Lori,

I hosted a "moving meditation" dance night a couple years ago and invited a bunch of buddies. Had wine, cheese cookies, etc. We danced "ecstatically" improvisationally for about an hour in silence (well except for a LOT of giggling) and then commenced to make hoops. I brought all the stuff for hoop making in. At the end, we could finally talk and create at the same time. It was really fun!! That's were my first hoop came from. I never got past just goofing around with it....and still do. I love it though and enjoy thinking back to the night I made it. It's way bigger and fatter than the hoops Jo recommends. I'd love to make another one sometime if anyone ends up with extra "skinny" tubing. Gordon will beat me if I come home with another roll after storing mine for months before deciding to have a party and share. :-)!

I'll second Jo's motion that I prefer my silent hoop. The other one I made was stuffed with pebbles and so loud and annoying that I gave it to my Aunt and Uncle for their "cabin hoop".

So where are you? In Kenai or Soldotna? I'd love to come join the hooping fun!
I'm in Homer, but always ready for a short road trip for some hooping action. I've been making hoops, and organizing a hoop group here in Homer. We meet every Wednesday at 11am at Bishop's Beach. I think we will move it inside in a few weeks when it starts getting a little colder, but so far the weather has been great.

Tell me how your hoop making went - I've been making them faster than I can hand them out!

The Hooping Revolution has arrived in Alaska!