Archive for the ‘PODCAST!’ Category

• A Promise

  Date: 2012.02.20 | Category: HulaHoopla, Performance, PODCAST!, The Spinnerettes | Response: 0

  I swear I will put episode 5 of the podcast with Annie Land up soon.  I promise!

  So here’s what’s been going on with me…finished rebuilding a 1977 VW bus engine; learned how to play a song on the ukulele for a performance; put together a new hoop troupe called The Spinnerettes (more on that to come!); performed with said ukulele and hoop troupe with the new Atomic Pro; decided to declutter my life of belongings and create a living space in my basement.

  So as lame as my promise may seem, my intent is still there!!  I PROMISE.

• Episode 4 – Jennaluna

  Date: 2011.12.13 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

  Hoopy Holidaze!

  This year I wanted to make a Christmas hoop for my yard.  Hooper Bonnie MacDougall posted a picture of hers in her front yard in North Carolina and I just thought it was the coolest!!  Well, intentions are always good, right?  I made hoops and I put lights out in my backyard for the first time ever but the two didn’t mingle.  Maybe I can find Bonnie’s picture and post it on the blog for some hoopy joy and inspiration to others.

  I teach hoopdance classes in a ballroom near my home and right now there is a giant Christmas tree filling one corner of the room.  I love it!!!  It has such a festive glow.  I feel like my students are dancing around a Winter Solstice tree. I’m a sucker for the lights this time of year.  I don’t need the gifts or the pressures, just the lights.

  OK, bear with me for a couple more episodes.  I’ve got the microphone figured out NOW but not before I recorded this interview with my friend, Jennaluna.

  

  The Hoopanista & Jennaluna at SpartQuake '94

  She and I go waaaaaay back, the early 90s I think.  I played bass in a band called Gravy back in those days and one of my bandmates taught at her high school.  She sang backup as one of the “Biscuits” (get it???) during our outdoor performance at the end of the school year.

  As I got into hooping, I heard names of these mythical hoopers like Hoopalicious and Spiral and Safire but didn’t know their real names.  One of my favorites names was Jennaluna but I had no idea who this person was.  And during the same time, my friend (Gravy bandmate) kept mentioning that one of his students had really gotten into hooping down in L.A. and San Francisco.  Hmmmm.  I never put it together.

  Then one day, out of the blue, a little email came my way via Twitter from Jennaluna!!!  We connect the dots, made plans to have breakfast together (she moved back to Portland) to meet face-to-face and have been friends ever since. Happy hoopy ending!

  And don’t forget to support local businesses this time of year – that includes your community hoopers!  Buy hoops and t-shirts and other hoop-related goodies to spread the hoop love this holiday season.

  HulaHoopla Hoops for the Holidays!
  And don’t forget the HulaHoopla shirts!
  Jennaluna HoopGirl Allstar Performance
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• Episode 3 – Meet My Hoop Mama, Merilieu!

  Date: 2011.11.28 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

  What a weekend!!

  Zipped up to Seattle on Black Friday to spend some quality time with friends over the holiday weekend. Checked out the EMP’s exhibit on Nirvana. I spent a lot of time driving to Seattle during that era in the late 80s and early 90s and went to hundreds of shows both in Seattle and Portland. For me, it was really moving to see the old photos and band posters mentioning places and dates of shows I had attended. Amazing time in my life. And now I’m smack dab in the middle of another amazing time in my life – my hooping life!
  In this episode, I sit down with my original hooping mentor – my hoop mama, if you will – Merilieu. This woman is the reason I started hooping. She talks about her first hooping experience and where the hoop has taken her. From picking up the hoop for the first time to making hoops, creating playlists for hoop jams, performing at Burning Man and bringing the Hooping Life to Seattle are just a few of the topics we cover.

