Steel City Hoop Union

Still Hooping -- just not blogging

2010-08-31T17:20:00.000-05:00

Hi folks. This is just a note to let you know that Steel City Hoop Union is still going strong. We manage our internet life via Facebook these days, so this little blog is dormant. HOWEVER, we still hoop

EVERY TUESDAY
at the Union Project
corner of Stanton and Negley
6:30 - 7:30
$5
We provide hoops, music, good company, space to spin, and instruction if you want it

Every first Tuesday is Hoop/Zumba with Gwen Tucker

For the latest news and hoop pictures, check us aaht on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pittsburgh-PA/Steel-City-Hoop-Union/217557642369?ref=ts

Stef Snow Hooping in Highland Park

2010-02-15T09:20:00.000-06:00

Stef has a sweet new video of hooping in the snow on YouTube. If you've been snow hooping, too, please send us pictures or video!

We had to skip Hoop Tuesday last week because of the snow, and I CAN'T WAIT to get moving again tomorrow night. If you are tired of getting all your exercise from hauling snow, come hula hoop with us at the Union Project tomorrow night.

HOOP UNION TUESDAY

6:30 - 7:30 pm

at the Union Project

no experience necessary

all ages

hoops provided

Please bring $5 (or what you can) to help us pay for hoops and space.

Come play with us!

sNOw Hoop Tuesday

2010-02-08T21:56:00.002-06:00

Hello Winter. There will be no hooping at the Union Project this week, on account o' the SNOW. If we get another lovely sunny day like today, though, and if I'm not too busy digging out, maybe we could orchestrate a snow hooping session outside somewhere. Anybody up for it? Or maybe since nobody can go anywhere we can all just hoop in our own front yards and post pictures?

OnQ OnDemand: Hula Hooping

2010-02-06T18:25:00.000-06:00

Here's a link to the story aired last week on WQED's OnQ! TV magazine in Pittsburgh:

OnQ OnDemand: Hula Hooping

Hooping OnQ! And a big THANK YOU

2010-01-28T15:35:00.004-06:00

Hey Hoopers! Don't forget! Steel City Hoop Union will be on WQED tonight as a featured segment (for real this time!)! So grab your hoop and remote and tune in 'round 7:30pm!

Steel City Hoop Union wants to give a HUGE hOOpin' holler to all of you who came and hooped it up for Haiti on Tuesday! Special thanks to everyone who brought food and all those gorgeous silent auction items. And thanks to Gwen for the Zumba lesson, too! We raised $429 for Brother's Brother Foundation to go toward Haiti earthquake relief. O, and HOW FUN WAS THAT?!

And yes! We're hooping next Tuesday, and every Tuesday, at 6:30 pm at the Union Project. Remember you can keep track of us on facebook and on blogspot -- just google "Steel City Hoop Union" and you'll find us!

(wow, I got a little carried away with the !!! there)

Hoop for Haiti Tonight!

2010-01-26T08:59:00.001-06:00

Hello friends and neighbors,

Steel City Hoop Union invites you to come "Hoop for Haiti" at the Union Project TONIGHT, Tuesday, January 26th, from 6:30-8:30 pm. Please join us as we seek to raise money for this beautiful nation in their hour of turmoil. All levels, ages, and sizes are heartily welcome to participate in this hula hoop jam as we host a Haitian celebration. We will be hooping to the tune of Haitian grooves. Hoops and Haitian refreshments will be available. One hundred percent of your $10 donation will go to Brother's Brother Foundation (http://www.brothersbrother.org/); please pay what you can.

Even if you don't want to hoop, please come enjoy the food and music, and place a bid in the silent auction. Auction items include a handmade hula hoop, handmade totes made of coffee bean bags, and jewelry made by local artists.

The Union Project is at the corner of Negley and Stanton. If you have questions, please contact Stefanie Moser 724.244.7443, saltm513@hotmail.com.

Please join us for this special Hoop Union Tuesday, brought to you by the Steel City Hoop Union, Spinster Hoops, and the generous support of the Union Project.

Please forward widely, post to Facebook, tweet, etc.

A little update

2010-01-19T11:24:00.002-06:00

Yes! We are hooping tonight, and every Tuesday, at the Union Project from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. The Union Project is at the corner of Stanton and Negley Ave. We've got hoops to share.

Watch for news about an important event next week. Stef will be back, and she's got big plans.

Also, the spot about our hoop jams on OnQ! Magazine last week was rightly postponed due to coverage of the earthquake in Haiti. The hooping segment is now scheduled for January 28. Meanwhile, all our thoughts are with the people in Haiti.

Hope to see you tonight!

Hoop Tuesday, TV Thursday

2010-01-12T15:13:00.001-06:00

Hello lovely people,

We're hooping tonight and every Tuesday through February, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Union Project, at the corner of Stanton and Negley. I can't wait to see you all. Please bring $5 to help pay for space and hoops.

Our Media Debut: This Thursday, January 14, tune in to WQED's OnQ! TV Magazine at 7:30 pm to see a segment on our very own Hoop Union Tuesdays! WQED's Pierina Morelli came to a jam last fall and talked with several hoopers for the segment "Hoola Jam." If anybody has the technology, can you please record it for me? I don't have a TV.

Big thanks to Gwen from Zumba for hooping-in for me last Tuesday -- I got a a galloping crud and could not be there, but Gwen, Ellen, Beth, and Amanda kept things going in my absence.

New Year's Revolutions

2010-01-04T15:38:00.000-06:00

Hello lovely people,

It's a new year. We've had a little hooping hiatus, but it's time to get spinning again. Love your body, meet new friends, get your circulation circulating -- heck, maybe even sweat a little.

