I can do the reebok. One of my favorites is the robocop mixed with the transformer. I will be happy to demonstrate in person. And there is a proper way to do the cabbage patch, it's not that stirring a big pot of soup move that the Col. Sanders character does. It mixes well with the robocop. Does anyone remember the pacman?
I have been wanting to document '70s dances, the ones we did in junior high and high school. (I am 45 years old.) I'm sure a lot of these were regional or had regional variations.
These are a few from the 1970s that come to mind:
bus stop (hustle variation) bump Charlie Brown and Linus (GQ variation) dog/dirty dog/hootchie coo (from Ohio Players' "Who'd She Coo") freak gate GQ LA walk pony (the rock variation) spank (did this to "Flashlight") rock washing machine worm
I can do the reebok. One of my favorites is the robocop mixed with the transformer. I will be happy to demonstrate in person. And there is a proper way to do the cabbage patch, it's not that stirring a big pot of soup move that the Col. Sanders character does. It mixes well with the robocop. Does anyone remember the pacman?
I have been wanting to document '70s dances, the ones we did in junior high and high school. (I am 45 years old.) I'm sure a lot of these were regional or had regional variations.
These are a few from the 1970s that come to mind:
bus stop (hustle variation) bump Charlie Brown and Linus (GQ variation) dog/dirty dog/hootchie coo (from Ohio Players' "Who'd She Coo") freak gate GQ LA walk pony (the rock variation) spank (did this to "Flashlight") rock washing machine worm
I'll probably make a video.
MAKE A VIDEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in fifth and sixth grade (88-90) i would do the running man every chance i got. it was the only dance i've ever been able to do. that being said, my favorite old school dance is the windmill because that shit would fascinate me. i bought alfonso ribero's breakdancing tapes and sat in my house for hours trying to figure out how to do that sh*t.
Anyone ever do the shopping cart, or is that just a regional thing?
shopping cart is played as is the sprinkler
its about the golfer fade away jumper............................swish. self hammer b/w the pick up and the naughty robot baseball (2 people required) the chirp (lots of variation)
baseball requires, but is not limited to: 1 batter 1 pitcher 1 imaginary baseball 1 imagainary baseball bat 1 audience the pitcher pitches the ball, the batter swings (this is where you seperate the good dancers from the fakers), the pitcher and the batter together must decide without saying so and literally in an instant if the ball was hit or if it is a strike(it requires alot of practice or a psychic connection). When the ball is hit both the batter and the pitcher watch it sail over the fence (crowd). The batter procedes to round the bases while the audience cheers and his teammates (members of the audience high five him as he approaches home. if it is a strike, the batter is infuriated. 3 strikes = new batter +game on. granted this dance doesnt last very long before it turns into fade away jumper or golf. note: it looks much more foolish to have the pitcher think it was hit and the batter think its a strike, or vice versa, than to strike out.
the chirp is a group dance kind of like a game of tag on a crowded dance floor. each member playing(dancing) elects themselves a type of bird and they take on the persona of that bird (walk sounds etc.) if another bird sneaks up on you and squaks, chirps, crows, or what have you, then you become that bird. This dance goes on till all players(dancers) are the same type.
baseball requires, but is not limited to: 1 batter 1 pitcher 1 imaginary baseball 1 imagainary baseball bat 1 audience the pitcher pitches the ball, the batter swings (this is where you seperate the good dancers from the fakers), the pitcher and the batter together must decide without saying so and literally in an instant if the ball was hit or if it is a strike(it requires alot of practice or a psychic connection). When the ball is hit both the batter and the pitcher watch it sail over the fence (crowd). The batter procedes to round the bases while the audience cheers and his teammates (members of the audience high five him as he approaches home. if it is a strike, the batter is infuriated. 3 strikes = new batter +game on. granted this dance doesnt last very long before it turns into fade away jumper or golf. note: it looks much more foolish to have the pitcher think it was hit and the batter think its a strike, or vice versa, than to strike out.
the chirp is a group dance kind of like a game of tag on a crowded dance floor. each member playing(dancing) elects themselves a type of bird and they take on the persona of that bird (walk sounds etc.) if another bird sneaks up on you and squaks, chirps, crows, or what have you, then you become that bird. This dance goes on till all players(dancers) are the same type.
