SOUND and SCHEDULE!

Thanks so much to Be for bringing us new sound for the hoop classes! Hoopdance is soooo much more fun when you can fall into the lovely music. We have a full on system now that is balanced and loudish. I keep it lower for the class, but will crank it a bit for the dance/jam/play time!! Bring in your favorite tunes on CD or ipod (i think we can hook that right in) and we can dance to them!

Also a note on Schedule:

You are now welcome to come and play or practice anytime after 6pm on Monday nights! I will be there working out new moves and grooving and available for questions and tips and any other kind of hooping help I can offer.

I will still be running the structured circle class from 7-8pm, so be sure to show up for that if you want to learn some new tricks and flows. Then we still have the jam from 8-9pm! Loads of time for practice and play! Please stay tuned for the new prices which I am working out in the next few days.

Please email me at hoopstatic@yahoo.ca if you would like to sign up to receive updates and emails about HOOPDANCE and other goodies.

the first class...

was great! Thank you to everyone who made it out.

We had a great time learning some new moves and it was fun to be among so many hoopers! The room is very large and it felt comfortable, even with the 10 or so of us whipping the hoops around. Everyone managed to escape hoops to the face too, which is great for a first class! There is still room for more!

Some of the quirkiness with the space came out, the coldish floor and the lack of really good sound system, but it looks like the sound might improve soon, and the weather should too! In the meantime I think I'll just have to get everyone doing a little bit more fancy footwork, and keep us on our toes and sweating.

Unfortunately, there is some issue with the times we have to leave, I'll post more info as soon as I know anything more, but as far as I know now we might have to cut the jam time a little short.

Looking forward to more classes and dancing. It's so nice to have space to move around and groove without layers and layers of clothing on in the winter! Although I have to say that i LOVE LOVE LOVE hooping outdoors in the winter, too. It's well worth a try, for those of you who have not had a chance to try it. Snowy, blizzarding nights that are abandoned by everyone else, you can have the street to yourself and get lost in the flow of the snowflakes. It's awesome.

Cheers, keep checking here for updates. March should be a go, but there will be a slight change to the timetable. Thanks...

HOOPSTATIC HOOPING in St. George's Church

hoop class and jam!

Dates so far...

Every Monday in February!

Whole Session: $39.99

Drop in class and Jam $15

Drop in Jam only $8

...the first session is set to begin this coming MONDAY FEBRUARY 1 2010 at St. George's church, downtown Guelph! It will run for 4 weeks, all four mondays in February, and a new spring session will hopefully commence in March.

The evening will broken up into two parts: the first part is a more structured class where I will lead some yoga inspired stretches and then teach some basic hooping technique, and encourage play and discovery with the hoop. We will explore repetitive movement and basics that can be incorporated into the free-dance. This class will be geared to beginners, but could easily be used as a work-out time for more experienced hoopers, or to hone their less-dominant side.

The second part of the night is an unstructured "jam" time where I hope that people will feel free to hoop, dance, laugh, skip and play to their utmost. I will still be circulating and happy to offer tips and teach new tricks or flows to the best of my ability. This part of the night should be suitable for any level of hooper.

I finally settled the space and am so excited to dance it up in there on Monday. There is even a little hide-away for me to stash hoops, so I wont have to haul them to and fro. There are some little quirks about the space, but overall I think it will be grand!

So far people seem to have their interests peaked, but really there is nothing like giving it a go. It's all about discovering yourself, your freedom and your inner-child that longs to be silly again! Play and Be Free!!

**FEBRUARY DEALS

I am trying to drum up interest as well as positivity and blissful hoop spinning, so I am offering the whole session (class and jam together) for $39.99 until February 3rd. Feel free to contact me for details!

check out the facebook invite

hooping JAM with a little toast to start it off

I am close close close to having a space to host a fun night of hooping and dancing and whatever else strikes out fancy! Check back for scheduling and details soon!

tactics, tethers, hoopla, revelry

tac·tic

n. An expedient for achieving a goal; a maneuver. teth⋅er /ˈtɛðər/ Show S –noun 1. a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement. 2. the utmost length to which one can go in action; the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources. –verb (used with object) 3. to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether. —Idiom 4. at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength. hoop⋅la  –noun Informal. 1. bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do. 2. sensational publicity; ballyhoo. 3. speech or writing intended to mislead or to obscure an issue. rev·el·ry n. pl. rev·el·ries Boisterous merrymaking. rev'el·rous (-rəs) adj.

gathering tendrils and loosing up ends

Halo Hoopers!!

Hillside Festival is fast approaching as I am writing this and I am creating a blog, finally, to have somewhere to direct anyone interested in Hooping that I happen to meet at the festival, or any other random place! I am excited to explore this world of hooping, and glee-filled to find others to share with! Welcome, and thanks for checking out the blog!

If you are interested in purchasing a hoop, hosting a hooping party, attending a workshop, class or just getting together to hoop, please feel free to contact me for more details. I will try to keep this blog updated with any new activity that gets organized, but email me to get on my mailing list to keep updated with upcoming workshops, classes, random information about hooping and other goodies (yoga, etc!).

I will be posting videos to you-tube in the near future and you can check them out via the link, and see other hooping videos by the many amazing and talented hoopers out there (and around here). I will post links here to interesting videos and websites that I find in my meanders in web-land. If you want to receive updates via email you can subscribe to the blog and you will be notified when I post something new (I wont be blah-blah-blogging every day, so it shouldn't be excessive, but it might be inspiring).

Blessings and Peace to you, and Happy Hooping!

anwen