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The Hooping Family Tree
Help Trace the Roots of Modern Hooping for Future Generations
Help Trace the Roots of Modern Hooping for Future Generations
When kicking off a fire hooping workshop in PA not too long ago, we did
the usual rounds of introductions: names and how we were introduced to
the hoop. Several in the group had gotten their start from the evening's
host, Lindsey, to whom they referred as their "hoop mother." One had
learned both from her and friend Dan. "I guess they're my hoop
parents," she said.
Having indulged my own interests in family ancestry, their comments got
me thinking about about a kind of hooping geneaology. What if we
could trace our own personal hoop family trees? Better yet, what if
we could combine them into one large database, cataloguing the spread
of modern-day hooping for future generations?
This week's blog entry is an invitation to the hooping community
to help do just that. With just over a decade of history, the task is
already a hefty one. But it's right up my research alley and I am up to
the challenge if you are!
the usual rounds of introductions: names and how we were introduced to
the hoop. Several in the group had gotten their start from the evening's
host, Lindsey, to whom they referred as their "hoop mother." One had
learned both from her and friend Dan. "I guess they're my hoop
parents," she said.
Having indulged my own interests in family ancestry, their comments got
me thinking about about a kind of hooping geneaology. What if we
could trace our own personal hoop family trees? Better yet, what if
we could combine them into one large database, cataloguing the spread
of modern-day hooping for future generations?
This week's blog entry is an invitation to the hooping community
to help do just that. With just over a decade of history, the task is
already a hefty one. But it's right up my research alley and I am up to
the challenge if you are!
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UPDATE: Now you can participate on The Hooping Family Tree Project website. - 9/1/10
http://hoopingfamilytree.org
Responses are coming in fast and hard and the database is growing! But we've still a long way to go. Please help by spreading
the word to your hooping friends, re-posting at will, surveying your classes, and linking this entry to your blogs and sites!
Thank you! The excitement and circle continues to grow ...! - Lara, 8/11/10
http://hoopingfamilytree.org
Responses are coming in fast and hard and the database is growing! But we've still a long way to go. Please help by spreading
the word to your hooping friends, re-posting at will, surveying your classes, and linking this entry to your blogs and sites!
Thank you! The excitement and circle continues to grow ...! - Lara, 8/11/10
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Why bother? First, what a wonderful way to honor the contributions of the people that brought all of this fun,
creative expression, and healing into our lives! And second, imagine what we might learn about how the joy of
hooping has, and continues, to spread throughout the world from a handful of visionaries on the U.S. west coast
in such a very short amount of time?
How we can get started. We'll need as much data as possible from as many hoopers as we can. Use the
comment box below to relate the basics of how you were FIRST introduced to hooping - the who, where, and
when. Perhaps it was a friend. Or you saw someone hooping at a festival and don't even know their name. Maybe
you got the fever from watching an online video. Or learned first-hand from one of our hooping greats. The
general rule of researching ancestry is to gather and report as much information as you know. When we put them
all together, we can begin filling in the blanks.
An example. On August 17, 2002 at the Ivanhoe Music Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I saw a big, ugly,
circle of black plastic just laying on the ground, picked it up, put it around my waist, and gave it a spin. I hooped
for nearly two years before seeing another hooper, and I still do not know where that hoop came from. Are you
out there, random Baton Rouge hoop-maker?
The hoop itself and our own bodies will always be our most immediate hooping teachers. But I am
acutely aware that both my hooping joy and my family's livelihood owe themselves, too, to an unknown someone
who left a big black hoop on the ground in south Louisiana and all of the wonderful teachers and students I've
come to know since.
PLEASE Help spread the word about this truly grand project by re-posting the details and gathering information
from your own communities and classes. I will post updates and create a website to facilitate the project's growth
as information comes in. Thank you for your help!
creative expression, and healing into our lives! And second, imagine what we might learn about how the joy of
hooping has, and continues, to spread throughout the world from a handful of visionaries on the U.S. west coast
in such a very short amount of time?
How we can get started. We'll need as much data as possible from as many hoopers as we can. Use the
comment box below to relate the basics of how you were FIRST introduced to hooping - the who, where, and
when. Perhaps it was a friend. Or you saw someone hooping at a festival and don't even know their name. Maybe
you got the fever from watching an online video. Or learned first-hand from one of our hooping greats. The
general rule of researching ancestry is to gather and report as much information as you know. When we put them
all together, we can begin filling in the blanks.
An example. On August 17, 2002 at the Ivanhoe Music Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I saw a big, ugly,
circle of black plastic just laying on the ground, picked it up, put it around my waist, and gave it a spin. I hooped
for nearly two years before seeing another hooper, and I still do not know where that hoop came from. Are you
out there, random Baton Rouge hoop-maker?
The hoop itself and our own bodies will always be our most immediate hooping teachers. But I am
acutely aware that both my hooping joy and my family's livelihood owe themselves, too, to an unknown someone
who left a big black hoop on the ground in south Louisiana and all of the wonderful teachers and students I've
come to know since.
PLEASE Help spread the word about this truly grand project by re-posting the details and gathering information
from your own communities and classes. I will post updates and create a website to facilitate the project's growth
as information comes in. Thank you for your help!
