Winter Schedule 2012/2013

*World Hoop Day Campbell River

Sunday December 2 2012, 6-10 p.m.

presented by Jenny Hoopnosis

Tracey will present a magical and curious hoopdance

performances also by VestaFire entertainment and others

silent auction and hoop dance boogie hosted by DJ Marcel

raising funds for the World Hoop Day efforts around the globe

*Downtown Courtenay WinterFest

Themed Character Street Hoopdance Performance

Saturday November 17, 2012 "Moonlight and Magic"

Saturday December 8 "Take a walk on the Wild Side"

Saturday Dec 15 "Winter Wonderland"

*Elevate The Arts Winter Bazaar

Courtenay Legion 10-5 p.m.

Our shared booth will feature luscious feather earrings by Lyndsay Spencer, Photography by Rick Van Hassel, and beautiful hoops created by Tracey.

*Hula Hoopla at Courtenay Recreation (adult class)
Put a new ‘spin’ on this simple toy. We’ll learn many ways to be active with hula hoops, and go through a core body strength circuit designed to make learning hoop tricks easier! Hula Hoops provided!
Instructor: Tracey Mantha 
Wednesdays
January 16 - February 20, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Native Sons Hall
$77/6 Sessions
(250)338-5371 to register

*Hula Hoopla at Lake Trail Community Connections (adult class)
Mondays February 25th to March 18th @ 7pm. 
4 week session with Lyndsay Spencer
250-334-3168 laketrailvision@gmail.com www.laketrailconnect.ca

*Hula Hoopla KIDS
Hoop games, Ninja hoop tricks, and Hoopdance for intermediate grades
Tuesday january 15, 22, 29 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Huband Park School
with Tracey

*Hula Hoopla After School Club
Cumberland Commmunity School Society
Thursdays, January 24- March 14, 2:30-3:30
with Tracey

*Circle Games: Hoop Games to Activate and Captivate
School District 71 Professional Development Day workshop presentation for educators
Monday February 18, 2013
with Tracey


*Hula Hoopdance at Courtenay Recreation (adult class)
This is a special class for hoopers looking to get more out of their practice.  We will work on stretches, drills and trick concepts with singles, doubles and mini hoops.  With a soundtrack mixed just for us by DJ Miss Christina, we will piece together simple movements into flowing choreographies and work together to create a group choreography.  Bring your hoop(s).
Instructor: Tracey Mantha 
Wednesdays
February 27 - April 3, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Native Sons Hall
$77/6 Sessions
(250)338-5371 to register

Circle Games at Hoop Camp 2012!

It's just one of the amazing collection of workshops  hoopers will experience 

at Hoop Camp 2012

Circle Games are... creative and original hoop games that will activate and captivate. This workshop explores games, their benefits, and how to have an amazing impact on your community through play! 

~STRENGTH :: FLEXIBILITY :: BALANCE :: COOPERATION :: COORDINATION ::

COMMUNICATION :: SPEED :: AGILITY :: CORE STRENGTH ::INNER PEACE~

are enhanced in a playful way with Circle Games

 When you're teaching groups of kids, a fast-paced lesson with lots of games is a must. And a sprinkling of fun during an adult lesson never hurts, either. 

playing 'Cat and Mouse'

Workshop Flow:

-Games Play. I will flow through a list of original and creative games, briefly describing each with a play session to demonstrate each game.  Each game can be played just for fun, or with a deeper purpose and goal (ice breakers, personal development, group development, games for flexibility, balance, strength and endurance).

-Group Management Tips. How to get and keep a group's attention, manage distracted or rude participants, inspire unmotivated students and dissolve bad attitudes, all in a positive and lighthearted way.

-Metaphors For Movement. How to work with teachers to bolster their classroom learning by combining specific curriculum concepts with out-of-class active hoop games! Math and science in an unexpected FUN way!

The simple and inexpensive hoop can really transcend economic barriers to active living. There's no sign-up fee, no driving to practices, no uniform to buy. You don't even need shoes. With just one plastic circle someone can find infinite challenges to keep themselves active for life.

