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Hooper Bowl For Hoop Dance Fans

So for anyone not quite sure of what Hooper Bowl is…It’s where you grab your hoop for the “Super Bowl” and hoop dance to the halftime show…or whenever you want during the big game day. Post your video or photo in the Hooper Bowl Facebook Group or anywhere you want online and hashtag with #hooperbowl Doesn’t matter who you are rooting for. We’re all here to HOOP!

I’ve been participating in Hooper Bowl for several years now. I even started a Facebook group so others had a unified place to gather, post and share their progress…and cheer each other on in their hoop journey.

In past years, I’ve hooped to some great artists, and have had to rewatch the actual halftime show to see the performance spectacular that they put on, and check out the cameo appearances by special guests. This year was a little different! The Weekend performed a musical medley with a red jacket cloned army of backup dancers. I’m not sure what the head bandage message statement has been all about, but the internet memes were plentiful with the bandaged heads looking more like wearing a pair of tighty whities on one’s face.

Dancing in your Underwear??

Hey if someone sings with underwear on their head…and calls it a halftime show, the least I can do is Hoop dance to it! While the game was a bit of a blowout, trying out my new LED Astral Hoops was fun in a small space. And I discovered something that was informative to me (after the fact, of course!): while I can normally hoop in our kitchen just fine with most of my hoop sizes…I’ve been doing it in the other direction. That means that I had side to side dance space. On this round, hooking up a laptop and trying to hardwire with an ethernet cable, I was hooping in the narrow and kept hitting the fridge and feeling very confined.
Isn’t it funny the lessons we learn in retrospect?!

Although The Weekend has some danceable music…I have to say that the Shakira and Jennifer Lopez hip shaking, singing their hearts out, dancing, performance main acts were some of the best in recent years, in my opinion. I guess keeping it different each year with something fresh, is part of the anticipation of the day…like the hype of the Super Bowl television ads, and of course, the actual game.

Links:

Hooper Bowl Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hooperbowl

For anyone interested in getting one or more Astral Hoops, you can use my discount link code: http://astralhoops.com/r/Che

And if you want to learn how to hoop…from beginner on up to performing, Hip The Hoopla is your go-to for learning on-body, off-body hoop dancing. All levels welcome. www.HipTheHoopla.com

~Che’ Rippinger, Founder, Chief Hooping Oficer, Professional Hoopsmith (Hoopmaker), Instructor, Perfomer, and Hoop Love Ya’ll Show Host

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~Che’ Rippinger is Hip The Hoopla‘s CHO (Chief Hooping Officer)/Owner/Founder and head humorist, with heart. She’s been hula hooping since 2008 and founded Hip The Hoopla in 2011 – while teaching, performing and making pro custom dance hula hoops. A dancer most of her life (30+years), Che’ has also been a humor writer/columnist, illustrator and cartoonist for The Denver Post and her Touché! Cartoons have been featured in PLAYGIRL Magazine.

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