  The Hooping Family Tree Project
  Burning Man
  The Hooping Life
  The Northwest Hoop Gathering

  

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• Episode 2 – GroovinMeGzz, Inspirational Students and the Male Perpective

  Date: 2011.11.15 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

  Welcome to Episode 2 

  It’s World Hoop Day 11.11.11!  Well, it was when I recorded this anyway.
  We had a great turnout for our fund raising hoop jam.  In this episode, I pull a handful of hoopers out of the studio during the event for a little one-on-one.

  Meet hooper extraordinaire, GroovinMeGzz, a few of my very enthusiastic students and get a male perspective on hooping.  Our goal was to raise $500 for WorldHoopDay.org and we made it to $200…that’s still great!

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  World Hoop Day
  The Hooping Body
  Hoopcamp
  HulaHoopla
  Center Space

   

  

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• HulaHoopla: A Podcast for Hoopers is on iTunes!

  Date: 2011.11.13 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

  Pretty frickin’ cool!  You can now subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!
  Click here>>>>> HulaHoopla: A Podcast for Hoopers

  woo hoo(p)!
  

   

• New Site Name

  Date: 2011.11.05 | Category: HulaHoopla, PODCAST! | Response: 0

  As I learn how to podcast I will be making adjustments with this site.  Today I had to change the name from from Hoopanista to HulaHoopla: A Podcast for Hoopers to it is picked up on my RSS feed to iTunes.  But the title is too long for the generic title section of the Home page so it just reads HulaHoopla: A Podcast for.  I guess it builds anticipation!  Well, if anyone out there is reading this and understands how to manipulate WordPress I sure could use a hand! 

  I can be reached at hoopanista (at) hulahoopla (dot) com.

• Episode 1 – Meet the Hoopanista, ZigZag & Dr. Spin

  Date: 2011.11.05 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

  Explore the world community of hooping and hoopdance through the voices of our hooping compadres!  We’ll chat with hoopers – newbies to pros! – about hooping and how it has touched their lives.

  In this inaugural episode, you’ll meet me, The Hoopanista, and two of my Portland, Oregon hoop sisters – ZigZag and Dr. Spin.  We chat about our personal discovery of hooping with mention of some pioneers in the field and incredible hooping events. And we want you to know about World Hoop Day on 11.11.11.

  And I ask for you patience as I learn this whole podcast thing.  Better audio and graphics to come!  

  World Hoop Day
  Hooping.org
  Hoopcamp
  Hoop Convergence
  HoopShine
  Sparkle Movement
  ZigZag Hoops
  The Spin Summit
  Northwest Hoop Gathering
  Burning Man

  And for information on me, The Hoopanista, check out my website at www.hulahoopla.com.

   

  

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• Podcast – Take 2

  Date: 2011.11.05 | Category: HulaHoopla, PODCAST! | Response: 0

  

  Podcast Artwork!

  I’m learning more about this podcast stuff and my ass is killing me!  Too much time on the computer.  ugh!  Turns out that I cannot add posts to a page – I had set up a separate Podcast page on this blog.  So it will be like a regular entry when it starts.  I’m researching on where to host it and how to upload it so it can be found on iTunes.  So much detail!  But good news! It’s done and hoop sister Christy Taylor created the artwork from my logo, the font it was created with and a photo of me and my two hoop mammas (Merilieu & Nectar) at Burning Man.  Ties a lot of cool stuff together.

  If you have a hooping website or any graphic art needs you can contact Christy at christymtaylor (at) gmail.com.

• Podcast

  Date: 2011.11.04 | Category: HulaHoopla, PODCAST! | Response: 0

  Hola!

  So I’m gonna try the podcast thing.  I’ve recorded and interview and an introduction and am about to embark on learning how to add music and fix the levels, etc.  Yay!

  Of course right off the bat I screwed up on my introduction and said I won a bottle of TEQUILA in a hooping contest.  It was KAHLUA!

  Fingers crossed that I pull this off and have a podcast for hoopers debuting on iTunes on 11.11.11 – World Hoop Day!  In the mean time, I will do my best to add it to this blog and on my website.