Hula hooping is the latest fitness and dance craze to re-visit the American culture. In this interview I meet up with my friend Alanna Ward, a professional hoop dance performer and instructor. Here she shares her experiences about the love and joy of hooping.Recorded April 23, 2006 in Hollywood, California.

Hello friends! It's so very exciting to use emerging technology to connect with you! By that I mean that I am switching over to blogging and abandoning my quarterly on-line newsletter that was first launched on my old website in 1999. Last year I started a little blog that was hosted through Earthlink (my ISP). Unfortunately I lost the blog when I switched service providers so here I am starting