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Hoop Dance Classes-Nakusp BC

2008-01-20T16:02:23Z

6 week beginners series starting February 22, ending March 28
Friday nights 7-8pm
possibility of optional 1 hr practise sessions on Saturday afternoons
Nakusp Movement & Wellness Centre
$10/class
hoops available to rent $3/class or to purchase for $25

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Hoopers in Kelowna

2008-01-10T06:24:20Z

Hello Hoopers!

I started hooping in the summer with a fire spinning/dancing troupe called Isra (any of you heard of it!?!) I haven't been out in a while, but I've really been needing to have some hooping buddies/learn some new stuff. If there is any kind of hooping class here in Kelowna I would really be up for it, or if someone wants to show me some tricks that too. I'm just getting started and so am still faily new to it. Also if anyone wants to trade hoop lessons for belly dance lessons, that would work for me too! I have a space right now (although it might become un-available in future).

Thanks.

Jenica aka Libélula

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Good bye Kamloops-Hello Nakusp!

2007-09-18T22:34:41Z

Just to let you all know, I've moved To Naksup! I'll be spreading the hoop revolution here....I haven't met a hooper or fire dancer here yet, so I might be lonely at first.
I'll be cruising to Nelson to get my groove on this weekend, so hopefully I'll meet up with some hoopers there.

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Increase Minimum Wage in BC

2007-08-25T19:54:21Z

Click below for info on BC's minimum wage & to sign the petition.

http://www.bcfed.ca/issues/minimum_wage

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Baxters workshop in Van

2007-06-12T21:00:58Z

Im going down to the city for this amazing opportunity to take these workshops with baxter from the hoop path. If anyone else is going I'm driving so we could car pool. I'll check for messages, so let me know. Im so excited to learn from someone who is so knowledgeable,
Hope to hoop with you soon
Gabrielle

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Canada Day

2007-06-11T18:21:36Z

Check out www.stereoshift.org for info on an awesome party for our country's birthday.

Anyone planning on going to Riverside Park during the day? I might be there spreading the hoop love with my daughter for the afternoon.

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Summer Hoop Play workshops offered in Vancouver

2007-06-01T16:35:01Z

I'm offering my Hoop Play workshops at the Dance Centre - downtown Vancouver, corner of Davie and Granville St. Lots of hostels within easy walking distance, if you want to come into the city for the weekend and need an inexpensive place to stay!

These workshops are designed for hoopers with some previous experience. Tips and techniques for each specific area of hooping will take us through a challenging and fun afternoon! $30 with your own hoop, $35 if you need to rent a hoop, register with me at christahoops@gmail.com

Sunday July 8 3:30-5:00pm
Off-body – vertical and horizontal hand hooping, skips and jumps, body stalls, and more! You may wish to bring along a second, lightweight hoop (kiddie hoops are good for many of these moves) OR start practicing your hand hooping now so your hands have time to build up resistance to the pressure of the hoops!

Sunday July 22 3:30-5:00pm
Choreography – dramatic beginnings and endings, tempo matching, playing with different music themes, linking moves together with smooth transitions, and more! The class will include time to develop your own short choreographed piece, either alone or working with a partner. This is a great session for anyone interested in performing with us at Illuminares! Bring the hoop you plan to perform with, and if you’d like to test out a potential costume for hoop-ability, bring that too!

Sunday Aug 5 3:30-5:00pm
On-body – working with the hoop at your hips, knees, chest, shoulders, both horizontal and angle hooping. If you have more than one hoop, bring your favourite AND another that is as large as possible – having a slower hoop will help with many of these moves.

Hoop Shop
If you want to pick up a new hoop when you're in Vancouver, let me know - a week or two of notice would be nice, but some rush orders may be possible, too! Visit the HoopShop page at christahoops.com for prices and decoration options!

That's all, folks.. thanks!

X.

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Friday night drum circles-Kamloops

2007-05-31T20:55:32Z

It's that time of year again....Friday nights at dusk, meet at the bandshell in Riverside Park to hoop, drum, dance, spin fire and whatever else you feel like doing under the night sky.
See you there..... :)

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Festivals!

