[Dixielandjazz] The OKOM Chicken Dance.

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Funny, been playing music for 55-years and never been asked to play for it.

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
To: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The OKOM Chicken Dance.


> 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.
>
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>> What is "The Chicken Dance?"
>>
>> --Bob Ringwald
>>
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>> ----- 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.
>>
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>>> 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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