{"id":6678,"date":"2015-03-27T07:55:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T07:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2015-03-27T07:55:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T07:55:21","slug":"cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_6685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6685\" style=\"width: 679px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_hoop1_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_hoop1_web.jpg\" alt=\"WHoopC will be a day or workshops, skill share and hoop jam, led by international hoopers Lisa Lottie and Miss Polly Hoop \" width=\"679\" height=\"679\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_hoop1_web.jpg\" alt=\"WHoopC will be a day or workshops, skill share and hoop jam, led by international hoopers Lisa Lottie and Miss Polly Hoop \" width=\"679\" height=\"679\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> WHoopC will be a day or workshops, skill share and hoop jam, led by international hoopers Lisa Lottie and Miss Polly Hoop<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Welsh capital has now gone full circle and is about to host its very first hula hoop convention.<br \/>\nIts first edition, named\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whoopc.wix.com\/whoopc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHoopC<\/a>, will be a day of workshops including electro-swing hop dance, circus and yoga and featuring international hoopers, Lisa Lottie and Miss Polly Hoops, currently the youngest street performer in Covent Garden. The event, which will take place on April 6 at <a href=\"http:\/\/jacobsmarket.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob\u2019s Antique<\/a>, welcomes all hula enthusiasts from total beginners to professional hoop-handlers.<br \/>\nOrganisers Ellie Pilott, from Elliecopter Hoops and Mary Bijou Cabaret and Esther Fuge, from NoFit State Circus are the motors behind the initiative. Miss Pilott, who teaches weekly hula hoop classes at The Abacus where everyone is welcome, said: \u201cThere are hoop conventions all over the world, from Bali to Bristol and Wales doesn&#8217;t have one &#8211; so we should do it!\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6687\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_hoop3_WEB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6687\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_hoop3_WEB-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Esther Fuge performing with No Fit State circus at last year's Green Man festival\" width=\"295\" height=\"446\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6687\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_hoop3_WEB-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Esther Fuge performing with No Fit State circus at last year's Green Man festival\" width=\"295\" height=\"446\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Esther Fuge performing with No Fit State circus at last year&#8217;s Green Man festival<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nMiss Fuge, 23, originally from Swansea, joined No Fit State circus a year and a half ago as a volunteer helping out in the kitchen and putting the tent up. A contemporary dancer by training, she started hooping when she received her first hoop for Christmas as a young child and got inspiration from watching Youtube videos.<br \/>\nSince then, Miss Fuge performs and teaches hula hoop at No Fit State. She said: \u201cIt is quite a niche thing but there is a massive community in hula hoop. It\u2019s a little bit hippie because it\u2019s about skill sharing and people get obsessed with it. Now it has gone out of fashion a bit but it\u2019s a great form of exercise.<br \/>\n\u201cIf I have an opportunity to make a difference and to bring the community together in anyway possible, I will go ahead and do it.In Cardiff, the art and performance scene is great and it really nurture itself with the community.<br \/>\n&#8220;Hula hoop is usually female dominated but it doesn\u2019t have to be, there are plenty of different things you can do. It is instantly satisfying, whatever disability you may have. That\u2019s what is also great about circus is that it can be for everyone.<br \/>\n\u201cI love the idea of a mother and daughter coming along but we are kind of aiming at people who want to take hooping seriously \u2013 people who are in their back garden trying to hoop already and anybody who is curious about picking up a plastic hoop and seeing what they can do with it.\u201d<br \/>\nWHoopC also wants to support local businesses and has chosen Jacob\u2019s Antique, a Cardiff family-run business, as its venue. \u201cJacobs is a jamble yard of beautiful antiques and there is space for people to hoop. You really feel like you are in a circus,\u201d added Miss Fuge. Lunch will be provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PenylanPantry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penylan Pantry<\/a>, a delicatessen food store selling local produce.<br \/>\nThe convention will run from 11am to 8pm and tickets costs \u00a345, which include workshops, skill share, a hoop jam and lunch. For more information, go to<a href=\"http:\/\/whoopc.wix.com\/whoopc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> the official WHoopC website<\/a>\u200b, and on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/welshhoopconvention?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u00a0page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh capital has now gone full circle and is about to host its very first hula hoop convention. Its first edition, named\u00a0WHoopC, will be a day of workshops including electro-swing hop dance, circus and yoga and featuring international hoopers, Lisa Lottie and Miss Polly Hoops, currently the youngest street performer in Covent Garden. The event, which will take place on April 6 at Jacob\u2019s Antique, welcomes all hula enthusiasts from total beginners to professional hoop-handlers. Organisers Ellie Pilott, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":6685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,40,3,4],"tags":[1291,3111,3112,3113,3114,3115,3116,339],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-going-out","category-news","category-sport","tag-cardiff-2","tag-convention","tag-hula-hoop","tag-lisa-lottie","tag-mari-bijou-cabaret","tag-miss-polly-hoops","tag-no-fit-circus","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Welsh capital has now gone full circle and is about to host its very first hula hoop convention. Its first edition, named\u00a0WHoopC, will be a day of workshops including electro-swing hop dance, circus and yoga and featuring international hoopers, Lisa Lottie and Miss Polly Hoops, currently the youngest street performer in Covent Garden. The event, which will take place on April 6 at Jacob\u2019s Antique, welcomes all hula enthusiasts from total beginners to professional hoop-handlers. Organisers Ellie Pilott, from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-27T07:55:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/\",\"name\":\"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention - The Cardiffian\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-27T07:55:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\",\"name\":\"The Cardiffian\",\"description\":\"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\",\"name\":\"cathyduncan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cathyduncan\"},\"description\":\"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy\",\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention - The Cardiffian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention - The Cardiffian","og_description":"The Welsh capital has now gone full circle and is about to host its very first hula hoop convention. Its first edition, named\u00a0WHoopC, will be a day of workshops including electro-swing hop dance, circus and yoga and featuring international hoopers, Lisa Lottie and Miss Polly Hoops, currently the youngest street performer in Covent Garden. The event, which will take place on April 6 at Jacob\u2019s Antique, welcomes all hula enthusiasts from total beginners to professional hoop-handlers. Organisers Ellie Pilott, from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/","og_site_name":"The Cardiffian","article_published_time":"2015-03-27T07:55:21+00:00","author":"cathyduncan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cathyduncan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cathyduncan","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/","name":"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention - The Cardiffian","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2015-03-27T07:55:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/cardiff-is-jumping-through-hoops-to-host-waless-first-hula-convention\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cardiff is jumping through hoops to host Wales\u2019s first hula convention"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/","name":"The Cardiffian","description":"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1","name":"cathyduncan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cathyduncan"},"description":"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy","https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459","https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan"],"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6678"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}