The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) reports, "It happened at a music festival, as you probably could have guessed. 'There was a girl who let me borrow her hoop, and I haven’t put it down since,' Sarah Noelle Dettmer (pictured) said. She doesn’t mean that literally, of course, but the hoop has become a big part of Dettmer’s life. Actually, she said, it’s changed her life. Hooping is dance. Hooping is meditation. Hooping is exercise. To modern hoopers like Dettmer, hoops aren’t toys, although they’re fun. So what’s a good place and time to hoop, besides an outdoor festival? 'Anytime,' said Dettmer, 21, a vocal performance major at UMKC’s Conservatory of Music. 'Like I just hooped before I started making lunch.'" Full story includes video comparison of 50's hula hoop vs. the hoops of today: Kansas City Star