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Flight 800 Remembrance Hoop Dance

May 16, 2012 in Videos

On July 17, 1996, a four-year-old Angela Horstman and her mother witnessed the devastating explosion of the TWA Flight 800 aircraft only 12 minutes after its departure. Years later, she visits the memorial and expresses herself by hoop dancing in memory of those who were lost. She writes, “So for all those who lost someone, and all those who were affected in their own ways, this is for you, this is for all of us.” She lives in Mastic Beach, New York, USA. Soundtrack: “Dedicated to Flight 800″ by Rodney Allen Mead (on Amazon).

Mother of Three Has Webster Hooping

May 14, 2012 in Fresh

Amy Weetman

Amy Weetman and Her Kids

With all of the Mother’s Day love this weekend came this interview with hooping mother of 3 Amy Weetman. Weetman, a hula hoop instructor in Webster, New York, USA, found herself being interviewed by The Webster Post. How was Amy spending Mother’s Day? “I’m a five-year breast cancer survivor, so in recent years, my two daughters, my sister and her children, and our parents have been doing the Pink Ribbon Walk at Ontario Beach Park. We used to go to the Lilac Festival, but the walk is a new tradition now.” When asked about teaching hooping through her new business Webster Hoopers she responded, “I never did it as a child, but it’s just amazing and I’ve had a ball with it. It’s exercise that feels like fun and gets you moving.” She recently became a certified HoopnoticaFit instructor in February. What advice does Amy have to give to other moms? “Find ways to stay connected with your children in all their different stages; be excited about being with them.” Hooping is certainly one way Amy is doing just that.

Four New Yorkers Share Their Love For Hoop Dance

May 10, 2012 in Videos

In this great documentary short by Charley Steward we find four New York City hoop dancers sharing their love for the hoop, including Jacqui Becker of Hoopnotica, Stefan Pildes of Groovehoops, Amy Rogers of Carousel Hoopdance and Ali Luminescent Schmitz of AliLuminescent.com.

Shadow Hoops Spin the News

May 7, 2012 in Television

Have you named your hoop? They talk about naming your hoop when WGRZ-TV’s Kevin O’Neill pays a visit to a Shadow Hoops hoop class in Hamburg, New York, taught by Denise Cervola. The hoop size recommendation being plus or minus a few inches of your belly button is small for some, but ultimately O’Neill learns that anyone can hoop, including him. Shadow Hoops is based in Angola, New York, USA.

Kayla Coveney

May 5, 2012 in Photos

Woman hooping at a nightclub

Kayla Coveney is hooping it up at nightclub Sonar in Baltimore. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Photo by I Shot Baltimore. A Hooping.org Photo of the Day.

You Have to Lose Yourself to Find Yourself

April 30, 2012 in Videos

Brianna “BreVolvinBliss” McIlroy loses herself to find herself. She lives in Plattsburgh, New YorkSoundtrack: “Marching The Hate Machines (Into The Sun) by Thievery Corporation (on iTunes). A Hooping.org Video of the Day.