[Dixielandjazz] The OKOM Chicken Dance.

[Robert S. Ringwald]

What is "The Chicken Dance?"

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 7:48 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The OKOM Chicken Dance.


> We never play the "Chicken Dance". Absolutely refuse if asked.
>
> So, what to do at Chadds Ford Elementary School Friday evening at an 
> outdoor
> dedication of their new outdoor classroom? The kids specifically requested 
> a
> Chicken Dance. Hmmmmm.
>
> Our solution? We played "That's a Plenty" and the kids (5 to 10) got in a
> line and marched around in a modified mummers strut, flapping their arms
> like chicken wings. They then did it to the next few songs (pure 
> Dixieland)
> until it got dark and we ended the program.
>
> Then, it hit me. How many times have we seen old folks flapping their arms
> to Dixieland and strutting around? In this case, the Principal led them
> around and the old folks joined in.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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