eChipmunks

Hula Hoop News

  • 32nd annual Homecoming is Aug. 5-7 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:47PMEvent starts with traditional activities for senior citizens Friday; children and family events all weekend long
  • Clark, Hershberger, show Nappanee has talent Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:54PMNAPPANEE — Like the popular television show “America’s Got Talent,” Nappanee showed off its talented populace during the similarly-named contest held July 4 at Stauffer Park. Sponsored by Downie (Chevrolet) Auto Sales and hosted by emcee Mike Stanifer of TNT Entertainment, 17 acts with 19 contestants sang, danced, played guitar or hula-hooped their way across the stage in front of a large crowd ...
  • Job fair in August at Topsfield Fair Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:27PMThe Topsfield Fairgrounds will hold a job fair for the 2011 season. If you are looking for a temporary job this fall, and you enjoy people and a fun atmosphere, Topsfield Fair is looking for you. New this year - paid performers (strolling acts) will be hired to entertain fairgoers. The fair is looking to fill temporary positions for the 2011 fair, which runs from September 30 – October 10, 2011.
  • Rock N' Robyn ice cream an old-style treat Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:38PMRock N' Robyn Ice Cream shop is a blast from the past with an array of sweet treats and a '50s atmosphere.
  • Walmart and Sonic in Surfside Beach team up for "50's Theme Night" Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:48AMSURFSIDE BEACH, SC- Surfside Beach Walmart and Sonic Drive-In on Highway 544 are teaming up for a “50's Theme Night.”
  • America’s Finest Beer Festival Partners to Benefit San Diego USO July 22 to July 24, 2011 at Qualcomm Stadium “Live on ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:46AMAmerica’s Finest Beer Festival is expected to be one of the largest craft brewery festivals in Southern California. With beer from more than 120 craft breweries on tap and 21 bands participating, this fun-filled event will benefit the San Diego USO and the Rancho San Diego − Jamul Chamber of Commerce. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7 ...
  • Takin’ it to the street Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:17PMGrande Prairie's vibrant community is about to get a whole lot more colourful when the city International Street Performers Festival hits downtown for three days starting Friday.[...]
  • Making cystic fibrosis ‘a thing of the past’ Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:48PMSadee Ullman excitedly approached her parents on Sunday to show off her freshly painted fingernails.
  • Reading is fun at Camp Community Storehouse Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:38PMKeller and Northwest students sharpen skills at camp held at Westlake Academy.
  • Diagon Alley Cat swaps brooms for bikes Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:43AMYou're less likely every day to see a professional bicycle messenger, once a staple of the urban landscape, carrying groceries in a satchel down the designated bike lane.
  • Hoops and happiness at Turks Head Music Festival (video) Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:06AMWEST CHESTER — Blurring into stripes of vibrant colors whirling around the arms and midriffs of men, women and children, hula-hoop enthusiasts kept time with the tempo of each band that took the Turk's Head Music Festival stage.
  • Tri-active: Local nonprofit spurs at-risk families to get in shape Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:13AMHAMILTON — Patton Park was filled with children riding bikes, running and swimming on Saturday morning. For some of the participants, it was more extraordinary than you might think. Saturday's mini-triathlon was organized by the TriROK Foundation, a nonprofit that works with families that are at risk of health problems because of obesity or a sedentary lifestyle.
  • Plans for new leaf dump moving along Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:43AMA new leaf dump management plan set in motion after fire broke out in the compost piles last December has presented some challenges for residents trying to get used to the new drop-off procedures and requirements. But city recycling coordinator Molly Ettenborough advised the mayor and Board of Health this week that despite some minor frustrations on the part of residents getting used to new ...
  • LE, OP celebrate freedom Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:38AMJim Manning/Contributor photo - Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty take a ride in the Freedom Fest Parade in Oak Point. LITTLE ELM - Area residents ventured out into the sweltering heat to celebrate America's 235th birthday over the festive weekend.
  • Liebler: Jumping for joy Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:14AMThere's nothing like jumping around to raise the joy factor in little children. It's one of the first major athletic reflexes they develop. Encouraging them to jump purposefully in a variety of ways is one of the most impo Copyright 2011 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News ...
