What Can I Do?
Country music, people dancing
Good-looking cowboys, jeans- scheming time
Do 있는데요 Step 2, Randy Travis
This city girl's gone country tonight.
Welcome to Country Dancing Volume One,
a video guide that will open the doors
to country dancing for you and your whole family.
These country dance tapes are designed
to help the most novice dancer.
Even if you've never danced before,
you can learn to country dance with this tape
and a little practice.
Now, before we get started, here are a few helpful hints.
Stand sideways to your television
and follow the steps on the screen.
Be sure you know how to use the pause and search button
on your VCR.
Better yet, use your remote.
Don't try to learn too much too quick.
Take it one step at a time and one dance at a time.
Too much too fast will only confuse you.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
And to help you practice,
don't forget your audio cassette tape.
And after you've learned a few steps,
the best way to practice is go out dancing.
Now, let's get familiar with the definitions and steps used in country dancing.
These steps and definitions are also found in your instruction booklet.
Now, right now we're gonna start with the steps.
Steps real simple.
What you do is just place all the weight on the ball of your foot.
There you go, step and back.
Go, step.
Now we're gonna do the touch.
Touch is a little different.
You keep the weight on one foot and just touch with your toe
or the ball of your foot of the other foot.
Does that make sense?
Kick, now kick is a, this is very country.
What you do is just kick your foot out and make it look real country.
It's kind of point with your heel.
Look at that.
There you go, that's the kick.
Hold it down just a touch.
Now we're gonna do together.
Together means just exactly what it means, together.
Bring your feet together.
As you're doing the steps, just end it, foot together, then back together.
Now the heel, that's real country.
What you do is just tap your heel on the floor like that.
Do it to the beat of the music and that's what you do with some of the steps.
Look how we slow it down so you can get a better look at it.
Toe, toe, just tap your toe behind you right there.
Used in a lot of the different country dances, you'll have the opportunity to do it with
this dance tape.
Slow it down just a touch so you get a real good look at it.
Now the skip.
We've all done the skip as kids.
Well, guess what?
You get to do the skip in country dancing.
This kind of is of our upbeat songs and you'll see them, don't you worry.
Now watch close.
The best thing to do is just skip around the house.
Put yourself on with some country music and just start skipping.
People might think it crazy, but by gosh, you'll be having a good time.
Grapevine.
Now here's a real fun step that's been used in rock and roll, it's been used in ballroom
dancing, and of course it's used in country.
It's just a step behind, step in front, step together.
Step behind, step in front, step together.
Well, I'll slow it down just a touch so you can kind of see that this is one of the ones
you want to practice a little bit so it comes real natural to you.
There we go.
Step behind, step, there you, I can get some coffee by the time this is through.
Heel clicks.
Now heel clicks mean just what they say, heel clicks, but you don't actually have to click
your heels.
Just give the inclination that you're clicking them, and you do it to the beat of the music.
There you go, one, two, one, two, and there's another heel click where you just kind of
go to the side, works equally as well depending on the style you want to use.
Either one is totally correct.
It's also a fun way of getting the gum off the bottom of your shoe.
Now here's a real fun step coming up, and that's called the polka skip.
Now watch how the folks are doing it right there, that's something you've got to practice
a whole bunch because you want to get this down cold.
Yeah, this is used throughout all types of country dancing, so what you do is kind of
just kind of skip around the house, take, you know, go to the corners and the sides
and all the way around the kitchen.
Either way you want to do it, just keep polka skipping along.
Once you get this in your mind, boy, you can do some real nice country dancing.
Just kind of step with it.
Yeah, there you go, just kind of watch, uh-huh, yeah, matter of fact, I'm kind of doing it
right now.
Oh, there's a good step right, oh, I just, oh, let's slow it down, there, that makes
a lot easier for me too.
There we go, yes, look at that.
That's that step, kick, yeah, ball change, look at that, mm-hmm, okay, oh, now here's
the knee.
Now this is real country.
Yeah, the only people in the world that do this are country folk, and what you're doing
is you just kind of heel out, bring your heel up.
Yeah, kind of point with your heel, that gives it that good country look.
Yeah, this is the style that was brought from the Appalachian Mountains, I understand, years
ago, and we have it in a lot of different dances.
Look at that, just kind of bring it up, tap it back, that's right, heel, knee, back to
the heel, and together.
Now step ball change has been around forever, that's right.
Step ball change is something you've got to learn, because also it's a waltz step, and
it's used in many of the different dances.
Now look, step ball change, step ball change, this is where you're transferring the weight
from one foot to the other, to the rhythm of the music.
Now this is real good, this is part of the Texas Waltz.
Now we're going to start on one of the most famous dances around the two-step.
Now the two-step is probably one of the funnest dances you're going to learn, because when
you learn it, you can dance anywhere, anytime, probably with anyone.
Now Gary and Sammy are out there, just kind of give me a little demonstration of, look
at that, that's just kind of staying with the good, oh yeah, it's a cute move right
there.
Now you're going to learn all this stuff, that's the more fun.
So get ready, we're going to do the two-step, oh I do like that, yeah, oh look at that.
Now we're going to start off with the basic dance position.
Sammy comes out there looking real nice, and well the basic position is the man places
his hand on the lady's waist, and the girl of course puts her hand on the man's shoulder.
