Baltimore residents may recognize this background as the view from Federal Hill over the Inner Harbor, along with three charming and love-filled hoopers enjoying an afternoon of hooping fun in the sun! Federal Hill is a sweet spot to hoop, and it’s so very close to both the Visionary Art Museum and the Trapeze school, […]

Here’s a little last minute notice of the Hoop-Making Workshop I am having tonight at my place in Baltimore. It’ll be from 6 to 8:30pm. Learn all you ever wanted to know about making these fabulously fun revolutionary rings, and try it out yourself. $25, plus a $5 materials fee so that folks […]

Hey beginner hoopers and hoopers-to-be: getchur hoop on this holiday season and new year! I am currently lining up my next six-week series of adult classes for January. Classes will either be a late-morning weekend time, or an early-evening weekday time. Feel free to email me at hoopingpowers@gmail.com with your preference, as I will take […]

The modern hoola hoop whirl is definitely making its way throughout towns all across the world. This weekend was no exception, as I hooped with and for residents of the suburban mecca in Rockville, MD that is the King Farm Community.  Here’s a shot that photographer Deborah Stanley snapped of me while hoop~dancing the day away.  And for any King Farm folks who are reading […]

The 2nd annual Virgin Festival which took place at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Track proved to be a thrilling and jam-packed, albeit swelteringly hot weekend for all. From The Police and the Wu-Tang Clan to Matisyahu and M.I.A., there was no shortage of stellar entertainment, and that includes HOOLA HOOPING! We got hundreds of concert-goers happily […]

Here’s a goofy shot from the 2007 Fluid Movement Water Ballet that took place just a few weeks ago in Baltimore City. I am hooping amongst my fellow canines, the Flying Basenjis! Check back in the next couple of weeks for info on my fall Baltimore hooping classes sponsored by the Fluid Movement Troop to […]

Here’s a delightful shot of my new lovebird friends Josh and Jess, embracing in a sweet moment with my gift of wedding hoola hoops in hand. For those of us already turned onto hooping, we know what a great present a hoop can be- but what’s an even BETTER gift, in my opinion, is TWO […]

The second annual and truly ginormous Virgin Music Festival is taking place this Saturday and Sunday (August 4 & 5) at the Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, MD…but not without a wicked-fun & western-themed HOOLA HOOP CORRAL, to getchur spin on between your favorite bands. Look for me and a few other cowgirls and boys, […]

Come on over to the swimming pool at Patterson Park (in Baltimore, MD) this weekend for Fluid Movement’s final run of this summer’s glittery water ballet hit, ‘War and Fleas,’ where you can catch ME as a hoola hooping canine from the wrong side of the tracks. Rather loosely based on Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace,’ […]

For all of you Baltimore hoopers looking to link up and hoop it up on this Saturday’s first annual World Hoop Day, come join us at the Inner Harbor from 3 to 5pm. Feel free to arrive earlier and/or to stay later than said block of time. Also taking place on Saturday will be the […]

The first annual World Hoop Day is fast upon us- in a week from today! This is a wonderful opportunity for all people to build both a global hooping community & more lasting local hoop groups. Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 7, 2007 (7-7-7) as World Hoop Day~ when you can know for sure […]

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 […]

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 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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

As we celebrate the autumnal equinox, what better way to reflect on the coming of fall but to warm up our bodies with some heart-strengthening hooping?! Tonight’s equinox marks a time of year when there are equal amounts of daylight and darkness. This kind of punctuated state of balance is one I frequently experience while hooping. We are the […]

This Saturday, yours truly will be go-go hoola-hooping at Baltimore’s upcoming Virgin Festival, a monster-size music fest at the Pimlico Race Course. For the $100 entrance fee, you get 10+ hours of stellar musical acts (think: Flaming Lips, Chili Peppers, the Who, Gnarls Barkley, Thievery Corporation, Scissor Sisters, RJD2, Brazilian Girls, VHS or Beta etc.), […]