{"id":8505,"date":"2021-10-03T11:26:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=8505"},"modified":"2021-10-03T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:30:46","slug":"october-challenges-vlogtober-21daysofbellydance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/10\/october-challenges-vlogtober-21daysofbellydance\/","title":{"rendered":"October Challenges:  #vlogtober &#038; #21daysofbellydance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/lddy.no\/11aje\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/10\/october-challenges-vlogtober-21daysofbellydance\/danse-du-ventre-1889\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Danse-Du-Ventre-1889.png?fit=288%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"288,512\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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height=\"512\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Two October Challenges<\/h1>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hello Gang!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I Just wanted to pop on to share some upcoming projects that I&#8217;ll be doing during the month of October!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">#Vlogtober<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Every year for the past decade, I&#8217;ve taken on a challenge for the month of October.\u00a0 Some years, it&#8217;s been Inktober, a daily drawing challenge.\u00a0 Other years, I&#8217;ve devoted time to #Preptober, the lead-up challenge to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November Nanowrimo<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Daily Vlog Posts on Instagram<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This year, I&#8217;ve chosen to do a month of mini-vlogs on Instagram for #vlogtober 2021.\u00a0 Every day throughout the month, I&#8217;m going to record a one-minute video and place it on my feed and in my Stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/davinadevine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Follow me on Instagram to watch the mini-vlogs<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">My goal is to get warmed up for making video content!\u00a0 I&#8217;m preparing to record a bunch of history workshops and sewing demos in the coming months.\u00a0 Having a challenge like this keeps the creative juices flowing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Bellydance Bundle 2021<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Of course, you may have already read that I&#8217;m participating in the<a href=\"https:\/\/lddy.no\/11ajg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Bellydance Bundle 2021<\/a>.\u00a0 The Bundle team has invited me back for the 5th year, and I&#8217;ll be presenting a 90 minute workshop entitled &#8220;Danse du Ventre: 1889.&#8221;\u00a0 But along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lddy.no\/11ajf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Dance Tracker to download<\/a>, and the podcast coming soon, the Bundle team are hosting an event on Instagram too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lddy.no\/11h5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/10\/october-challenges-vlogtober-21daysofbellydance\/screen-shot-2021-10-03-at-11-06-51-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-11.06.51-AM.png?fit=288%2C287&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"288,287\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2021-10-03 at 11.06.51 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-11.06.51-AM.png?fit=288%2C287&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-11.06.51-AM.png?fit=288%2C287&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8510 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-11.06.51-AM.png?resize=288%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"287\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">#21daysofbellydance Challenge<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The team at the Bellydance Bundle is also hosting a #21daysofbellydance challenge.\u00a0 Each day, a different member of the Bundle 2021 instructor team will be presenting mini-challenges on Instagram.\u00a0 You can participate as much or as little as you like, but for those who are dedicated, there are prizes at the end.\u00a0 You can learn more about this challenge series on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lddy.no\/11h5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellydance Bundle website.<\/a>\u00a0 It&#8217;s a ton of fun!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Perhaps you will join me in taking on a challenge, or just enjoy the fun of the journey!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">See ya over on Instagram,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dawn Devine ~ Davina<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">October 2, 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUgjp3UFt3k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUgjp3UFt3k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Dawn Devine (@davinadevine)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/10\/october-challenges-vlogtober-21daysofbellydance\/\"><img width=\"105\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Danse-du-Ventre-6.png?fit=105%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"8508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/10\/october-challenges-vlogtober-21daysofbellydance\/danse-du-ventre-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Danse-du-Ventre-6.png?fit=1031%2C1468&amp;ssl=1\" 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I Just wanted to pop on to share some upcoming projects that I&#8217;ll be doing during the month of October! #Vlogtober Every year for the past decade, I&#8217;ve taken on a challenge for the month of October.\u00a0 Some years, it&#8217;s been Inktober, a daily drawing challenge.\u00a0 Other years, I&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Danse-du-Ventre-6.png?fit=1031%2C1468&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YZtR-2db","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8505"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8522,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8505\/revisions\/8522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}