From: das@coho.halcyon.com (Debbie Schwartz) Subject: Re: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: 5 May 1994 07:25:12 GMT In article , Sean Morin wrote: > >Those of us without partners really enjoy being able to dance >versions of traditional partner dances. Mind you I met my current >partner (spelled GF) at line dancing classes, but I digress... > >There must be other _converted_ dances. Anyone ? I know there's a hip-hop line dance, but I could swear I saw a country and western hip-hop line dance somewhere (or maybe it just a horrible nightmare....) There's a line dance incorporating WCS moves called the SeaTac Stomp, I believe choreographed by Skippy Blair for the Seattle Easter Swing Convention. And if you want to talk surrealistic conversions, you haven't lived until you've seen a roomful of ballroom dancers, most of whom have never been c & w dancing in their lives, execute their version of the Achy Breaky line dance (one of the local studios taught it in an hour workshop and then played it at every one of their weekly dances for several months afterwards. By the time the craze was over it had pretty much mutated into a Latin dance, style-wise :-)) From: ap784@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Sean Morin) Subject: Re: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 12:08:50 GMT Right! We also do a partner version of the country cha-cha that moves in a circle like CEJ. Unlike ballroom cha-cha, partners are side by side (we call it promenade position) rather than face to face. The other difference is that the man and the woman start on the same foot rather than mirroring the steps. -- Sean Morin | Life's a dance you learn as you go, ap784@FreeNet.Carleton.ca | Sometimes you lead, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada | Sometimes you follow... | - John Michael Montgomery From: djpauker@cca.rockwell.com ("Dan Paukert M/S 106-187 Ext:2212 Comnet:319/435-2212") Subject: Re: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: Tue, 03 May 94 13:01:38 -0500 In article: <940430100019401@pubcon.com> eijkhout@artemis.cs.utk.edu (Victor Eijkhout) writes: >The country cha-cha was an official competition dance at the last >world's championship, so yes, it has caught on. Here in Knoxville >hardly anyone does it. I just do a ballroom cha-cha with some moves >I made up myself to syncopate to the woman's footwork and do tandem >turns and such. > >There is no true cha-cha music in country, but music that qualifies >for a slow polka (Dwight Yoakum: Ain't that lonely yet, Thousand miles >from nowhere) can be used for the country variant of cha-cha. >-- There aren't many country cha-cha song, but they do exist. Here are just a few. Neon Moon - Brooks & Dunn Mexican Minutes - Brooks & Dunn Gulf of Mexico - Clint Black Land of Enchancement - Michael Martin Murphy Dancin' Cowboys - Bellamy Brothers If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body - Bellamy Brothers The 'country cha-cha' is the same dance as the 'ballroom cha-cha'. There are some partner dances that are done to cha-cha music such as the cowby cha-cha, stationary cha-cha, borderline cha-cha and several more. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o | Dan Paukert /^^\ | E-mail = djpauker@pobox.cca.rockwell.com | o 638 36th St. NE | | o work phone 319/395-2212 o | Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 | | | Fax 319/395-4182 | o 319/364-0870 / | o o | <__/\/ | | o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o From: evelyn.schwarz@pubcon.com (Evelyn Schwarz) Subject: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 05:26:43 GMT Recently went to Billy Bob's, Texas (I live in Ft. Worth) for some push lessons. During a break, a bunch of people got up to do a LINE DANCE. It sure looked like a cha-cha to me, so I went to the instructor and asked him what that dance was. You guessed it! The COWBOY Cha-cha! First the cowboy waltz--now the cowboy cha-cha! What's next? I was wondering whether this dance has "caught on" in other parts of the world. From: eijkhout@artemis.cs.utk.edu (Victor Eijkhout) Subject: Re: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: 02 May 1994 16:11:20 GMT In article <940430100019401@pubcon.com> evelyn.schwarz@pubcon.com (Evelyn Schwarz) writes: First the cowboy waltz--now the cowboy cha-cha! What's next? I was wondering whether this dance has "caught on" in other parts of the world. The country cha-cha was an official competition dance at the last world's championship, so yes, it has caught on. Here in Knoxville hardly anyone does it. I just do a ballroom cha-cha with some moves I made up myself to syncopate to the woman's footwork and do tandem turns and such. There is no true cha-cha music in country, but music that qualifies for a slow polka (Dwight Yoakum: Ain't that lonely yet, Thousand miles from nowhere) can be used for the country variant of cha-cha. From: mray@kaiwan.com (A. Raymond) Subject: Re: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: 2 May 1994 13:01:40 -0700 Evelyn Schwarz (evelyn.schwarz@pubcon.com) wrote: : Recently went to Billy Bob's, Texas (I live in Ft. Worth) for some push : lessons. During a break, a bunch of people got up to do a LINE DANCE. : It sure looked like a cha-cha to me, so I went to the instructor and : asked him what that dance was. You guessed it! The COWBOY Cha-cha! : First the cowboy waltz--now the cowboy cha-cha! What's next? I was : wondering whether this dance has "caught on" in other parts of the : world. The cowboy cha cha is very popular in southern california in all the c/w dance clubs. It's usually called by the DJ. From: evelyn.schwarz@pubcon.com (Evelyn Schwarz) Subject: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 05:26:43 GMT Recently went to Billy Bob's, Texas (I live in Ft. Worth) for some push lessons. During a break, a bunch of people got up to do a LINE DANCE. It sure looked like a cha-cha to me, so I went to the instructor and asked him what that dance was. You guessed it! The COWBOY Cha-cha! First the cowboy waltz--now the cowboy cha-cha! What's next? I was wondering whether this dance has "caught on" in other parts of the world. From: eijkhout@artemis.cs.utk.edu (Victor Eijkhout) Subject: Re: Cowboy Cha-Cha Date: 02 May 1994 16:11:20 GMT In article <940430100019401@pubcon.com> evelyn.schwarz@pubcon.com (Evelyn Schwarz) writes: First the cowboy waltz--now the cowboy cha-cha! What's next? I was wondering whether this dance has "caught on" in other parts of the world. The country cha-cha was an official competition dance at the last world's championship, so yes, it has caught on. Here in Knoxville hardly anyone does it. I just do a ballroom cha-cha with some moves I made up myself to syncopate to the woman's footwork and do tandem turns and such. There is no true cha-cha music in country, but music that qualifies for a slow polka (Dwight Yoakum: Ain't that lonely yet, Thousand miles from nowhere) can be used for the country variant of cha-cha.