Dear HoopStars,

I am really excited to update you on all that has been happening and what is scheduled to come! First of all, our new studio is finally complete and we had our GRAND opening on April 5th! We held 10 free mini-workshops in everything from hooping to irish step to juggling to zumba and more. We met lots of new people and we gave away over 100 free classes! It is a fabulous space and we are so happy to be teaching there. We are also excited because a lot of our friends are now teaching there too! We are currently offering, in addition to our ever popular hoop fitness and cardioFlex classes, four different types of yoga and even some zumba too! Registration for all of our classes is open now and I encourage you to try out a few!

We have decided to begin hosting a monthly Parent's Night Out for the kiddos and our first one is on April 18th! And then right after that we are off to HOOP the half marathon. Almost 50 hoopers are on the team and we are getting ready to roll and we cannot believe that it's so close! We recently made some additions to our Hooping for Hope program, so be sure to read about it so that you can share when asked... "why are those gals HOOPING the half-marathon!?" And if you happen to be interested in why I am personally hooping it, I recently wrote a letter to share with my team mates at our hoop presenting ceremony.

Our ecoChic Swap is just around the corner and we are gearing up for another grand event. Our goal is over 150 participants and 1500 articles to swap, so please help us spread the word by forwarding the invite from our ecoChic Swap website!

Our Hooprama Hoopstar hoop troup performed another fabulous number at the Belcourt on April 3rd with our wonderfully supportive students filling many of the seats. Be sure to keep up with future performances and events here as we will be adding more appearances!

On a side-note, I recently had an interview ith a big-time magazing and it really brought to surface what Hooprama has become for me. It is not a business anymore as I realize that it has it's own spirit and life with many branches off the sides touching more people in various ways. The interview also made me aware that the spirit of Hooprama is continually feuled by all of the amazing people that I have met and continue to meet through this process and who touch my life consistently. I am thankful for all of my students and for all of the outside support that is provided to me to help my vision grow.

Recently, I had an 85 year old student take my class with her daughter. She was an inspiration to me that spirit and love of life... and movement... have no boundaries by age. Embrace it now and continue to embrace it tomorrow. Your spirit will be so much happier if you do! Thank you Miss Dorothy for hooping it up so beautifully these past 6 weeks!
-Sunny Becks-Crumpton, Owner