The Hooping Family Tree
Help Trace the Roots of Modern Hooping for Future Generations
Help Trace the Roots of Modern Hooping for Future Generations
When kicking off a fire hooping workshop in PA not too long ago, we did
the usual rounds of introductions: names and how we were introduced to
the hoop. Several in the group had gotten their start from the evening's
host, Lindsey, to whom they referred as their "hoop mother." One had
learned both from her and friend Dan. "I guess they're my hoop
parents," she said.
Having indulged my own interests in family ancestry, their comments got
me thinking about about a kind of hooping geneaology. What if we
could trace our own personal hoop family trees? Better yet, what if
we could combine them into one large database, cataloguing the spread
of modern-day hooping for future generations?
This week's blog entry is an invitation to the hooping community
to help do just that. With just over a decade of history, the task is
already a hefty one. But it's right up my research alley and I am up to
the challenge if you are!
the usual rounds of introductions: names and how we were introduced to
the hoop. Several in the group had gotten their start from the evening's
host, Lindsey, to whom they referred as their "hoop mother." One had
learned both from her and friend Dan. "I guess they're my hoop
parents," she said.
Having indulged my own interests in family ancestry, their comments got
me thinking about about a kind of hooping geneaology. What if we
could trace our own personal hoop family trees? Better yet, what if
we could combine them into one large database, cataloguing the spread
of modern-day hooping for future generations?
This week's blog entry is an invitation to the hooping community
to help do just that. With just over a decade of history, the task is
already a hefty one. But it's right up my research alley and I am up to
the challenge if you are!
UPDATE: Now you can participate on The Hooping Family Tree Project website. - 9/1/10
http://hoopingfamilytree.org
Responses are coming in fast and hard and the database is growing! But we've still a long way to go. Please help by spreading
the word to your hooping friends, re-posting at will, surveying your classes, and linking this entry to your blogs and sites!
Thank you! The excitement and circle continues to grow ...! - Lara, 8/11/10
http://hoopingfamilytree.org
Responses are coming in fast and hard and the database is growing! But we've still a long way to go. Please help by spreading
the word to your hooping friends, re-posting at will, surveying your classes, and linking this entry to your blogs and sites!
Thank you! The excitement and circle continues to grow ...! - Lara, 8/11/10
Why bother? First, what a wonderful way to honor the contributions of the people that brought all of this fun,
creative expression, and healing into our lives! And second, imagine what we might learn about how the joy of
hooping has, and continues, to spread throughout the world from a handful of visionaries on the U.S. west coast
in such a very short amount of time?
How we can get started. We'll need as much data as possible from as many hoopers as we can. Use the
comment box below to relate the basics of how you were FIRST introduced to hooping - the who, where, and
when. Perhaps it was a friend. Or you saw someone hooping at a festival and don't even know their name. Maybe
you got the fever from watching an online video. Or learned first-hand from one of our hooping greats. The
general rule of researching ancestry is to gather and report as much information as you know. When we put them
all together, we can begin filling in the blanks.
An example. On August 17, 2002 at the Ivanhoe Music Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I saw a big, ugly,
circle of black plastic just laying on the ground, picked it up, put it around my waist, and gave it a spin. I hooped
for nearly two years before seeing another hooper, and I still do not know where that hoop came from. Are you
out there, random Baton Rouge hoop-maker?
The hoop itself and our own bodies will always be our most immediate hooping teachers. But I am
acutely aware that both my hooping joy and my family's livelihood owe themselves, too, to an unknown someone
who left a big black hoop on the ground in south Louisiana and all of the wonderful teachers and students I've
come to know since.
PLEASE Help spread the word about this truly grand project by re-posting the details and gathering information
from your own communities and classes. I will post updates and create a website to facilitate the project's growth
as information comes in. Thank you for your help!
creative expression, and healing into our lives! And second, imagine what we might learn about how the joy of
hooping has, and continues, to spread throughout the world from a handful of visionaries on the U.S. west coast
in such a very short amount of time?
How we can get started. We'll need as much data as possible from as many hoopers as we can. Use the
comment box below to relate the basics of how you were FIRST introduced to hooping - the who, where, and
when. Perhaps it was a friend. Or you saw someone hooping at a festival and don't even know their name. Maybe
you got the fever from watching an online video. Or learned first-hand from one of our hooping greats. The
general rule of researching ancestry is to gather and report as much information as you know. When we put them
all together, we can begin filling in the blanks.
An example. On August 17, 2002 at the Ivanhoe Music Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I saw a big, ugly,
circle of black plastic just laying on the ground, picked it up, put it around my waist, and gave it a spin. I hooped
for nearly two years before seeing another hooper, and I still do not know where that hoop came from. Are you
out there, random Baton Rouge hoop-maker?
The hoop itself and our own bodies will always be our most immediate hooping teachers. But I am
acutely aware that both my hooping joy and my family's livelihood owe themselves, too, to an unknown someone
who left a big black hoop on the ground in south Louisiana and all of the wonderful teachers and students I've
come to know since.
PLEASE Help spread the word about this truly grand project by re-posting the details and gathering information
from your own communities and classes. I will post updates and create a website to facilitate the project's growth
as information comes in. Thank you for your help!