2007-05-10T22:29:24Z

So, who's going where this summer?

I'd like to try and get to:
Komasket-Vernon BC Aug long weekend
Solaris-Grand Forks Solstice weekend
Koots Roots-Ymir BC end of Aug
and Shambhala of course! :)

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Hoop Path workshop in Vancouver, June 20 and 21st

2007-05-10T16:53:07Z

Wanted to let y'all know about this awesome two-day workshop happening in Van, BC, with Baxter from the Hoop Path, with enough notice that some of you could make travel plans to get here if you were interested in participating!

Keep an eye on details as they get posted on the Vancouver Hoopers tribe:

http://tribes.tribe.net/vancouverhoopers

X.

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LOOKING FOR COUCHES

2007-03-28T15:52:37Z

to sleep on in nelson.

I'm a good couch surfer and I'll do your chores with you too! I've got a job lined up for the 9th or 10th of April and would like some couches to sleep on rather than spending my food money on a hostel. I'm friendly, a little off the wall, but generally a fun person to be around. I bet i could get references if you'd like.

anyhoo.... if you are interested in giving me a couch to sleep on for a couple days or whatever give me a shout and we can meet up for something neutral like coffee and figure it all out. my email is dj.savage@hotmail.com email me for my cell number :)

thanks!

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Hot Hoop Moves Contest Winners! -- these links work!

2007-03-06T20:17:06Z

Congratulations to the winners of the HoopGirl Hot Moves contest! This was our way of giving some love back to the community for sharing all your beautiful inspiration. So thank you! Since there were only 4 applicants, everyone won something!!!

While all the entries were wonderful, I really felt called to award Sharna first place because of the unusual creativity of her moves. Beautiful!!! And Erica was a close contender, not only for the beauty and diversity of all her moves, but because of her fun and thoughtful presentation style. Congratulations everyone!

FIRST PLACE WINNER: Sharna Rose. Awarded a FREE Teacher Training valued at $700
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Erica Edelman. A $50 gift certificate for redeemable in the HoopGirl online store
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Jessica Sparks A $50 gift certificate for redeemable in the HoopGirl online store
THIRD PLACE WINNER: Natasha Young A copy of HoopDance for Beginners Instructional DVD, by HoopGirl

I love how giving inspires even more giving. Since Sharna already signed up for the upcoming HoopGirl teacher training in the UK, she has passed the gift of a free training onto Erica Edelman, who came in at a close second to Sharna's entries. So Erica, You got the super duper prize of both a gift certificate AND a free teacher training! Instead, Sharna has agreed to recieve a complete outfit from the upcoming HoopGirl clothing line, available in April.

Winners, contact Annie at HoopGirl HQ for info on recieving your award! 415-661-4667

Watch the entries here!

FIRST PLACE: SHARNA ROSE
Please find attached my enteries to the Hot Hoop Move contest. I had big problems uploading my my footage (youtube mashed its quality so I had to send dv quality images - they took nearly an hour for 20 seconds worth of film - this is why the clips are so short.) So I apologise for the unglamourous way that I have presented the films - I hope you can see the moves enough to get the general idea.

Move 1. Flipper (A Reversal) - Start this move from hooping around the knees. Can be done either side but for the purposes of the demonstration I have done it clockwise. You will need to remove your right leg from the hoop when the gap occurs (if you were doing a kick out you would move the other leg) and then you use the foot to reverse the hoop using the knee as a pivot. Reverse the instructions to do this the other way - Its really hard either way and I cant always get it - the music has to be just right - or I don't practice it enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym_P8__DRq0

Move 2. Back around the Summit - Start this move standing upright and lean forward as if you were going to take the hoop behind your back and pop in. If you take the hoop with your left hand then as you come around the right side of your body you need to put your right elbow up and into the hoop, using your body as a pivot push with this elbow and pull back with the left hand. Reverse the instructions for the other side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ekDuhjQQEE

