This weekend The Botanical Garden of the Oazrks (Fayetteville, AR) is hosting their Firefly Fling Saturday. The event starts at 6 PM with storytelling and music, but the real fun happens after dark when fire spinners, glow in the dark hoopers and an aerialist will perform. Click here to learn more.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and there are lots of special events and fundraisers for this great cause. Hoopers are included in the awareness and fundraising efforts. What could be better than making a pink hoop as part of your promotion.
It turns out the Oct. was “World Hoop Day”, and we completely overlooked it. It is already on our calendar for next year. World Hoop Day, sponsored (no surprise here) by “World Hoop Day” is an international celebration of all things hoop. Their mission is to “bring joy through the importance of play to children […]
The good people of Southampton, England must have wanted to break a world record in the worst kind of way. They searched long and hard and finally came up with “the longest chain of people to pass throught a hula hoop“. Then they rounded up the junior high school kids and a few other neighbors […]
At first glance it might look like the classical art of ballet has adopted hooping and added it to its repertoire. Not quite yet, but maybe it could happen. The Carolina Ballet Theatre in Greenville, SC recently sponsored an evening of hooping in their performance space. A group of about ten women have been meeting […]
Ethan Herriman, a nine year old from Utah, set his own world record by being the youngest person to juggle five balls, keeping them all in the air will hooping. With skills like that, he can skip getting an MBA and go directly into a management career. Click here to see Ethan set his world […]
Nick Guzzardo takes head hooping to new heights in the 2013 Hoop Convergence Flowcase. Check out the video here.
One of the year’s most anticipated hoop gatherings is just around the corner. Hoop Convergence is set in the hooping capital of North Carolina: Carrboro. This year’s gathering will be May 9-13. To see what is on the docket for Hoop Convergence this year, click here.
Events are in motion as folks prepare for the FLAME festival in Georgia on April 11-14. FLAME stands for Flow Arts Movement Exchange, and primarily features poi performances and classes. If you’re looking to step into the realm of fire hooping, or just want to see a great show, this is an event worth checking […]
Among celebrities who endorse hooping for excercise and fun, count in Shaquille O’Neal, who appears in the film, The Hooping Life, and who loves to show off his moves with the hoop.