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Workshops & Events

Zushi Beach Jam & Fireworks

Saturday, June 2
3 pm – 10 pm

This year’s first hanabi-taikai and the first Spin Matsuri beach jam of 2012! 7000 fireworks launch starting at 7:45. Let’s go to the the beach in the afternoon to enjoy some hooping, then stick around a little while to play with our own fire and glow toys.

Please bring (all optional, of course)

  • a picnic meal
  • your hoop
  • fire/LED toys
  • swim suit

We’ll meet at Zushi Station (JR Yokosuka or Shonan Shinjuku line) outside the East Exit at 3pm and walk to the beach together. Our exact location on the beach will depend upon the other 120,000 people who are going to the fireworks.

If you are going early, or running late, here is a walking map from the station:

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Info and News

Hooked on Robotics (Feat. Johnny 5 & RoboSapien) and us!

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Remember last June, when we shot a music video at Yoyogi Park with Jesse and the Ice Block Films crew? The video is finally finished and you can see our excellent hooping in the background of many of the shots.  Kana features as the skipping love interest. So cute!

For those who missed the fun, it was quite an event. The day was grey and threatening. I started rehearsals of our back dance a little earlier than planned to try to beat the weather. We barely got the group choreography filmed before the sky opened up on us. Our robot masks got soggy; the amp was soaked. By the end, we were drenched and a whole section of the video was shot in the men’s toilet block (look for the rain spattered robot missing a discoball ear).

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Materials & Essays

Hoop Games

Preparing a kids party? Looking for ideas to spice up your classes? Want to inject some fun into a hoop jam? Here is my list of 22 tried and true hoop games. It’s organised by type of game and includes variations, suggested ages and more.  Have fun with it!

Hoop Games  (Google Doc)

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Guru-guru Camp Hoop Tutorials Materials & Essays

Evening Hoop Meditation

During Guru-guru Camp, I held some evening hoop meditation sessions. They involved a number of different moving meditations, but this one was a favorite with everyone. It’s a guided meditation based on one I learned via Caroleeena. You’ll be waist hooping in two directions as you listen to the instructions to release negative thoughts and gather positive energy. Because it happened during our camp retreat, you may notice some references to outdoor and camp-related concepts.

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Script and narration: Kristen McQuillin
Music: Learn to Fly by Josh Woodward

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Guru-guru Camp Hoop Tutorials

Elbow Wrap Weave

We had a partner hooping workshop during Guru-guru Camp and while we were playing with two-person weaves, Shiho and Trine came up with a new one. I love the dynamic body movement that accompanies the wrapping and opening of their arms.

I grabbed the camera and shot a few seconds of video so we could share a mini-tutorial on the new move. Thanks, Trine and Shiho, for your cool invention!

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Guru-guru Camp Workshops & Events

フラフープレッスン at ぐるぐるキャンプ

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４月２９日（日） ・ ５月３日（木）
１３：４５−１５：００　羽伏浦キャンプ場

レッスン内容

全くの初心者の方、大歓迎！　小学生と大人も大歓迎！
レッスンは英語と日本語を使って行われます。

スケジュール

* 雨天の場合は中止です！
13:45　羽伏浦キャンプ場の受付に会う
14:00　フープレッスンを開始（60分クラス）
15:00　レッスン終了

その他の詳細

料金：無料
お持ちいただく物：水, 小さなタオル, 日焼け止め,　など
フラフープ：無料レンタル又はマイフープを持って来て下さい
予約：予約不要（２０人まで、先着順のため、お早めにお越しください）

インストラクター

イトオカさんは最初しばらくピースボートにフラフープを試してみました。この時から彼女はオーストラリア、日本、南極でフープダンスしたことあります！

ティンクはぐるぐるキャンプの主催者です。2009年からフープを教えています。

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Guru-guru Camp

Trick Requests for Guru Guru Camp

I’m finalizing the “10 Tricks” workshop over the next few days. If you have a trick you’d like to learn, please make your request soon. If you can point me to a video example of the trick you want to learn that would be helpful; I’ll figure out how to teach it to you!

ぐるぐるキャンプ「１０トリック」ワークショップの技を確定しています。知りたいトリックを使用している場合は、要求をすぐに確認してください！

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Info and News

Newsletter Launches April 1 (no joke!)

Sometimes a nice, old-fashioned e-mail newsletter lets you catch up on past events while seeing at a glance what’s coming up. Now, in addition to Twitter, Facebook and this website, Spin Matsuri offers a newsletter. It’s been a long time coming and I am very excited to share this new communication with you.

The first issue will be sent on April 1, so click the link below to opt-in to this mailing list.

Sign up today for the monthly edition. And if you’d like to get event reminders and announcements of activities that come in between newsletters, we have a option for that, too.

 

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4th Sunday Spin Hoop Tutorials

4 Hoop Clover Hold

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Garret Flowers, on his way home to Canada from Spark Circus, stopped in to play with us at 4th Sunday Spin. He shared this nifty, 4-hoop pattern and let me video him explaining the grip. Thanks, Garret!

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Workshops & Events

Hoop Hanami

Saturday, April 7, 2012 • 1 pm – 8 pm @ Yoyogi Park 

Celebrate the hanami season with a hoop jam and picnic. We will spread out picnic blankets in the usual 4th Sunday hooping spot – which isn’t near the blossoms, but there’s plenty of room to play! We’ll enjoy some special treats:

• A hoop parade through the park to see the soft petals falling;
• Dress-up hoop pictures with the flowers;
• Glow toys and LED hoops after dark.

Wear something pretty for the photos, if you like. Costume up as much as you choose. Bring a picnic for yourself or to share. Alcohol is almost mandatory for hanami, but it does make hooping more challenging – find your personal balance.