I Just Want To Hoop
[Hooping.org columnist Abby Schwartz just wants to hoop.] As I celebrate my two-year hoopiversary this month, it dawns on me that in just a short time span, the world of hooping as I know it…
Category Archives: Community
The Power of the Hooping Community
[Hooping.org columnist Bonnie MacDougall feels the power.] by Bonnie MacDougall Last week a hooping friend on FaceBook contacted me out of the blue and gifted me a piece of her handcrafted jewelry. She explained this…
O Jabberwocky! A Hoop Spectacular
In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a librarian informed Jenny Hill of Whirligig Hoopers that the library had lost it’s early literacy program funding. Their “One Book Every Young Child Program” would be coming to an end. Not…
I Just Want to Hoop
[Hooping.org columnist Abby Schwartz just wants to hoop.] As I celebrate my two-year hoopiversary this month, it dawns on me that in just a short time span, the world of hooping as I know it…
Circumference Spins Up Weekend for Hooping Enterpreneurs
We’ve been hearing all the buzz about Circumference, the first hoop gathering of it’s kind in that it is a weekend specifically for hooping enterpreneurs and those who would like to become one. Taking place…
This is For All the Lonely Hoopers
[Hooping.org columnist Casandra Tanenbaum has some tips for creating community.] by Casandra Tanenbaum People often ask me how I learned to hoopdance. With a shy smile, I admit to hours upon hours of solitary practice and…
Memphis Hooper Troopers Spin Up Community
Chloe O’Hearn was bored by exercise until she discovered hooping and now the 36-year-old hooper from Memphis, Tennessee, hopes the hoop will improve the lives of the kids of Youth Villages. “Hooping is something the…
Hooping It Up For LGBT Pride
(Hooping.org Assistant Editor Bonnie MacDougall explores Pride Weekend and hooping with a panel of gay hoopers.) It’s Saturday, June 28, 1969. It is early morning when a riot breaks out following yet another police raid…