays I do horseback. I have a beautiful chestnut horse who’s name is Meliqua. She is very easy to ride, because she is smooth. That is why I like her. I have learned to wash my horse, feed her, and put her saddle on and how to take it off. I am about to learn how to take it to the next level. Cantering!