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Cooders Square Dancin Guide
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Published: August 22, 2006
During summertime, when the sun starts shinin' bright and folks is workin' hard on the farms and they trucks, we likes to have a little fun come the week's end. Us folk is simple folk and aint nothin' more enjoyable than strappin' on your boots and kickin up your heels for some ol' fashioned square dancin'. Now fore you go sayin' that square dancin' aint nothin but a hillbilly hoe-down, let me tell you a little bout one of this country's greatest pass-times.
History
Now some folks'll tell ya square dancin' aint really Western and that some folks in France came up with it many years ago. I don't care too much for that talk. Far as I know, square dancin' started in these here United States back after the first World War so folks got something to take they minds off the war. A man named Dr. Lloyd Pappy Shaw helped to make square dancin' popular all across the country by teaching the little ones in school. Now at my school, we didn't have no teachers bright enough to learn us how to square dance. Instead we had hay-bailin' and cow milkin' classes. Luckily I learned my square dancin' from Dancin' Pete, the greatest square dancer ever to come out of this town. That fella can do-si-do and promenade with the best of 'em. Basics
For a full square, you're gonna need four people. Or is it five folks? Wait gimmie a sec...a square's got four sides, each side's got two folks... makin' it six folks altogether. Or am I thinkin' of line dancin'? Aint matter. Alls you need is to make sure you gots yourself a partner to dance with. Once you got your partner ready then the fella they call the caller will start tellin' all the folks the steps to the dance. You best pay close attention to the caller cuz you won't wantin' to end up steppin' on your partners toes all night. Theys get real mad, specially if you forgets to wash your boots after workin' in the pig-sty all day. After the caller finishes settin' up the dances, the jug band starts playin' and all the folks start dancin'.The Caller
This fella's my favorite part of square dancin'. The caller's the gent who talks with a blowhorn during the dance while singing the steps for the folks to follow. He'll be yellin out some funny rhymes lettin' you know what to do with your partner. Here's one of my favorite calls:Now the hen lays an egg and the rooster gives a shout,
Find your partner and twirl 'em about.
With the chicken in the coop and the pig in the pen,
Grab your partner and spin 'em again.
Some caller's is fast as a freight train and some folks fall over themselves tryin to keep up. Course Dancin' Pete aint never had no trouble keepin' up with nobody. The caller will be shoutin all the rhymes and Pete would be the only fella left standin' in the end. Someday I'll be as good as Dancin' Pete, just gotta make sure my boots is clean from all the pig droppings and I'll be on my way.
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