each of these are pretty free form
Damn. Are you saying that there are places where I can find adults actually doing this sort of thing? 'Cause that would simply blow my fucking mind, man. And I would be all about it.
the trick to getting baseball started is you gotta have the pitcher and batter already know they are gonna drop it but you need to earn the audience's respect first. This can be achieved by breaking out a cheesy easily coreographed syncronized dance routine (ala electric slide). then break right into baseball before the crowd knows what hit em. Crowdmembers usually step up to bat too, its great.
the chirp is much more difficult to organize. basically a bunch of people have to know of the game then when its initiated, if you know whats up, your in, if not...confusion. each time ive done it (probably 3 or 4 times) its happened organically with many that have played or have heard of it in attendance. plus some savy folks can just realize whats going on and hop right in.
extreemly regional id say. i learned/co-created these working at a summer camp just outside of Yosemite. im from northern california and have been leaving a wake of these dances everywhere i have gone. i live in Santa Fe right now.
i know there are a few others really focused on spreading these dances too. mostly in california though. some in various colleges on the east coast too
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My mother still does this. I'm sure she has no idea where it came from or what it's called.
I have been wanting to document '70s dances, the ones we did in junior high and high school. (I am 45 years old.) I'm sure a lot of these were regional or had regional variations.
These are a few from the 1970s that come to mind:
bus stop (hustle variation)
bump
Charlie Brown and Linus (GQ variation)
dog/dirty dog/hootchie coo (from Ohio Players' "Who'd She Coo")
freak
gate
GQ
LA walk
pony (the rock variation)
spank (did this to "Flashlight")
rock
washing machine
worm
I'll probably make a video.
MAKE A VIDEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOME MORE OF MY FAVORITES:
You can still rock this in the right setting.
punk rock (it wasn't punk, but that's what we called it)
backstroke and/or wide receiver
early 80s:
gigolo (done to Rick James "Super Freak")
its about the
golfer
fade away jumper............................swish.
self hammer b/w the pick up
and the naughty robot
baseball (2 people required)
the chirp (lots of variation)
Color me intrigued. Please to elaborate.
1 batter
1 pitcher
1 imaginary baseball
1 imagainary baseball bat
1 audience
the pitcher pitches the ball, the batter swings (this is where you seperate the good dancers from the fakers), the pitcher and the batter together must decide without saying so and literally in an instant if the ball was hit or if it is a strike(it requires alot of practice or a psychic connection). When the ball is hit both the batter and the pitcher watch it sail over the fence (crowd). The batter procedes to round the bases while the audience cheers and his teammates (members of the audience high five him as he approaches home. if it is a strike, the batter is infuriated. 3 strikes = new batter +game on.
granted this dance doesnt last very long before it turns into fade away jumper or golf.
note: it looks much more foolish to have the pitcher think it was hit and the batter think its a strike, or vice versa, than to strike out.
the chirp is a group dance kind of like a game of tag on a crowded dance floor. each member playing(dancing) elects themselves a type of bird and they take on the persona of that bird (walk sounds etc.) if another bird sneaks up on you and squaks, chirps, crows, or what have you, then you become that bird. This dance goes on till all players(dancers) are the same type.
each of these are pretty free form
Damn. Are you saying that there are places where I can find adults actually doing this sort of thing? 'Cause that would simply blow my fucking mind, man. And I would be all about it.
Dancefloor baseball, all day, every day.
the chirp is much more difficult to organize. basically a bunch of people have to know of the game then when its initiated, if you know whats up, your in, if not...confusion. each time ive done it (probably 3 or 4 times) its happened organically with many that have played or have heard of it in attendance. plus some savy folks can just realize whats going on and hop right in.
i learned/co-created these working at a summer camp just outside of Yosemite. im from northern california and have been leaving a wake of these dances everywhere i have gone. i live in Santa Fe right now.
Robo Cop
Ellesse
Penn State
Nasty
Fila
E.T.
prep
gigolo
walk
smurf
troop
G.Q