Posted
on September 10, 2013
Do
you know the Electric Slide?
The
Achy Breaky?
How
about the Watermelon Crawl?
Line
dancing is a kind of country-and-western dance performed in lines.
It's pretty easy, because you have no partner or square depending on
you (in other words, if you mess up, you don't mess anybody else
up!). It's nice because you don't need a partner (and you don't have
to hold a stranger's sweaty hand!). And it's great because it is
good exercise and (best of all) fun!
Actually,
there are a lot of line dances from other folk traditions, as well.
As a teen I loved joining hands and dancing the hora (an
Israeli dance) in such long, winding lines that we could make complex
patterns. I loved dancing the Greek folk dance miserlou in a
huge circle (which is just a line that has joined ends).
There are other sorts of line dances, too. The Thriller dance is a great line dance!
(By the way, if you have ever wondered what almost 14 THOUSAND people dancing "Thriller" looks like, check out this video!)
But
these days, when we hear “line dancing,” we generally think of
country-and-western dances.
So,
grab your cowboy hat, your boots, and start scooting and kicking,
vining and stomping to these videos:
Here
is a YouTube video teaching the Cowboy Cha Cha.
Here
is a really slow-and-easy teaching pace to teach the very beginning
of a dance called the Tush Push. (Notice all the other parts of the
dance at the right side of the screen.)
And
here is one of the most popular dances: Bootscootin' Boogie!
Also
on this date:
Plan Ahead!
Check
out my Pinterest pages on September
holidays, September
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in September.
And
here are my Pinterest pages on October
holidays, October
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in October.
