This training was to prepare for her role of Maddie because Maddie is the captain of her school's basketball team. Dove Cameron attended the Radio Disney music awards in 2013, along with the rest of the cast of Liv and Maddie.
Straight bourbon whiskey is a type of whiskey (of course). Whiskey is a type of alcoholic drink made from cereal grains, distilled to strong spirit strength, and usually aged in barrels. Bourbon is a very specific type of whiskey. It must be made in the US. The grain used must be at least 51% corn (maize).
Blended bourbon must contain at least 51 percent of straight bourbon. Sipping whiskeys are more refined versions of bourbon, usually using a filtering process to mellow and remove the taste of the grain and requiring a longer aging period. One example of sipping whiskey is Jack Daniels, which is made in Tennessee.