Looking around it's hard not to notice the some of the population getting softer, bigger and less motivated. Especially in economically challenged areas where we find financial barriers to good nutrition, placebos like TV, drugs or alcohol can distract us from our authentic and healthy selves. Getting active is key for getting happy, and a hoop is an accessible option: a portal for health. Instructors armed with an arsenal of creative games can battle these barriers with a smile, and inspire their communities with a lifelong love of movement!

Summer 2012

Summer 2012

June 22-24 Madskillz Vancouver

to learn as much as possible

and share two workshops:

"Circle Games~ Hoop Games to activate and captivate" and

"Geometry of Choreography"

July 1 Canada Day Celebrate Canada Concert

7 p.m. Sid Williams Theater, Courtenay

"Hoopdance meets Roller Derby"

July 7-8 Vancouver Island Musicfest

Hoop tricks and games in the Kids Zone daily

Wednesdays July 11-August 29
Summer Sunset Hoop Class
8-9:30 p.m. 5605 Headquarters Rd. Courtenay
a challenging summer class from a relaxed point of view
$50/8 week or $30/4 week punchcard $10 drop-in

July 17-19 Kids "Spin Circus" Summer Camp

Black Creek Community Center

1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday

July 28-29 Hornby Island HoopDance workshops

for kids and adults!

August 18-19 The Big Time Out
Cumberland Village Park
Roving Interactive Hoop Entertainment


September 26-30 HoopCamp!
presenting our "Circle Games" workshop at
Hula Hoop Camp for grown-ups

Gratitude

It is with deep gratitude that I reflect back on our presentation of The Hooping Life movie on May 5 2012.  Shown as part of Elevate the Arts festival, this inspiring hooping documentary was free for the public to attend and featured performances by Jenny Hoopnosis, Lynda Allen and Tracey Mantha.

Lynda Allen and Jenny Hoopnosis

Jenny Hoopnosis

The Beastie Alien (Tracey Mantha)

Big thanks to our advance sponsors:
NOVA Firespun Performance Arts, Dynamic Electrical Applications, Shasta Hoop Fitness, Vesta Fire Entertainment, Island Hula Hoopla, and individuals Isabelle, Lyndsay, Elizabeth, Kerry, Lisa, Lisa, Alison, and Gwen.  Thanks also to the individuals who donated at the screening.  We were able to recover the costs of the screening fees and offer the film free to the public.

The 'thank-you' pieces I created for the sponsors of The Hooping Life.
It's a cotton stretch knit scarf with UV hoopy yellow circles screenprinted on and the two part Revolution stencil done in black and UV pink!  This can be worn as a hip scarf, neck wrap, or saucy summer wrap top.  I can't wait to see how all the fine ladies wear theirs!

The Hooping Life Documentary comes to Courtenay!

The Hooping Life Documentary is coming to Courtenay!

It's a film about community.  It's a film about living your dream.

“You will see masters of the hula-hoop like you’ve never seen before. The sensation is back!”- Shaquille O’Neal

  THE HOOPING LIFE, a feature-length documentary that invites you into the making of a cultural phenomenon that unabashedly loves something silly, will be premiering Sat. May 5, 2012 at 7 pm at the Courtenay Museum and Archives, hosted by Island Hula Hoopla and presented by this community-culture-loving-festival, Elevate The Arts.

This unique film screening will also feature HoopDance performances by Jenny Hoopnosis (Campbell River), Chelsea Rae (Courtenay) and Island Hula Hoopla (Comox Valley).  Admission is free, with donations being gratefully accepted to cover the film licensing fees.
Much like breakdancing and skateboarding, the modern-day hula-hooping subculture brings people together.“Hoopers” i.e. someone who lives to hula-hoop, have brought hooping to rough neighborhoods giving kids a chance at being kids; they practice hoop meditation to lift depression;  and fire-hoop to heal trauma.
Whether it is Karis who brings hooping to the runway, or HoopGirl who spearheads a  fitness trend, each hooper risks it all to make a life they are passionate about. And it pays off twofold. Eight hoopers over eight years, from Johannesburg to South Central, transgendered to southern Methodist, create a hooping movement that’s vibrant, edgy and infectious.
Hooper Shaquille O’Neal and 50s hoop-maker Art Linkletter introduce these interconnected stories.
“In THE HOOPING LIFE, real life is more fantastic than anything I could have scripted,” says veteran Producer-Director Amy Goldstein. “If something invigorates your soul, you’ve got to give it your all. Many hoopers are surviving these times as hopeful entrepreneurs, teachers and performers with a more colorful life that they ever imagined. THE HOOPING LIFE is an entrepreneur’s guide to happiness.”

