[Dixielandjazz] The OKOM Chicken Dance.

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Bob -- I can't believe you asked that - It's some sort of plague out of 
Wisconsin.  It's sort of a cross between the Beer Barrel Polka minus the 
beer and add in the Macarena.  It's one of the worst pieces of c--p since 
the hokey pokey and for some reason people like it.

We just stand there with a deer in the headlights look when someone asks for 
it.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The OKOM Chicken Dance.


> 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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