Heard Museum 17th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance...

Whispering Wind;  November 1, 2006 ;     214 words ......their skills in amazing performances of the intertribal hoop dance. Competitors perform in five divisions including Tiny...older) and Senior (40 and older). The World Championship Hoop Dance Contest is held in the Heard Museum's outdoor grass...Kahn Memorial Fund. For many years, the intertribal ...

Wells is 2001 World Hoop Dance Champion

News From Indian Country;  February 28, 2001 ;   Hyeoma, Lee;   386 words ......Country 02-28-2001 Wells is 2001 World Hoop Dance Champion A newcomer to the Annual World Hoop Dance Championship held at the Heard Museum...entrants, including three former World Hoop dance Champs, to win the 11th Annual World Hoop...

12th Annual World Champion Hoop Dance Contest: Wells wins by one point

News From Indian Country;  February 28, 2002 ;     656 words ......Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. The two-day event...largest and most prestigious hoop dance competition. In addition...Tramper is working to start a hoop dance in his native North Carolina...through the brightly-colored hoops, that are crafted from PVC pipe. The ...

Canadian wins title of world champion Hoop Dancer

Indian Country Today (Lakota Times);  February 21, 2001 ;     787 words ......Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest early this, at...the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. The 2002 World Championship Hoop Dance Contest will be held...February 2 and 3, 2002. The hoop dance, which originated in...In recent years, the hoop ...

Bullets' Mascot `Hoops' Among the Missing;After Ejection on Thursday...

The Washington Post;  April 8, 1991 ;   Len Hochberg;   456 words ......remaining in the Bullets-Trail Blazers game, "Hoops" exited the Capital Centre court a shaken mascot. He has not been seen since. Hoops, who turned 3 earlier this season, was...have been accounted for. Efforts to reach Hoops - roughly 6 feet 6, weight unknown, blue...

LISA ODJIG CAPTURES 2ND WORLD HOOP DANCE TITLE

News From Indian Country;  February 24, 2003 ;   Krol, Debra Utacia;   516 words ......the 13th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. Odjig, 28, resplendent in...how to dance." Despite dropping a hoop in the finals, Daniel Tramper of Cherokee...that "the Din People still use the hoop (dance) for ceremonies." The dance he performs...dance, said Benally, who uses ...

Hoops, We Hardly Knew Ye

The Washington Post;  April 1, 1993 ;   Len Hochberg;   368 words ......for the Bullets, the front office has acted: Hoops, the team's veteran mascot, has been fired. Hoops, whose real name is Jim Pogue, was fired more...against Chicago. According to the Bullets, Hoops playfully hit the youngster with an inflatable...

Caption only: Children caught up in Indian hoop dance

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 22, 2003 ;     131 words ......Celebration, one of the sponsors of the performance, the hoop dance uses 28 hoops indicating the unity and interdependence of mankind...presentations annually, will give a performance of hoop dance and Northern Plains flute today at the Main Library...

The Long Wait Finally Ends: Hoops Comes Back to Bullets; Home at Capital...

The Washington Post;  April 15, 1991 ;   Len Hochberg;   628 words ......absence that left this town in a state of dismay, Hoops came home. And, yes, in one furry piece. Hoops, 3, the Bullets' mascot, made a triumphant return...old had filed in with signs - "Has Anyone Seen Hoops?" "Hoops Just Do It," "Hoops 4:14" - expressing...

Hoop dancer Lisa Odjig places 2nd in world

Alberta Sweetgrass;  August 31, 1997 ;   Anonymous;   454 words ......seven-year history of the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest in Phoenix, to place second in...To qualify for the finals in the world hoop dance contest, explained Odjig, participants...Two years ago, she placed third in a hoop dance competition at the Toronto Skydome Powwow...

TRADITIONAL HOOP DANCER, FLUTIST TO PERFORM TONIGHT

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  April 25, 2003 ;   Becky Orr;   386 words ......today to experience a traditional hoop dance performed by one of its best dancers...Thursday that he has been dancing the hoop dance for about 48 years. He uses 28 hoops, which represent the days in the...be expressed in the traditional hoop dance.

HOOPS: USI'S FUTURE BRIGHT

Evansville Courier & Press;  May 31, 2006 ;   JOHN MARTIN, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7594 or jmartin@evansville.net;   338 words ......Evansville and surrounding areas desire, President H. Ray Hoops said. Hoops, USI's leader since 1994 and only the second president...this spring, "our first engineering class graduated," Hoops said. USI's enrollment has topped 10,000 the last two...

Champion Native American Hoop Dancers to Perform at World Expo '98

U.S. Newswire;  June 12, 1998 ;     471 words ......celebrating U.S. National Day on June 14 at World Expo '98. Hoop dance world champion Derrick "Suwaima" Davis will be joined by...important part of the culture of native Americans. During the hoop dance performance, Suwaima will maneuver hoops to form designs of plants, animals, insects and ...

NOW LEGEND JOHNSTONE TEARS A STRIP OFF CELTIC; 'There is no need for the...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  February 11, 2001 ;     254 words ......weight to the campaign to bring back the hoops on the club's strip. Outraged fans say...kitmaker Umbro scrapped the traditional hoops in its new design. Jimmy said: No wonder the fans are angry. The hoops are a long tradition at the club and it...

Hoops to seek Senate: Democrat is first to declare in 1st District.

Lima News (Lima, OH);  January 13, 2006 ;     353 words ......Trinko Jan. 13--NAPOLEON -- State Rep. Jim Hoops became the first person to throw his hat...Thursday, filing his petition in Findlay. Hoops, a Republican from Napoleon, said economic...I've enjoyed campaigning in this district, Hoops said. I think for most people, it's less...