Spreading her wings

Sacred Heart Middle School eighth grader Cate Perakslis spreads her wings while she and her classmates performed with Dallas Chief Eagle II during an assembly at Sacred Heart School’s Link Auditorium in Yankton Friday. Chief Eagle, who is a recognized master of the Lakota Hoop Dance, worked with Sacred Heart students throughout the week asContinue reading “Spreading her wings”

True Colors – Accepting Each Other

I love this video. “We live in a world where differences are all around us. Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in these differences, especially when we see them in the people that surround us everyday. MattyB believes that everyone deserves the same thing: love. It’s not always popular to love someone and embraceContinue reading “True Colors – Accepting Each Other”

LED Hula Hoop Birthday Party with Cara Zara

LED Hula Hoop Birthday Party with Cara Zara. The party finishes with a spectacular show that looks like live painting with colorful lights and movement.

Cara Zara’s Hula-Hoop Students’ Performance

This is the year end performance for my hula-hoop students. These girls played with their hoops every Monday afternoon for 12 weeks and did a great job at their big show. I’m so proud of them. I teach an after-school “Hula-Hoop Kid-Fit” program at schools throughout Charlotte Mecklenburg. My passion is encouraging children to be playfullyContinue reading “Cara Zara’s Hula-Hoop Students’ Performance”

Hula-Hooping with a Wheelchair

I was teaching one of my after school “Hula-Hoop Kid-Fit” classes when a little boy in a wheelchair entered the gym and said  with the saddest voice “I probably can’t do this class”. Enthusiastically I said “Sure you can! Let me get the class started and then I’ll teach you some tricks that you canContinue reading “Hula-Hooping with a Wheelchair”