Hula fun in the sun at Hunt Library

Hula fun in the sun at Hunt Library

Judi Jones teaches youngsters the art of hula hooping Tuesday, July 1.

Patrick L. Sullivan

FALLS VILLAGE — A group of adults and children paraded and gyrated with hula hoops on the lawn of the David M. Hunt Library Tuesday, July 1.

They were led by the seemingly inexhaustible Judi Jones of Creative Game Parties, aka “Energizer.”

Prior to the start of the event Jones said some 18 years ago she “chanced” onto an original Wham-O brand Hula Hoop at a camp store and was struck by the possibilities.

She makes her own hula hoops out of irrigation tubing in different gauges, gaffer’s tape and decorative tape.

The term “hula hoop,” originally a trademarked name, has become a generic term, much like another Wham-o product, the Frisbee.

Jones had the group of youngsters and a couple of sporting adults cavorting around the lawn with the hoops — sometimes over the head, or around the neck, or in the traditional and familiar hip swirl.

This frantic activity was accompanied by a decidedly eclectic mix of music, starting with Ella Fitzgerald essaying George and Ira Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm.”

The secret to the latter is a forward and back motion on the hips, not side to side.

The library’s Brittany Spear-Baron proved particularly adept, as did young Noah Sher.

Brittany Spear-Baron found the rhythm on the David M. Hunt Library lawn.Patrick L. Sullivan

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