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[grandma r]

After reading another thread about the beginnings of Bandstand, I am remembering all of the iconic dances introduced on the show.  Of course, the twist comes to mind.  Some of the others I recall are the Bristol Stomp, the Hop, the Stroll, the Pony, the Mashed Potato, the Strand, and the Fly.

What do you remember????

[Witchy Woman]

@grandma r 

Cannot remember others than those you mentioned, but I'm sure there were.

What was the Strand?   Never heard of that one.

My sis and I would practice the steps endlessly to get each dance just right.  As I said before, such happy times.  We loved feeling part of something that lifted us from our small town lives.

[K9buddy]

The swim. 

[Annabellethecat66]

@grandma r  You are talking my language.  My goal in life was to be a Go Go dancer in one of those cages with white boots.

Hey!  I used to think big time!  Ha!

Anyway, I could do every single one of those dances.

I didn't see the swim!  Remember, you held your nose and slowly went down holding your nose?  Ha!

I looked it up and the Freddie (?) don't remember that one...does anyone?

[Mersha]

One of the ones I remember that was hot, hot, hot in high school was Cliff Nobles and "The Horse."

Every dance had to have "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," and we all did "The Horse" together.....good times.

Lordy, we though we were soooooooo cool!

[Witchy Woman]

@Annabellethecat66 

I do...I think it was named after the Freddie in Freddie and the Dreamers.

Found this:

"Freddie and the Dreamers were an English beat band that had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. The band's stage act was enlivened by the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying."

[Mersha]

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@Annabellethecat66 wrote:

@grandma r  You are talking my language.  My goal in life was to be a Go Go dancer in one of those cages with white boots.

Hey!  I used to think big time!  Ha!

Anyway, I could do every single one of those dances.

I didn't see the swim!  Remember, you held your nose and slowly went down holding your nose?  Ha!

@Annabellethecat66   I sure do...Freddie and the Dreamers started it.  It was such fun!

[Annabellethecat66]

I remember Freddie and the Dreamers but I didn't remember the dance.

[Witchy Woman]

@Annabellethecat66 

Just read he died in 2006.  Seems a lifetime ago.  I've seen several of the groups and individual artists from the "British Invasion" and they never disappoint.

Herman's Hermits were fun to see.  All of them were really talented, but in the shadow of the Beatles.

[grandma r]

I remember practicing those dances and then going to the high school dances.  Yes, we thought we were cool!!!!

I remember as Jerry Blavat morphed into the Geator with the Heater he held dances at Wagner's and Chez Vous Ballrooms.  Oh, how I wanted to go, but, I wasn't allowed.  Plenty of line dances came out of those places.  I remember the girls who went coming to school and showing us the Wagner Walk!!!  

Today, I can still dance in my head.  My body just won't cooperate.  Strolling down memory lane is always fun.