Read The Province's article about how our community comes together to share our passion for the arts in the day-long culture crawl, Elevate The Arts.

Check out The Comox Valley Echo's article, about Elevate The Arts, which calls it a "Dynamic grassroots cultural uprising" , April 27 2012.

And on April 10 2012, this article in the Comox Valley Echo calls Elevate The Arts "a celebration of all things weird and wonderful"!

Spring 2012 Workshops!

This spring we're bringing some specialized workshops to you!


 HoopDance WorkshopHoopDance can be a moving meditation, a form of exercise or an expression of joy! Your HoopDance will be as unique as your personality. We will focus on the DANCE of HoopDance, exploring skills, lots of tricks, planes of movement, floor work, partner hooping, the importance of contrasts and the elements that make an exciting choreography with hoops. Suitable for past participants of Hula Hoopla or hoopers with basic skills.
Instructor: Tracey Mantha
Saturday May 5
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Native Sons Hall
$20
register through Courtenay Recreation (250)338-5371

Saturday May 19
1-3:30 p.m.
Black Creek Community Association
$20
register through BCCA (250)337-5190


DOUBLES HOOPING
Known as 'twins', this style of hooping explores the possibilities of using two hoops at once!  We'll use two big body sized hoops and also smaller hand held mini hoops to explore the grips, timing, and spacing behind this exciting skill.  Weaves, jumps, turns, stalls, lifts, separations and floorwork are all covered and easily broken down for quick understanding.  Although knowing how to waist hoop is a bonus, no hooping experience is necessary. Even true beginners will take away a wealth of new skills.  It's also a great shoulder, back and arm strengthener as well as a brain builder! Hoops provided or bring your own favourite set from home.

Saturday May 19
Black Creek Community Association
4-6 p.m.
$20
(250)337-5190

Community HoopJam ~Winter 2012~

Every Sunday, Island Hula Hoopla, together with Courtenay Recreation, hosts a Community HoopJam.  This non-instructional, everyone welcome, open playtime is a place to practice your stuff, connect with other movers and shakers and get active, Hula Hoopla style.

Admission is as low as they go: just $2.50 drop-in for adults and kids under 10 are free.  Hoops are provided or bring your own favourite spinning toys, and your smiles, too!

The Jam runs Sundays from January 29 to March 18, 2012.  See you in the gym!

Circle Games

Circle games is... a deep workshop that explores games, their benefits and how to have an amazing impact on your community through play!

Tracey will share creative and original hoop games that will activate and captivate.   When you're teaching groups of kids, a fast-paced lesson with lots of games is a must. And a sprinkling of fun during an adult lesson never hurts, either.  

The majority of the session will be spent playing games, with an in-depth exploration of the whats, hows, and whys of play.

Workshop Flow:

-Games Play. I will flow through a list of original and creative games, briefly describing each with a play session to demonstrate each game.  Each game can be played just for fun, or with a deeper purpose and goal (ice breakers, personal development, group development, games for flexibility, balance, strength and endurance).

-Group Management Tips. How to get and keep a group's attention, manage distracted or rude participants, inspire unmotivated students and dissolve bad attitudes, all in a positive and lighthearted way.

-Metaphors For Movement. How to work with teachers to bolster their classroom learning by combining specific curriculum concepts with out-of-class active hoop games! Math and science in an unexpected FUN way!

The simple and inexpensive hoop can really transcend economic barriers to active living. There's no sign-up fee, no driving to practices, no uniform to buy. You don't even need shoes. With just one plastic circle someone can find infinite challenges to keep themselves active for life.

Looking around it's hard not to notice the some of the population getting softer, bigger and less motivated. Especially in economically challenged areas where we find financial barriers to good nutrition, placebos like TV, drugs or alcohol can distract us from our authentic and healthy selves. Getting active is key for getting happy, and a hoop is an accessible option: a portal for health. Instructors armed with an arsenal of creative games can battle these barriers with a smile, and inspire their communities with a lifelong love of movement!