Business and dance

I am self-designing my major with concentrations in business and dance. I mostly have business classes since I was once a business major. But, I didn't like being in Raley all the time talking about how to make lots of money. So, I switched to IDS where I can take only the business classes I want and fill the rest up with some dance classes of my choice. I chose to do this because I want to own a dance studio when I graduate. I currently teach dance and clogging for the High Country Cloggers. I consider myself 1/3 owner since I am paid directly by my students and pay 1/3 of the rent. However, I someday want to by the sole-proprietor. I became interested in clogging and dance in high school although I've taken clogging (but not dance, for lack of being able to "point my own toe," in the words of my mother) since I was seven. I hated clogging until probaly upper middle school or high school. I began assisting a clogging class in high school and then took on my own class my junior year of high school. I've been teaching ever since and now have over 30 students of my own.

The courses I chosen to be part of my major are:
Entrepreneurship, Mgt 4070, Garber
Pilates Conditioning I, Dan 3480, Quin
Pilates Conditioning II, Dan 4480, Quin
Dance Pedagogy, Dan 3450, Keeter
Legal Environment of Business, Law 2150, Dunston
Business and Economic Stats I, Eco 2100, McRae
Calculus with Business Applications, Mat 1030, Felkel
Resident Assistant Development, HPC 3400, Moody
Aerobics, PE 1020, Cook
Nutrition and Health, FCS 2202, O'Loughlin

Some books and articles that have been helpful for my intellectual development in my concentration are Clog Dance in the Appalachians by Jerry Duke and "A Brief History of Clog Dancing" by Jeff Driggs.

I have had many experiences that have helped me grow in this field. For the past 10 or so years, I, along with the entire studio, have attended a clogging workshop each year held in Gatlinburg, TN. Here have had the opportunity to learn from some of the top dance instructors in the country. In addition to this workshop, I have been clogging competitively since I was ten. I continue to take the girls I teach to competitions at least five times a year.

After I graduate, I plan to continue teaching and hopefully expanding my horizon by adding Pilates and other dance classes to my teaching agenda. I also would like to study with one of the top dance and clogging schools in the nation in Atlanta, GA. Eventually, I want to own my dance studio in a fairly large city somewhere here in the good 'ol south-since this is where clogging is most famous!

This semester, I want to focus mainly on my entrepreneurship class which, I am hoping, will teach me the basics of what I need to know to run my own small business.