TO LIST YOUR NAME, CLICK "DATABASE" IN THE LEFT COLUMN.

"Hooping Names" is a friendly reference point for upcoming hoop performers. Its goal is to prevent two hoopers, hoop businesses, or hoop troupes from winding up with the same name. This group is based on a precedent already set by the burlesque and roller derby communities (which, like hooping, have also blown up in recent years). Here's a link to the burlesque yahoo group that serves as a directory of performers:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stagenames/

"Hooping Names" can't offer legal protection. However, it's a community-based way for hoop performers to say, "Hi! I'm here" and for new hoop lovers to see what's already happening. Please honor our community by not choosing a name that is the same -- or even confusingly similar -- to something that already exists.