Move 3. Jack in the Box - Start this move by doing a Reversed Summit. In this clip I start by taking the hoop around my back with my left hand - Instead of reversing the move with the elbow behind the back pop back into the hoop and use your right hand to swing the hoop onto your body (tip - use your left hand to stall the hoop and help with momentum when reversing and turn the direction the hoop is now going in). I find it more difficult to go the other way. You reverse the instructions but somehow my body gets in the way - I think more practice is required by me or it needs more swing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7fVdbGQVU

Move 4. Back Heel Flick - Start by standing upright, hooping clockwise, and pass the hoop infront and behind the body horizontally at about knee hight. On passing the hoop in front of the body with left hand use the right heel to scoop the hoop behind and up as high as you can behind your back - use your left hand to push the hoop back on your body as you pop back in. This only works this way because if you reverse the instructions the hoop is passed infront of the body.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSlfQeLDsYw

Move 5. Wind up - Start by standing upright, hooping clockwise, and pass the hoop around the body horizontally in front and behind you. As the hoop comes back around your left side to the front, place your right foot on the far of the hoop and push the hoop around so that it comes over your right side, over your head and release your left foot (you can either hold the hoop with both hands or just your right). Twist the hoop over your body again using right hand and jump out backward from the hoop - take the hoop back around to the right behind you, using right hand, and pop in. Turn. Reverse the instructions for going the other way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPYrAy4gS0

SECOND PLACE: Erica Edelman
YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P90mutX0tUg
Moves:
Move 1: Celeste / Luna
Difficulty: Beginner
Notes: This is a fun move that even brand new hoopers can do. The challenge is keeping your balance at the end without hopping, but if you only do a half-turn, then it is much easier (but less fun!) I asked my beginner students to name it, and they came up with either Celeste or Luna, because the end pose looks like those pictures of a lady in the moon.

Move 2: Fun Start
Difficulty: Beginner
Notes: Both this move and the previous move can be done by brand new hoopers. I was trying to figure out the "circus start" move (which I can't do) when I stumbled upon this little gem. Newbie Hoopers love it, because it is a fun and easy way to start hooping, instead of just pushing it around the waist.

Move 3: One Shoulder Duckout from Waist Hooping
Difficulty: High Intermediate
Notes: For a while I was exploring with One Shoulder Duckout variations. I put this move on a video on my website showing those variations but no one ever seemed to pick it, or the other variations, up. This one is pretty fun, but not too pretty. I generally don't do it in performances, because it does not have a high enough success ratio. (i.e. it ocassionally goes flying)

Move 4: Isolation with Turn
Difficulty: Advanced
Notes: This is a new one for me. Lots of hoopers do isolations, but I don't think I have ever seen any add a turn to it. It is difficult, but definitely do-able for anyone who already has a one-handed isolation down.

Move 5: "Not the Matrix"
Difficulty: High Advanced
The base of this move is from last year for me, but the end of it is new. It starts out going from a left shoulder duck-out to a right shoulder duck-out WITHOUT putting your head in the hoop. Now, the new part for me: THEN it goes in front of you (without your head inside, again) to a left arm duck-out. If I can get that last piece to a left SHOULDER duck-out, then I can make the move continous.

SECOND PLACE: JESSICA SPARKS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScregYQ55to
The move: SCISSOR SWITCH
accomplished by stepping out of the hoop while hooping on your knees, and using your outside knee to change currents/directions.

THIRD PLACE: NATASHA YOUNG
I call this move the spin cycle. It's swish into a toss with a spin.
My sister used to do this move when she was a baton twirler. A lot of
off body hoopdancing is similar to baton (warrior, for example) so I
thought I would give this trick a try. It's called a one spin in
baton, but I've seen them do three spins and four spins! What I
learned from watching the baton twirlers are the following:
(1) the higher you toss, the more time you have to spin around before
catching the hoop
(2) you need to throw the hoop as straight up into the air as possible
(3) always spot the hoop so that you are always aware of where it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZJ0OQXi8aU

Christabel Zamor, M.A.
Founder
http://www.HoopGirl.com
info@hoopgirl.com
415.661.4667

