Another wedding question about music

At my step daughters wedding, this one guy started break dancing for gods sake.

well, just doing the spinny thing on the floor...he was actually pretty good.


Here's a picture of the world largest spontaneous breakout of the Electric Slide.

It erupted during a grand opening of a new Circut City in Schaumburg, Illinois.

yup.
they are all looking at their feet.


Joe(only the cool girls can do it without looking)Nation

Here is an example of some really bad electric sliding. Total chaos. You notice how others are ignoring them to help them save face.

Clearly this was started too early in the festivities, when no alcohol had been served.

Tell me how the electric slide goes...?

I went to a free concert recently, the band did sort of 70's funk/ soul, and a group of women got up and started doing this dance in a line -- then several other people joined them and I thought they learned incredibly fast, then figured out it must be some established dance. I didn't recognize it though.

(wiki)

nevah hoid of it before

It's hypnotic.

Joe(and I cannot wait for the song to end)Nation

I dunno what a grapevine is but that fits.

I felt exactly the same as you - NO LINE DANCING at my wedding. Then I was having such a great time and my friends little kids came up and asked if they could have that God awful song and I said O-K and actually let the DJ play that song.

I did not dance to it though - but the kids loved it.

Dincha ever do any of the Jane Fonda workouts? She was all grapevine, all the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevine_%28dance_move%29

Doin' the Electric Slide at Work

The white guy is a little stiff, but he's trying.

That's IT!

Thanks Chai.

(ehBeth, I wore legwarmers briefly at 11 or so but otherwise had nothing to do with Jane Fonda or her workouts.)

soz, there's a better version of the dance called the Cha Cha Slide, or the Stomp...couldn't find a good video of it.

It the one, the moves a called by the singer.


Mr.C
To the left, take it back now ya'll
1 hop this time, right foot let's stomp
Left foot let's stomp, Cha Cha real smooth

Turn it down, to the left
Take it back now ya'll
1 hop this time, right foot let's stomp
Left foot let's stomp, Cha Cha now ya'll

Now it's time to get funky
To the right now, to the left
Take it back now ya'll
1 hop this time, 1 hop this time
Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps
Slide to the left, slide to the right
Criscross, criscross
Cha Cha real smooth

Let's go to work
To the left, take it back now ya'll
2 hops this time, 2 hops this time
Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps
Hands on your knees, hands on your knees
Get funky with it, aahhhhhhhhhh yaaaa
Come on, Cha Cha now ya'll

Turn it down, to the left
Take it back now ya'll
5 hops this time
Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp
Right foot again, left foot again
Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp

Freeze, Everybody Clap yo hands
Come on ya'll, check it out
How low can you go?
Can you go down low?
All the way to da floor?
How low can you go?
Can you bring it to the top?
Like it never never stop?
Can you bring it to the top?
1 hop, right foot now
Left foot now ya'll
Cha Cha real smooth

Turn it down, to the left
Take it back now ya'll
1 hop this time,1 hop this time
Reverse, Reverse
Slide to the left, slide to the right
Reverse Reverse, reverse reverse
Cha Cha now ya'll
Cha Cha again
Cha Cha now ya'll
Cha Cha again
Turn it down

To the left, that it back now ya'll
2 hops 2 hops, 2 hops 2 hops
Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp
Charlie Brown, hop it out now
Slide to the right, slide to the left
Take it back now ya'll
Cha Cha now ya'll

Turn it down
To the left, take it back now ya'll
3 hops this time
Right foot now, left foot now ya'll
Cha Cha it out
Turn it down

To the right, to the right ya'll
To the left, take it back now ya'll
4 hops this time
Right foot now now ya'll, left foot now ya'll
Cha Cha now ya'll
Cha Cha again, Cha Cha again

Turn it down
Take it back now ya'll
Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp
6 hops this time
Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp
Right foot 2 stomps, Left foot 2 stomps
Criscross, Criscross
Slide to the left, Slide to the right
Let me hear you clap yo hands
Cha Cha now, Cha Cha again

Turn it down
To the left, take it back now ya'll
2 hops 2 hops, 2 hops 2 hops
Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps
Hands on your knees, hands on your knees
Aahhhh yaaaa, get funky with it
Get down now ya'll,
Come on, come on
Cha Cha now ya'll
Let's go to work

Very tribal. I don't know if brides and grooms realize how much bonding goes on at a wedding reception.

At the most recent event it was the joining of a family of Martini and wine sippers to a family of beer drinkers.

The bride, a woman you would all love, was the daughter from the wine side. She entered the reception, cut in line at the bar and ordered an Amstel Light.

In a bottle.

The party begain.

Did I mention it was black tie?

All the men wearing tuxedos were the same until they started to dance, then they were stomping and sliding all over the floor.

All the beautiful ladies in long dresses shook it like biker babes in tight leather pants. You wouldn't think a shimmy would look as fraughtfully erotic on a satin-wrapped doll, but it does.

There were no strangers by nine o'clock.

Joe(at the pool the next afternoon the shimmygirl was shy)Nation

I'm thinking she got funky with it?

Yeah I know it is for the guests, that is why the dj is going to play mostly "by request" stuff. My fiance' used to be a dj so we have all types of music. Plus, we both like everything. Rock is just our fav. Now you all have me wondering if we should at least bring some line dancing music incase people request it???

The Electric Slide



It was played at our wedding. There's nothing like watching the video, 15 years later, and seeing half of my cousins go the wrong way.

Just woke up....yawn.....

ah....first sip of java.

not to dwell on the ElecSlide, but there's just so many songs people can dance that to....for some reason, that song "you dropped the bomb on me.....baby" is running through my head.

I think it'd be a good thing to have a wide variety available...depending on where the party goes. Not everyone likes rock, and there's lots of different types.

plus, people just like doing something in a group sometimes, playing the fool.

It's all good.

lol. Yes, and silly dancing makes for a good laugh in the future when you look at the weding tape.

yes.

Joe(happy happy joy joy)Nation