Hooping at the Art Crawl Downtown St. Cloud

Once again the Twistin Vixens made our appearance at the Art Crawl. We brought our collection of hoops for sale and extras for people to play. It was fun hooping for and chatting with the crawlers. We hope to find a musical act to hook up with on the streets next time. If anybody wantsContinueContinue reading “Hooping at the Art Crawl Downtown St. Cloud”

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”

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”

Entire RSVP Talent Show Hula Hooping Performance

Now you can view our whole hoop dance performance from the talent show! I sure do wish I had an HD camera 2 days ago, so you could see the huge smiles on our faces. But this will have to do for now. If anybody out there has a better quality video of the fullContinueContinue reading “Entire RSVP Talent Show Hula Hooping Performance”

Talent Show and Twistin Vixens featured in the St. Cloud Times

Sunday afternoon we participated in the RSVP Talent Show in Sauk Rapids. We were the first act to take the stage and the audience was jazzed by our hula hooping talents. The St. Cloud Times interviewed us and posted a video clip of our performance on their website. We were included in page 2 of theContinueContinue reading “Talent Show and Twistin Vixens featured in the St. Cloud Times”