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GUERRILLA HOOPING PROJECT...calling all hoopers

2007-02-26T21:52:21Z

Alright i have been throwing this idea around for awhile now and think i'm finally ready to unleash on here and make it official. especially after last saturday seeing the different energies with the hoopers and the war protestors in robson square

BASIC PROJECT CONCEPT:

"guerrilla" hooping all over this wonderful province (it can go beyond that but for starting jsut BC) in front of city halls, on top of mountains, parks province wide etc. just neat little places. our purpose to spread hoop love and peace where ever we might find ourselves.
It will be documentary style and it will be fabulous

WHO? HOW?

Anyone can contribute as much/little time as they would like. including music. location ideas....group costume ideas and just plain being there :) possibilities seem endless to me right now. My sister has volunteered her time to film, edit, etc. she is wonderful.

there is still a lot of organizing to do on my part.....times etc. so i will keep you all posted, i am also going to post this in a few other tribes.

please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions!

I WILL BE IN SUNPEAKS BETWEEN FEBUARY 22nd and 25th!!!!

lots of hooping love

penny lane aka sonya

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Earthdance in the Loops

2006-09-17T17:50:27Z

This Saturday is the international event of earthdance. It will be at the Pow wow grounds starting at 2 in the afternoon with events for kids and local artist selling their wairs. A prayer for peace that will happen world wide at 4 with music to follow. Check out the web site.
There will be Hoopers there for sure. Groovilicious Hula Hooping company will be there and a great local band called Earthbound will make us all dance and following them some of the greatest local DJ's. hope to Hoop with you there.
www.earthdance.org/
see you Gee

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I need some tips on the shoulder trick

2006-08-12T16:29:06Z

Anyone in the Loops know the shoulder trick? I want to figure it out , been trying for a little while but need some help. I think if i watch someone in person I can get it. Its hard to see what I need to see on the videos. Im going to try and go to the park and drum circle tonight so maybe I'll meet you there.

Hoop on,
Gabrielle

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Komasket Music Festival

2006-08-03T11:56:55Z

Anyone else going? I can hardly wait to hoop to Ganja Giri! Check it out:
www.komasketmusicfestival.com

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Hooping at Summer break in Chilliwak?

2006-07-23T18:16:24Z

Is anyone from kamloops going down to Chilliwak August 19th for Summer break?I'll be there with MX productions. I hope to hoop with new hoopers and meet new friends, I'd link you to the web site but Im not that competent on this machine. You can find it easily enough. There is sure to be music meant for us Hoopers. I know DJ Myshell is a Hooper so she will get us going. SOOOOO FUN

Hope to hoop w/ya there, Gee

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New to Vancouver, BC

2006-07-17T21:08:55Z

Hey-

I just moved to Vanouver, BC from Los Angeles, CA. I was wondering where I can take a hooping class? Where can I purchase a hoop?

Blan

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Fave hooping tunes?

2006-07-09T17:46:36Z

Some of my favourites to hoop to:
Flowers by Wassabi Collective
Mercedes Benz remix by DJ Chek
anything by Big Bad Bill or Stanton Warriors
drumcircles :)

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Canada Day

2006-07-07T14:56:25Z

Anyone hooping to celebrate Canada Day? I'm gonna be at Riverside Park with my daughter, hooping up a storm. :) Anyone want to join us?

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Costumes?

2006-07-02T02:47:44Z

My name is mtnmama and I'm a hooping costume addict. I have an unhealthy obsession with costumes. I'll look at costume photos for hours, dream about costumes when I sleep and wear costumes around the house for no apparent reason. Does anyone else suffer from this compulsion?

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Custom Hoops Available

2006-06-27T15:50:18Z

Need a new hoop? I can make you a hoop in any size, in every color except for purple...still looking for a local supplier of purple tape. PM me for details.

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Kamloops Hoopers....

2006-06-26T17:05:12Z

....c'mon out to the Friday night drum circle at the bandshell in Riverside Park! There's nothing much better than hooping to drums in the moonlight, barefoot on the grass. :)

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