Author Archives: Colleen

Bella Tempo Festival 2011 Photos and Video

The Twistin Vixens spent the long Memorial Day weekend hoop dancing until we dropped at Bella Tempo Music Festival. Our good friend Sarah Moore has joined in our hoop-craze so don’t be surprised if you see her hula hooping with us a lot more in the future. She is from St. Paul and will beContinueContinue reading “Bella Tempo Festival 2011 Photos and Video”

A Sneak Peek of Bella Tempo 2011

I am still in the process of sorting through photos and editing our hoop dancing videos to share with you from Bella Tempo last weekend, so in the meantime I thought I’d post another video I found of Nicholas Mrozinski, Maxaphone, & Dylan Nau that catches a few glimpses of us hula hooping. It wasContinueContinue reading “A Sneak Peek of Bella Tempo 2011”

Getting Ready for Bella Tempo

Bella Tempo music festival is coming up this weekend and it’s all we can think about. We can’t wait to hula hoop outdoors to live music. We are making lists and packing up our camping gear. I even took the time to paint a Twistin Vixens sign to hang on some lucky tree. We hopeContinueContinue reading “Getting Ready for Bella Tempo”

How to Make Your Own Hoop Dance Skirts and Tutus

Due to some upcoming hula hooping performances Kayla and I have been trying to get inspired for making our next hoop dancing costumes. We want our new hoop clothing creations to be detailed and beautiful so we can wear them again and again. On these hooping costumes we want to incorporate a fun skirt. DIY,ContinueContinue reading “How to Make Your Own Hoop Dance Skirts and Tutus”

Brecken Rivara’s Minneapolis Hooping Workshop

When I found out Brecken Rivara was hosting a hoop dancing workshop in Minneapolis, I knew I had to be there. Her hoop dance technique is completely awe-inspiring and incomparable to the conventional hooping we are all used to seeing and doing. After spending 8+ hours soaking up and practicing everything she had to share,ContinueContinue reading “Brecken Rivara’s Minneapolis Hooping Workshop”

Mississippi Music Festival 2011

Saturday afternoon we brought our hula hoops to the annual Mississippi Music Festival. It was held indoors at the field house of St. Cloud State University due to the cold April weather. We got their just in time for Cloud Cult, the third and final band of the day. We went all out with ourContinueContinue reading “Mississippi Music Festival 2011”

Hula Hooping with the Werid Ass Trio

Kayla and I recently went to the Rox nightclub to see “Werid Ass Trio” perform. They are a threesome comprised of Heatbox, Nicholas “The Feelin” Mrozinski, and Maxaphone. They put on a really great show filled with funky songs that are all great for gettin’ down. We toted our rainbow LED hoops along just inContinueContinue reading “Hula Hooping with the Werid Ass Trio”