New for IHOOPU ... LED hoops!!!!...

IHOOPU is now selling LED HOOPS!

OMG!!! BIG SAVINGS when you pre-order by Monday June 22nd

Custom Designed IHOOPU LED HOOP

Choice of Color & Number of LEDs (12 or 18)

Color Options: white, blue, green, aqua, red, yellow, pink, violet, uv, tricolor (color changing!)

Special Price of only $100 (will be selling for $175 - $200 as of June 23rd)

ORDER NOW! info@ihoopu.com

HOOP JAM TODAY!!

Hey Hoopers,

One of the IHOOPU teachers in training, Kelli Hanrahan, will be hosting a HOOP JAM today at Parc Lafontaine.

There will be music and a couple extra hoops, but if you have your own hoop please bring it!!

cost: FREE
time:4:30-6pm
location:parc lafontaine (the usual spot rachel side of the parc between brebeuf & calixa-lavaillé)

Don't forget about the performance tonight at Studio 303! Come see your fellow hoopers hoop it up!

Buy your tickets online before (saturday) at noon for only $5 instead of $10 at the door! studio 303.ca

Acheter les billets sur le web avant (samedi) midi s'ils veulent profiter du tarif pré-vente à 5$. Les billets seront au coût de 10$ à la porte 30 minutes avant le spectacle. studio303.ca

Hoop to see you there!!

June 13th at 7pm & 9pm : Danse pour tous
A show featuring the evening classes participants : Hoopdance, African dance, Contemporary dance and yogadance.
STUDIO 303
372 STE CATH WEST
3RD FLOOR

I will be peforming with H.O.T. almost every night this week at the Montreal Fringe Festival. 10pm at the outdoor beer tent. Come see me spin my fire hoop!! whoop whoop!

performance class starts June 16th!

Hi All,

Just a note that the performance class starts June 16th (next week) rather than this week!

Monday Parc Classes also start next week ... because we still have 1 more week @ studio 303!!

See you in the hoop!

R.

June Hoopnews

May was an exciting month with the Beginner Intensive and Performance Hoop Intensive and of course Hoop Convergence in North Carolina. As the weather warms up I am beginning to see more and more people with hoops around the city. This warms my heart as you all know how much I love to hoop! June has started off well, IHOOPU has 4 teachers in training so you will see them helping out around class and jams and eventually teaching some of the IHOOPU classes late in the summer and fall. We are about to begin the summer schedule which entails lots of outdoor hooping! Look out Montreal we are going to take over the parks!! The plus side of park-hooping is there are no ceilings to limit the heights at which we can toss our hoops into the sky, the down side being the coming of the rains will mean class is canceled. So pray to the sun gods!! Check below for all the classes going on throughout June & July! If the weather is iffy, consult twitter to see if class is on or off on the given day.

