PHOTO GALLERY: Flat Branch Park hosts World Hoop Day celebration
Friday, November 11, 2011 | 8:49 p.m. CST;
updated 11:01 p.m. CST, Friday, November 11, 2011
Olivia Park, 18 months, watches as her sister Nari Park, 6, hands scissors to their father, Sichan Park, during the World Hoop Day celebration Friday at Flat Branch Park. The World Hoop Day organization, Burn Circus and The Hulagans, a mid-Missouri hoop group, and Burn Circus organized the event.
¦ Matthew Busch
BY
Missourian Staff
COLUMBIA — World Hoop Day was celebrated Friday at Flat Branch Park.
The international event is a call for world peace, and is held annually. The event was organized by the World Hoop Day organization, a nonprofit group formed to distribute hula hoops worldwide and raise awareness for the event, in conjunction with The Hulagans, a mid-Missouri hula hooping group, and Burn Circus.
Colored tape used to decorate plain black hula hoops covers a table at World Hoop Day on Friday at Flat Branch Park. Each year, the World Hoop Day organization organizes a hoop event for world peace.
¦ Matthew Busch
Nari Park, 6, stands behind her two hula hoops during a World Hoop Day event held Friday at Flat Branch Park. The event was locally sponsored by The Hulagans, a mid-Missouri hoop group, and Burn Circus.
¦ Matthew Busch
Britta Simpson, 28, hula hoops during World Hoop Day organized by The Hulagans, Burn Circus and the World Hoop Day Organization on Friday at Flat Branch Park.
¦ Matthew Busch
Ben Hamilton, 5, picks up his hula hoop during World Hoop Day organized by The Hulagans, Burn Circus and the World Hoop Day organization on Friday at Flat Branch Park. Free hula hoops were distributed to participants.
¦ Matthew Busch
Attendees gather Friday at Flat Branch Park to celebrate World Hoop Day. During this year's celebration, the World Hoop Day organization urged participants to keep veterans in their thoughts and prayers.
¦ Matthew Busch
Report corrections or additions here. Leave comments below here.
Leave a comment
Speak up and join the conversation! Make sure to follow the guidelines
outlined below and register with our site.
You must be logged in to comment. (Our
full comment policy is here.)
- Don't use obscene, profane or vulgar language.
- Don't use language that makes personal attacks on fellow commenters or
discriminates based on race, religion, gender or ethnicity.
- Use your real first and last name when registering on the website. It will
be published with every comment.
(Read why we ask for that here.)
- Don’t solicit or promote businesses.
We are not able to monitor every comment that comes through. If you see
something objectionable, please click the "Report comment" link.
You must be logged in to comment.
Show Me the Errors (What's this?)
E-mail
Print
Comments