  • Calling all Frisbee players: Help city break Guinness world record Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:34AMKristin duBay Horton wants to put Bridgeport on the map, but she needs help — lots of it — from city residents of all ages. Her goal is to get the city into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most Frisbee throws ever recorded.
  • Rainey Street transformed into Austin hot spot Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:34AMTourists in Austin, Texas, often head straight to Sixth Street, with its jammed-together nightclubs, restaurants and bars advertising drink specials and Jell-O shots. But most Austinites know that some of the city's...
  • Give 'Em Hill: In the Globe of Death, no one can hear you scream Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:07AMAlas, so much for my backup career plans.It seems times have changed and you can't just run off with the circus anymore.
  • Peaches plentiful in Marysville Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:54AMPeople in pursuit of peaches found plenty to ponder Friday. Peach scones or peach pie? Banana-peach split or peach cream parfait? Perhaps some pizza, made with cooked peaches, cinnamon streusel and icing? Hundreds of people descended on D Street to...
  • Atr Home: Kyle Hollingsworth Fine brew of favorites Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:55AMKyle Hollingsworth has four masters: family, music, beer and nature. Nowhere is that more evident than in this keyboardist and home brewer's house: a four-bedroom '70s raised ranch just blocks away from hiking trails of Boulder Open Space.
  • String Cheese keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth's fine brew of favorites Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:55AMKyle Hollingsworth has four masters: family, music, beer and nature. Nowhere is that more evident than in this keyboardist and home brewer's house: a four-bedroom '70s raised ranch just blocks away from hiking trails of Boulder Open Space.
  • Nail-biting competition Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:17PMHAMPTON — Anthony Miller, 10, Alden, has always enjoyed woodworking projects so when he heard about a nail driving contest Thursday at the Franklin County Fair, Hampton, he knew he had to enter it.
  • Cancer is no game: Ionia Relay for Life a hit with community members Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:21PMHundreds of cancer survivors and supporters stuck through the sun and heat in order to help find a cure and spread awareness of the disease Friday at Ionia Relay for Life.
  • Bentleigh inventor's hips don't lie Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:57PMTHE judges had never seen anything like it before. Indeed, they loved it so much they gave it first prize.
  • Hotels building summer business with fun and games Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:01PMFrom inner-tubing on a driving range to hula-hooping in a grass skirt, hotels are turning to creative promotions this summer to boost profits without having to discount room rates.
  • Downtown DeLand's Tropical Nights headlines weekend Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:35PMFriday, July 15 Opening Reception: ‘Witness to Creativity II’ 5-7 p.m. at the Florida Museum for Women Artists, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., Suite 1, DeLand. Evolving installations by Jamie Bardsley of St. Petersburg, Melissa Bresnahan of Daytona Beach, Michelle Carollo of Farmingdale, N.Y., Nathalie ...
  • In Austin, Bungalows and Brews Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:15PMJaime Sarabaugh and Ian Erlandson took a break from their drinks at Lustre Pearl to enjoy some Hula-Hoop.
  • So-Yeung: Fantasy/reality Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:10AMread more
  • Fun on the fourth in Thornbury Township Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:40AMHot and humid was the weather but still hundreds of men, women, children and dogs gathered in the parking lot of Bethlehem United Methodist Church for Thornbury Township’s Fourth of July parade on Monday.
  • Metroparks listings July 14-20 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:14AMRocky River Reservation, Rocky River Nature Center, 24000 Valley Parkway, North Olmsted. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. (440) 734-6660. • Summer Night Flashers, 8-9:30 p.m. July 16, Lagoon Picnic Area.
  • Children join circus at CDC's big top Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:03AMJoint Base Myer-Henderson Hall's Cody Child Development Center assembled a do-it-yourself circus on July 7.
  • Thousands turn out for 11th Relay for Life Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:09PMCampbell celebrated its 11th annual Relay for Life event at the community center July 9-10. The Campbell branch of the American Cancer Society event is so successful it was chosen as a national pilot program this year.
  • Spare Times July 15 — 21 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:42PMA Listing of events.
