MD153 – Hooping at Hoopadelic
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Since the toy hoop was invented by the ancient Egyptians in 1000 B.C., the hoop has moved in and out of vogue. The most modern variation on the simple toy hoop is Hooping, an artistic dance interpretation that has grown in popularity since the ’90s. Hoopadelic is one such studio, and we went over there to meet the owner Catherine Flournoy. She told us all about the studio, her passion for hooping, and hooping’s health benefits. And of course, Leah gave it a try!
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Hoopadelic
Hooping
Hula Hoops
The Hudsucker Proxy
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Tags: hoop dancing, hoopadelic, hooping, leah d'emilio, mahalo, mahalodaily
June 30th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Cool, i wonder how much one of those Mahalo Glitz Impulse hula hoops costs.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Looks like a good workout that would be loads of fun.. Kudos to Catherine for making that special mahalo hula hoop.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Too bad we don’t have a Hoopadelic studio in our area…looks like fun.
Maybe we can hire Leah to put on a show in our town, she did a fabulous job.
This was Mahalo’s best episode…keep up the good work. Now I’m going to see if I can do it with my 99 cent hula hoop. Happy hula hooping!
June 30th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Okay. I really like Leah as the new host of Mahalo Daily. Always brings a smile to my morning. But in this particular episode, I would’ve loved to have seen Lon attempting to hula hoop. That would’ve been a riot. In a train wreck sorta way.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Great job, Leah. You look like a “hooping” pro!
Catherine is awesome.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Oh dear Lord!!!
Leah, you could be a (put here your your favorite uncool, boring job, mine is “parking meter agent”) and still you’ll be cool and sexy. I think maybe it’s due to the italian genes.
Great show, Catherine has an incredible talent!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Looks like a lot of fun!! I need to start hooping now :)
June 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Great episode! I like the return to the more VB style episode. Leah is fantastic! She’s smart, funny and extremely attractive. Lon is funny, but give us more Leah like this. She rocks.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Yeah, you’ll get no arguments from me…This is a great episode, and exactly the sort of offbeat fun topic that suits Leah’s style. Way to go, D’Emilio.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Thanks! This was really fun and we’ve been playing with the hoops at the office when we need a little break–gets the creative energy flowing :-) I’ve gotten a lot better since we shot this!
Enjoy the last day of June! Wow! Summer is flying by….
Ciao!
Leah
June 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Sweet episode, made me smile!
You are really sexy Leah, just gorgeous!
July 1st, 2008 at 2:14 am
Now that is what I am talking about. A simple, informative episode. Leah does a fine job by herself. She seems to really enjoy what she is doing. Well done team on picking her.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:50 am
Great episode, Leah!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:26 am
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July 1st, 2008 at 9:33 am
great choice of music, with that indian stuff.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Cool episode. Never hurts to see attractive women gyrating in some form or fashion. :-D Looks like Leah was having a lot of fun. I especially liked the very last blooper.
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
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July 4th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
It looks like hoops are not that hard to make. The ones at Wal-mart are too small. I’m going to buy some pvc pipe and try it out.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
i dig it! hoopadelic is an awesome teacher. in fact, last year she inspired me to hoop! xoxo