6/7/2023 0 Comments Showoff tuning festival"I've always known a little bit about it, but it wanted to get to know it and now I feel confident," he said. Nield said the environment made it easy to learn. "It was kind of difficult to get the steps down, but once we got that part it was smooth sailing." "It was actually a lot of fun," Soller said. MJ Soller, a sophomore at Purdue studying athletic training, and her good friend Joey Nield, also a sophomore studying nursing, only stumbled a few times while taking the class. They weren't experts, but they were having a good time and they were understanding it." "So they accomplished a lot in 50 minutes. They knew nothing about the waltz and we had them doing the box step, the traveling half boxes, lady six count underarm turn and we did back-to-backs complete with a double walk-around turn at the end," Hendrickson said. Elizabeth Hendrickson, who runs a monthly ballroom dancing club at Duncan Hall, taught her students how to do a classic: the waltz. I had some passing knowledge, but I definitely learned a fair bit in that aspect of how to take care of my bike."įrom two wheels to two partners, several classes offered Saturday revolved round dancing. "In terms of how to tune up your derailleur, I was not very familiar with it. Even when you do that, you still end up with flat tires it just depends on what's on the road," O'Grady said. "Obviously you have to know some of how to take care of your wheels and tires otherwise you end up with flat tires very regularly. During the class, he learned how to tune up the derailleur, the device that shifts gears by moving the chain from one set of exposed gears to another. John O'Grady said he commutes by bike about 75 percent of the time to his job in West Lafayette. "I've been working with bikes since I was six years old and I just love it." "I've been working on bicycles for the last 40 years and raced at a lot of different levels and participated in touring all over the world," Eversman said. bike shop in West Lafayette, taught a class the basics of tuning up a bicycle. "By the end, she was throwing three balls, so anybody can do."ĭown the hall, Dan Eversman, the manager at Hodson's Bay Co. I said, 'You should come learn how to juggle,' and she didn't believe that she could learn how to do it," said Friedl, who has been juggling since her sixth-grade year. "I had one woman who I pointed to before my segment started. She said many times people are surprised at just how fast they pick it up. "It's not something you're going to master in 50 minutes."įirst, Friedl explained how to throw one ball, then two and then three. "I think they quit and they're just throwing the ball back and forth with each other," Lucas said. But they quickly found themselves standing as they started the day learning how to juggle from Mary Friedl, a junior at Purdue University studying pharmacy. Lee Lucas brought her teenage daughter and her friend all the way from White County to sit in on some how-to classes. "We've got a lot of talented parishioners here, we've got a lot of talent in the community to be able to have a one-day thing like this where there's so many different opportunities that people have to share in their gifts and talents." "There's other ways that we need to reach out to the community and show off our talents," he said. Patrick Baikauskas, pastor and director of campus ministry, said the church has always been involved in traditional methods of community outreach, but leaders wanted to try something different. Thomas Aquinas Church and featured over 50 how-to classes. Patrick Baikauskas' name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story.Įver wonder how to tie a bow tie? Or how to compost in your backyard or how to dance salsa?įor those who wanted to learn but never had the time or opportunity, the third annual How To Festival of Greater Lafayette sought to unite curious and adventurous community members with talented local experts on topics ranging from simply using an iPhone to understanding cancer. Watch Video: How To Festival of Greater LafayetteĮditor's note: The Rev.
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