  • Waltham Class Notes: Northeast Elementary’s Hootie Hoop Challenge is a hoot Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:11AMTo help encourage Northeast Elementary School students to participate in the school’ s walk-to-school program, Principal Nadene Stein and Assistant Principal Diane Krueger have taken a pie in the face, painted their faces in the school colors, and even kissed a live pig in front of the delighted students. For this year’s stunt, Stein and Krueger went up in the air on lifts and tossed hula hoops ...
  • New Haven Fair July 15-16 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:38AMThe New Haven Community Youth Fair will be held this Friday and Saturday, July 15-16.
  • Idol singers a hit during visit to Stanford Ronald McDonald House Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:23AMCasey Abrams and Paul McDonald competed hula hoop contests, improvised duets into a toy microphone and harmonizied 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' with youngsters on a small keyboard
  • Hot picks: 48 Hour Film Project, Matisyahu Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:01PMOther best bets: Cool Breeze, a quartet that blends a classical chamber sound with music that is part of the 21st century, will waft through the 3rd Street Gallery in Carnegie on Sunday.
  • 'Thank you' from a mom — and fan — of the Harry Potter generation Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:47PMI'm sure I'm not the only mom who has spent the better part of a football season knitting a scarlet and gold striped scarf up...
  • Life on the road with the circus Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:33PMIt was standing room only under the big top at the first 90-minute performance of the Family Fun Circus July 8. Most of the performers were under the age of 17, in the Texas-based, family-owned...
  • Maple Grove Days offers something for everyone Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:47PMThe Maple Grove Community Organization has all kinds of events planned at the Maple Grove Days 2011 celebration, Thursday through Sunday, July 14 through 17.
  • Helen Flournoy Coates: Mayor of Bend Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:07PMTo hear people in the Bend area tell it, Helen Flournoy Coates was a firecracker.
  • Harrisburg Drumming Along the River performs 'spontaneous' music along the Susquehanna Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:11AMAs the sun set over the Susquehanna River on Tuesday, Sterling Green Jr. beat his djembe drum in a steady vibrato that warmed an already hot evening. Bob Jones played a gentle tune on his Native American bamboo flute.
  • The new generation of all-inclusive resorts Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:06AMThe concept was a great one for a teenager: getting thrown into the pool by flirtatious staffers, eating all the French fries I wanted at every single meal, watching grown-ups humiliate themselves during "talent night."
  • What a waist ... the secrets behind Kate Middleton's waspish shape Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:06AMAnd after pictures showing Kate Middleton - and her tiny waist - doing just that, by standing next to or wearing the same dress as the film stars, you can imagine the rest of the celebrity world trembling with fear at the thought of being photographed anywhere near the Duchess.
  • Hula hoop your way to a firmer, fitter you Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:32AMDENVER – What was once a kid’s toy is now Danielle Odette’s bread and butter. You might even say she is jumping through hoops on her way to success.
  • Destination: New Haven Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:18AMThe Notable Haberdashers, a country and country western swing band who started out as the backup band for the Patsy Cline play, “Sweet Dreams of Patsy,” when it played at The Ivory Theater of St. Louis, will be at the Riverfront Cultural Society on Olive Street in Downtown New Haven this Saturday night, July 16. The show starts at 8 p.m. and you can buy tickets at the door.
  • Blood drive/ bone marrow search this Saturday Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:13PMFor the sixth consecutive year, the Conidaris family will be setting up camp at the Lani Kai Island Resort at 1400 Estero Blvd. this Saturday (July 16) to help one of their own and others in the process.
  • Wienerschnitzel to celebrate 50 years with local celebrations Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:15PMThere will be a chance to win a weeklong vacation for two in Munich, Germany, 61-cent chili, mustard and kraut hot dogs
  • Royal City SummerFest offered family fun Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:23AMA young boy gets a lift from a trampoline during the Royal City SummerFest Saturday. Hundreds of people turned out for the three-day festival.
  • Mason City School District auctions off 'some really good things' Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:57PMMASON CITY — Dozens of shoppers roamed the former Washington Early Childhood Center looking at the hundreds of items the Mason City School District put on the auction block Monday.