Hooping Powers loves to get parties started the right way: by hoola hooping! Here’s a rather grainy camera phone shot from a recent backyard gathering of a gaggle of ten year old hoopers (and their accompanying moms who, too, were taken by the revolution!). I provide the hoops for party use (and have hoops on […]

Check out the Charles Village Festival in beautiful Baltimore this weekend for a whole lotta fun including a 5K run, parade, artist vendors, and yes, hoola hooping! There’s likely to be some local hooper action on Saturday afternoon- roughly between 3 and 6 pm. Feel free to comment on this post if you plan on […]

If you have a little one looking for some hooping fun this summer, look to the two studios where I will be teaching hoop classes to youth ages 5-12: Joe’s Movement Emporium, located in Mount Rainier MD’s Gateway Arts District, and Imagination Stage, located in Bethesda, MD. Joe’s camps include both an Xtreme Movement circus […]

As spring arrives and folks get the fever for the outdoor flavor, I’m spotting more and more people sporting hoops on the sidewalks, at the beaches, and in the parks! Today I hooped it up with some fresh hoop’n friends at the beautiful Wyman Park Dell in Baltimore, MD. It was an intergenerational mix of […]

Here’s an article about a performance artist named Aaron Hibbs who’s attempting to break the 90-hour long hooping record set in 1987 by Roxann Rose. His record-breaking attempt is slated for November 7-11 of this year. I wonder how he will go to the bathroom!? Best wishes of strength and spinning endurance to Aaron-hooper-Hibbs~

Here’s a YouTube link to my whacky-fresh-shimmee-hooping number of the night at the 2007 Fluid Movement Hoopathon in Baltimore, MD for your viewing pleasure. The photo here was captured outside the Load of Fun space earlier in the evening during the hoopathon challenges.

Saturday’s hoola-hoop-a-thon was a fabulous time. This being only the 2nd annual hoop-a-thon in Baltimore, it is truly exciting to witness the hooping community growing as fast as it is here. Baltimorians are really starting to represent in the hoola hooping scene. However, the winner of the day was once again a non-B’more hooper… congratulations […]

Last week’s hoopmaking workshop and class held at Fluid Movement was a ton of FUN. We crammed a whole lotta hoop-making and spinning tips & tricks into just a few hours time- and everyone walked away with a sweet hoop of their own to further the Gyrational Revolution! Make sure to check out these astute […]

Last year I joyfully celebrated being crowned Master of Hoops at Fluid Movement’s 1st annual fundraising Hoola-Hoop-A-Thon. Here’s a fuzzy but happy shot of Miss Saturn and myself after I won the trophy. This Saturday we will convene again to determine the 2007 Master, enjoy a mini-performance, and follow it up with a radical dance […]

Yesterday’s launching of the first annual Capital HOOP for HOPE in conjunction with DC’s Race for Hope to fight brain cancer proved to be a tremendous success. All together the HOOP for HOPE project raised over $500 in a mere 2 weeks time! Children and adults got their pre- and post-race spin on, I hooped […]

Come to an eclectic, experimental-style production of the 14 Karat Cabaret on Friday the 4th of May at the Maryland Art Place in downtown Baltimore. This informal night of performances will include music, video, readings, film, and yours truly hooping it up, Strange Powers. The 14 Karat Cabaret is a non-profit and artist run project. […]

All you novice and eager hoopers in and around the Baltimore area will definitely want to check out my upcoming Hoopmaking Workshop and Hooping 101 Class sponsored by the lovely folks of Fluid Movement to be held at the Load of Fun Studio on North Avenue. We will convene for hoop-making around 6:30pm, and […]

Please consider joining in the efforts to eradicate brain tumors by joining the first annual Capital Hoop for Hope~ taking place in conjunction with the 10th Annual Race for Hope (to fight brain cancer) in Washington DC on the morning of May 6, 2007. My lovely mother, Mary Ann (Mimi) Powers, passed away from this […]

Save the date for the first annual worldwide Hoop Day! This coming 7th day of July, 2007 we will globally celebrate the magic of the hoola hoop and all that the joyful circle represents. We hoopers will try to get as many folks as humanly possible to get a ring around their bods and revolutionize […]

If you are looking for a kid-friendly and super fun-filled Saturday this coming weekend, look no further than the Family Day event happening at the historic Glen Echo Park (in Glen Echo, Maryland) to celebrate the opening of the Carousel. In addition to a host of other games and activities, there will be a bunch […]

Many folks of late have been inquiring about my adult classes. I am currently in between group class sessions. However, I am always available for private lessons and semi-private lessons. Please do email me for more information on this individualized and focused opportunity for expanding the great hoop~love.

Come celebrate St. Paddy’s day McHula-Pa-Looza-style at DC’s Palace of Wonders Saturday night. New York City’s super hooper star Miss Saturn will be hosting an all Hoola Hoop Cabaret–where comedy, burlesque, and circus converge. Featured performers are NYC’s “Wild Hare” Scotty the Blue Bunny, yours truly holding it down in DC as Strange Powers, and […]

For young folks looking to get their hoola hoop on, look no further than my once-a-week classes at the wonderful Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier, Maryland. Club Joe’s, the after-school program, hosts an array of art and movement classes for youth from ages 5 to 12. Hoola hooping takes place on Wednesday afternoons, from 3:15-6, […]

Did you know that Hooping Powers creates unique, hand-made hoops for all kinds of movers? From tykes & novices to pro-hoopers and performers, Hooping Powers wants to outfit you for the new revolution. Drop me a note at hoopingpowers@gmail.com, or call me at 240.328.9924 if you’d like your very own hoola hoop! Please note if […]

I will be giving a free hooping demo and beginner class at the Joe’s Movement Emporium Open House, tomorrow, Saturday the 27th, from 2:30 to 3:30pm. Come check out their new and expanded space, along with a ton of free programming and lessons during this grand opening weekend~ and give the ol’ hoola hoop a whirl while your at […]

Come out to yet another night of retro-go-go dancin and hot tunes at the Palace of Wonders. Hooping Powers will be infusing wild dance moves with revolutionary hoola hooping for a rollicking good time. The talented Spoon Popkin also appearing. Stage dance begins around 10pm and lasts until 1am.

Did you hoola hoop with joy as a youngster and haven’t spun since? Have you seen renegade hoopers out and about and wished to try it too? Still contemplating your new year’s resolution? How about making this new year a revolutionary one by allowing yourself the radical gift of hooping! It will work your brain, body, […]

Catch me, Hooping Powers, tonight at DC’s one-and-only bar of oddities and side-show spectacle, the Palace of Wonders. We vixens will be go-go’ing from 10pm to 1am, accompanied by the fabulous 60’s retro stylings of DJs Amanda and/or Bump. Come join us tonight! 

It is not too late to sign up for my fun-filled adult hooping class taking place at Glen Echo Park’s Hall of Mirrors over the next six Saturday mornings! The class is designed with beginners in mind, and covers basic waist hooping, isolated body hooping, traveling, hoopdance, tricks, and overall fluidity of movement. I will provide weighted […]

Join us this coming Friday, October 13th at Mount Rainier Elementary School for an after-school-clean-up-the-streets-and-have-fun afternoon. Hooping Powers will come bearing hoops for all to spin it up, show off Club Joe’s students, and give mini-hooping lessons for all folks wanting to get in on the magical revolution. Hoola hooping happenings will be from 4:30-5:30, […]