i made ads that i hung here and there around town with little tear offs that had the email address on them and smaller flyers to give to interested/curious people. the flyers also had hooping.org on them. i posted the ad on craigslist and rocwiki too! any place with a bulletin board!

rochester.craigslist.org/act/1...6.html
here's a link to the craigslist ad. feel free to use that for advertising inspiration! i tried the same thing in buffalo (where i'm originally from) but it's been better recieved here in rochester. the ad/flyer text was something i wrote last summer and tweaked it for roc.

awesome lucian! i'll defeintly let you know if i ever make it to austin. i've heard great things about austin!

whirly wednesday is technically an open jam. but i've only advertised around town for hooping. on tribe as an open jam, but because of my hoop community mission i set out on it's still primarily hoopers. for now at least. we've had a smattering of other skill toys, and a few of the hoopers also spin poi. my boyfriend is a really excellent poi spinner. but his wrist/elbow surgeries (on both arms!) has taken a little longer to heal than originally hoped. i imagine once he's healed and rocking out, more people will want to learn! for now he's had a few occasions to minorly geek out/instruct the few poi spinners we've had. since his arm movement has been restricted from the injury, he got pretty damn good at on the body hooping to stay busy!

i've been thinking about bringing a diabolo and flower sticks for people to use. justin has a bunch of tools he wouldn't mind sharing, but i don't want to force him to teach thru his recovery. and if i bring certain toys i know he won't be able to resist and might be sorry/in pain the next day.