Learn Country Line Dancing

Country Line Dancing

If you have an event that requests a lot of country music or even possible some country line dances then read on. There are now hundreds of country line dances that you can learn and do. It all started off in the early 90's with The Achy Breaky Heart line dance. This dance is done to the song Achy breaky heart by Billy Ray Cyrus. It is similar to The Electric Slide that also came out around the same time. The big difference is that there are many more steps involved in the Achy Breaky and it can sometimes be too much for a drinking crowd to learn.

The FREEZE is another country line dance that is probably one of the easiest line dances to learn as well as teach. This dance is explained below along with a list of suggested music. The Achy Breaky line dance is much more involved but we will also give a brief outline here below as well.

If you make the effort to learn these dances, you will find it pays off with more fun, new skills, better parties, and increased referrals. Country line dancing can be a fun way to make your parties more fun and diverse so put on your country hat and dancing boots and join the fun.

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Conga line - Choo Choo Train - Weekly line dance

Here is how set yp your basic Conga Line or choo choo

(Conga - Gloria Estefan/Hot hot hot - Buster Poindexter/ Follow the leader - Byron Lee/ Locomotion or ride the train)

1. Pick a leader for the conga line or choo choo train (Bride, Groom, Best man, bridal party, craziest guest, or YOU)
2. Tell or lead them to go and weave in and out of the tables and to pick up those sitting down or doing nothing and have them join in.
3. You can even have the conga line leave the room when appropriate.
4. Have the line return to the dance floor before the song is ending and have them make a circle, if it is a long song have 2 people come in to the center of the circle dance and then switch the two out by telling them to switch after 30 seconds.
5. At the end if in a circle you can do the Chicken Dance, Dollar Wine dance, or Apache or even a limbo if needed cause you still have a line.

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The Limbo by Chubby Checker New Weekly Friday Game or Contest series

We will be posting a weekly game or contest that you can do at your events. Please check in each Friday for a New game or contest. This week:

Limbo Contest

Suggested Music: ( Limbo rock, let’s limbo some more - Chubby Checker, Hot hot hot - Buster poindexter, Any Reggae song.

• Find 2 volunteers to hold the Limbo pole 
• Ask for a spotter to help people under 
• Demonstrate proper technique under limbo pole. 
• No Ducking under 
• No touching the ground 
• No knee touching 
• No butt touching 
• No touching the pole 
• Eliminate those not doing the limbo correctly. 
• Lower the pole as the contest goes on until you are down to the last person. The last person must successfully go under the pole at the level where the second to the last person was unable to do. 
• Give a round of applause for the winner. 
• You may wish to pick a winner for boys and girls or men and women.
• You may wish to ask a guest officiate with you.

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Proms

Proms

Spring time means a time for the gentle rains, delightful fragrances, and young love. So dig out those Slow pop dance tunes: It's prom season. These events (even junior proms) can happen any day of the week, with Wednesday through Saturday being the heaviest. This can mean an extra gig or two during the week for you.

Plain and simple, ANYONE can DJ a Prom! Some of you may equate a prom with just another kids dance and you're just not a kids party DJ. Well let me bring you up to speed.

A Prom is an event where it's very easy to meet the client's/guests expectations. DJs ask if they should be the main focus of attention at a prom?The answer is NO! Their attention is focused on their date and their immediate clique of friends. Furthermore they are already thinking towards post-prom festivities; the beach, the room at the hotel, etc. Now don't get me wrong, they still want to party. Let them know early on that you got this by playing the current HOT dance music and requests. Of course you will have to choose from the overwhelming request list they give you. You will see a little bit of everything and from all genres and years. You will even be surprised at the older tuns they pick.

This brings us to the most important musical feature of your evening: Slow Jams! If nothing else works, throw in one of the MANY slow dance requests you have and just watch the dance floor fill up. Add in a few pre-requisites, like the way you are dressed, the cavalcade of pictures, the Prom theme song, and the coronation of the King and Queen, and you just met their expectations. Simply deliver the goods.

Right now, I'll bet there is a rookie DJ somewhere who is reading this and is really confused. Meeting the client's expectations? As DJs we are always told to EXCEED The clients expectations! That is correct! Rise to the occasion and have some fun with it. Feel out the crowd with an activity or line dance early on. This will give you a clearer indication of the direction you're going to want to go. Perhaps the music will work better, or maybe you will just run those activities and line dances. You can do t all at some proms. Nothing else you do will pull them together as a class more than a group activity or dance.

And while the last few notes of the hottest slow song fades down, you will have for a fleeting moment, transcended their animal like passions at the local hotel, to pure thoughts of the great time they had with you "Their DJ". The results: A killer show, a handsome gratuity, and lots of potential referrals (graduation parties, etc.).

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