Starting tomorrow, January 5, the Steel City Hoop Union hosts weekly hoop jams every Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 at the Union Project. All levels, ages, genders, and sizes are heartily welcome. Each jam includes time to move and learn at your own pace, with both individual and group instruction available. You can bring your own hoop or borrow one of ours. Your $5 fee helps us pay for space and hoops; please pay what you can.

Please join us tomorrow and every Tuesday for Hoop Union Tuesdays, brought to you by the Steel City Hoop Union, Spinster Hoops, and the generous support of the Union Project.

hooping in the new year

2009-12-31T15:18:00.002-06:00

Sorry it's been a bit quiet. Things got a little crazy in the non-hooping life for a while. We'll be back at the Union Project starting next week.

Meanwhile, here's a new hoop community page created by Amanda Henry:
http://www.hoopcity.ca/group/hoopinginpittsburgh

And take a look at this! Our own Stef "hooping while healing"! With 2600 views and counting, we've clearly got the makings of a community here. Can't wait to have you back, Stef.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO-RpogCImA

Back in the Great Hall, documentary, update

2009-11-24T10:42:00.003-06:00

After two weeks of itinerant hooping, we're back in the glorious Great Hall at the Union Project tonight. The Union Project used to be a church, and the Great Hall used to be the sanctuary, and I can't tell you how much fun it is to hoop in church. The stained glass windows are gorgeous, the ceiling is high, the acoustics are amazing (you KNOW when you've dropped a hoop, and so does the very patient stained glass class downstairs), and there is enough space for LOTS of hoopers to spread out and dance.

Also tonight, some filmmakers working on a documentary about the Union Project will be shooting some footage of our class. You don't have to be in the film if you don't want to, but if you wanna be in pictures, this is your chance.

So join us!

Hoop Union Tuesday
HULA HOOP CLASS
6:30 to 7:30 pm
Union Project
corner of Negley and Stanton
$5 suggested class fee
Tonight's new skill: The Slinky

Each week we teach beginners how to hoop, and introduce one new skill for returning hoopers. You can start any time. If you have a hoop, bring it, if you don't, we have hoops of all sizes for you to use during class.

Last week we had an unexpectedly good time hooping on the Union Project's front lawn. It's amazing how fast hooping warms you up!

Hoop Union Tuesdays are brought to you by the Union Project, Spinster Hoops (we miss you, Stef!), and Steel City Hoop Union.

Registration now open for hooping workshop at PCA!

2009-11-12T09:31:00.003-06:00

Ok, so it's a little early, but since classes at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts fill up fast, we want you to be the first to know about "In the Circle: A Hula Hooping Workshop for Families." Stef and Erika will be leading this two day workshop on Sunday, May 16 and Sunday May 23, 2010 at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. The cost is $45 per project (i.e., hoop), and includes all materials.

Get in the loop with this introduction to the active art of hooping. Learn the basics of hooping, see how hoops are made, and decorate your own hoop to keep. In the company of your family and hoop-group friends, perfect your skills as you whirl and twirl to music and hooping games!

Link to the PCA website to register.

Hoop Union Tuesdays Continue

2009-11-03T11:19:00.002-06:00

Whether you're already a dedicated hooper, or you've been meaning to get
AROUND to it, tonight's the night!

Hoop Union Tuesdays CONTINUE
EVERY TUESDAY
6:30 - 7:30 pm
UNION PROJECT
Corner of Stanton and Negley
EVERYONE WELCOME, ALWAYS

Tonight, if you're a beginner, we'll teach you how to keep the hoop up. If
you're ready for the next thing, we'll work on the "Wild West", aka hooping
over your head.

November marks the beginning of our new series which will be a bit more like
a class with a new skill taught each week. You can start at any time, and
you don't have to come to every class. The requested class fee is $5 per
class, or $20 for 6 weeks, but please just come and pay what you can. Many
thanks to the Union Project for helping us keep hooping accessible to all.

Hoop Union Tuesdays are brought to you by the Union
Project,Spinster Hoops, and the Steel
City Hoop Union .

Stef Hoops in the News

2009-10-27T13:48:00.001-05:00

Here's a profile of Stef Moser that came out today.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/tribpm/s_650088.html#at

Hoop Union Tuesdays

2009-10-27T10:56:00.000-05:00

Tuesday is Hoop Day at the Union Project.

Here's the skinny:

Hoop Union Tuesday
HULA HOOP JAM
Tuesday, October 27
6:30 to 7:30 pm
Union Project
corner of Stanton and Negley
Everybody is invited -- all ages and sizes
We've got hoops to share, or you can bring your own.
Please bring $2 to help us pay for the space

This one is extra special -- partly because it's the last hoop jam in our first series, and partly because there may be a reporter and a camera there from WQED's OnQ news magazine. We just thought you should know. Please come if you want to be on TV or if you don't.

Starting next week, we're going to offer a slightly different format -- a bit more like a class, with a new skill taught each week -- and we'll ask for a bit more money, $5 per class. It will still be a drop-in class -- no need to register and it's ok if you don't make it every week. We will also be scheduling a monthly open hoop jam on a different day of the week, so we'll be asking what days and times work best. Several people who want to hoop can't make it on Tuesdays. Please watch your email for a little survey to help us find the best times.

This has been SO MUCH FUN. Thank you, everyone who has been coming to hoop with us. Stef and I have loved meeting all of you, and we are excited to continue to help build a hooping community in Pittsburgh.

Hoop Union Tuesdays are brought to you by the Union Project, Spinster Hoops, and the Steel City Hoop Union.

Please come!