Summer Hoop Schedule Wednesday June 10th - Friday July 24th All park (outdoor) classes are **weather dependent** check the weather report, or step outside... if the ground is wet class is canceled...or consult TWITTER Beginner Hoopdance Mondays & Wednesdays 6-7pm Parc Lafontaine Wednesdays 3-4pm Panico Studio (starts june 17th) Intermediate/Advanced Hoopdance Mondays 7-8pm Parc Lafontaine Performance Class (with the Hoop) Thursdays 6pm-7pm Parc Jean Mance ***Starts June 16th*** All Levels Hoopdance Fridays 6:30-7:30pm YMCA du Parc Yoga Classes Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 12:30-2pm Panico Studio (Starts June 15th) Tuesdays 5:30-7pm, Kinesphere Specialty Workshops / Events / Jams Saturdays 4:30pm, Parc Lafontaine consult the BLOG for workshop details Class Locations: PARC LAFONTAINE: Brebeuf & Rachel PARC JEAN-MANCE: Rachel & (between Jean Mance & Ave du Parc) PARC ST VIATEUR: From the Parc Y, head west on st.Viateur till you hit the parc. PANICO STUDIO: 5445 de Gaspé, suite 313 KINESPHERE: 1565 Mt Royal Est, coin Fabre Cost & Packages for Park Classes Drop-in = $15 / class 1 X week = $12 / class (six weeks = $72) 2 X week = $10 / class (six weeks = $120) For Studio Classes please consult directly with studio. If you are registered in a class and we get rained out you can make-up the class on another day within the session (June 10th-July 24th) Student Performance! We have a show next week at studio 303. We will be rehearsing all week so if you are familiar with the beginner hoop moves and want to be part of the show let me know! If you can't be in the show, please come watch!! Next Saturday June 13th 19h & 21h 372 ste Cath O. Studio 303 Billets Pré-vente: $5 ou $10 à la porte infos: 514 393 3771 pour plus d'infos Rehearsal times are as follows: Saturday June 6 4:30-6pm PARC LAFONTAINE Monday June 8th 5:30-7:30pm STUDIO 303 (we will work on the piece in class and then stay later...) Wednesday June 10th 4:30-6pm PARC LAFONTAINE Thursday June 11th 4:30-6pm PARC JEAN-MANCE Friday June 12th 4:30-6pm PARC ST. VIATEUR Saturday June 13th SHOWTIME!! performers must arrive at 3:30pm for rehearsal/tech run in the space. rehearsal LOCATIONS: PARC LAFONTAINE: Brebeuf & Rachel PARC JEAN-MANCE: Rachel & (between Jean Mance & Ave du Parc) PARC ST VIATEUR: From the Parc Y, head west on st.Viateur till you hit the parc.

Summer Hoop Schedule

Hello Hoopers!

Summer is here! Time to infiltrate the parks with hoopiness!!

Class is ON tomorrow @ 430pm in Parc Lafontaine. BYOH (bring your own hoop).

Next week we will transition to the summer hoopclass schedule

WEDNESDAY JUNE 10TH-FRIDAY JULY 24TH:

Mondays
Parc Lafontaine
6-7pm Beginner Hoopdance
7-8pm Inter/Adv Hoopdance

Wednesdays
Parc Lafontaine
6-7pm Beginner Hoopdance

Thursdays
Parc Jean Mance
4-6pm Open Jam
6-7pm Performance Hoop Class

Fridays
Ymca du Parc
6:30-7:30pm All Levels Class

Saturdays
Specialty Workshops & Monthly Hoop Jams

Hoop Convergence!

Hey Hoopers! I am having an amazing time here at Hoop Convergence. I am learning so much about hooping I can't even begin to explain it all. Acro Hoop Yoga, Hoop Choreography, Flamenco Hoopdance........ We had a fire jam last night and I had the honor of performing alongside some of this planet's most stunning performers. Hoopers who had never spun fire also had the opportunity to spin. One of the most touching moments of the whole evening was when one woman went into the fire circle, her first time ever spinning a hoop on fire. She stood there holding the hoop looking absolutely petrified. She looked very hesitant to start spining the hoop standing within the flames, just when she was about to give up everyone began cheering 'spin it, spin it!' Finally she took the hoop to the back of her waist and began spinning it and proceeded to totally rock out with the fire hoop around her waist. Her performance brought tears to my eyes. It was so beautiful.

The workshops have been absolutely amazing. This morning we learned about native hoopdance, followed by a workshop on tandem hooping (two people in one hoop) and then finally a workshop on the chakra system & hooping and sustained spinning. I have had the opportunity to meet and connect with so many great people from all over North America. There are about 10 Canadians here so it is great to connect with people from across our country. My perspective on hooping has definitely broadened. This is such a wonderful community of conscious minded creative people and I am so happy to be a part of it.

lots and lots of hoop love!

R.

HOOP JAM!

Come out to Parc Lafontaine this Saturday 6-8pm for the Spring Hoop Jam.

We will congregate in the parc near the statue, enter the parc from the Rachel side near Brébeuf and you should see us.

Jam will be cancelled in the case of unfavorable weather (wet grass/rain)

Hoop to see you!

google maps, copy and paste to find us:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=parc+lafontaine+montreal&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&z=15