Now the other style used all over the country, and I kind of prefer it myself, is when the
boy takes the hand, puts it on the girl's shoulder, and she brings her hand down on
that fella's arm.
Yeah, that's class country, and we're doing country dancing.
Another step of course, another position is called the sweetheart position, it's when
you can do a line dance, or just kind of cuddle together.
Now here's the basic step, now watch close, it's a very simple step, step together, step
together, step together.
Now that's about it, there's not much to this, just different variations and turns.
Now let's try it again, okay, here we go, now step together, step together, step together.
Now the guy is always starting out on his left foot, and the lady of course is going
back on her right foot.
Now here we go, watch close, and what, Gary's going to start with his left foot, left step,
get the out, that was good, uh huh, oh I like that, now it might look boring right now,
but I'll tell you one thing, once you get out there dancing, it's going to be a lot
of fun.
Watch again, want to make sure you get this, step together, step together, here we go,
step together, step together, step together.
Now make sure you're standing sideways to the television so you can do this, here we
go, step together, step together, step together, oh just watch real close, kind of dance along,
don't forget use your rewind button on this, now let's go back to the beginning so we can
see how it's done again, now here we go, there it is, watch it, yeah just keep an eye, kind
of do it right along with them, good looking couple too.
We're doing this at kind of a slow pace so you can catch up real easy, okay now I get
to go forward and backwards, now watch close, here we go, step together, step together,
now we're going to go back, here we are, this is something to practice with your partner,
okay try it again, oh I have a good time just watching this, of course I enjoy watching
Bumper's Rust too, here we go, now here's a simple turn, now watch real close doing
the basic step, step together, step together, step together, Gary will kind of swing around
together, together, step together, that's it, okay we're going to try that again, that
might seem a little tricky but it really isn't, here we go, starting the voice off, step together,
there we go, together, step together, step together, together, step together, now we're
going to keep doing that, now watch real close how Gary and Sammy does it, oh my gosh the
boys in the back caused a little twirly thing on that machine, yeah there you go, like I
said just stand sideways to the television set and you just kind of watch us and dance
along, take your time, now don't try to get us all in one day, here we go, one more time,
oh yeah, here goes the turn, notice how Gary just kind of swings around, little Sammy just
kind of stays there and pivots with him, something to practice in your living room, now this
is the turn into the sweetheart position, do the step together, step together, she turns
into him, notice that, very nice, don't want to rush this, just take your time, okay here
we do it again, oh boy getting started up there, yeah that looks real good, oh she looks
cute, once more, okay let's get back to business now, learning how to dance that's what we
want to do, step together, step together, step together, now if you get tired of my
voice all you have to do is turn the volume down on your television set and you just kind
of dance along, one more time, come on let's do it, get ready, here it is and step together,
step together, there's that turn in sweetheart position, oh that's a lot of fun when you're
on the dance floor, okay this is what it looks like up on top, so watch close, just kind
of turns in like that, hold her gently, stand right to the beat of the music, okay here
we go one more time, just keep doing it over and over until you get it, I got all the time
in the world, there we go, that's it, now this is the crossover step, this is a lot
of fun and very simple to do, that's right doing the basic dance position again, into
the sweetheart, now watch what Sammy does, she kind of crosses over, yeah, and then she
crosses back, that's where the main crossover comes from, now if you didn't quite get that
we'll just do it again, here we go, now that's what's nice about this video, you can just
keep watching it all you want, oh they do look good, nice little step there, that step
leads into a lot of other little turns too which you'll see in a little bit, okay now
let's try the feet now, let's get a good look at the feet, okay here we go, there's the
crossover, Gary comes to the back, Sammy crosses in the front, step over, feet together there,
back again, yeah we're keeping this at a slow tempo because you can just kind of dance along,
so it'll speed it up a little bit later, one more, here we go, repetition is what makes
this work, remember don't get discouraged, just take your time and just enjoy yourself,
I'm having a good time myself, there we go, well you folks are doing real good right now
but let's take this a touch slower so you can really eyeball it, yeah now see how she
crosses there, yeah, the feet together, kind of a ball change back there, there it is,
remember it's that step together, step together, step together, okay let's try together now,
there we go, that step together, step, step, together, yeah, step, step, same six count
beat that's right, kind of six beats to the count, here's the sweetheart turn out and
back you want to be able to do this, okay now watch this how they do it, they're in
the sweetheart position, she just turns away and they're in the regular dance position
and she nice little turn all the way back into the sweetheart position, simple turn,
lots of fun, okay watch close, we're gonna do it again for you, oh look at that, round,
there she goes, she's gonna go under Gary's arm, here we go, watch it, there we go, change
his hand and ride back to the sweetheart position, ready for some more turns, now there's the
various turns, now watch close, oh, cranked up the thing good, there we go, went from
the sweetheart into that, the racing position, now look at that turn, back to the sweetheart,
this is why you have a rewind button on your VCR, you'll be able to look at these things
over and over again till you get them down, that's right, come back around, very nicely
done, I like the way they did that, here she goes back again, maybe she didn't like where
she was at, back to the sweetheart position, staying with the two-step, they never stop
doing the two-step, oh look at that, that's a nice step, nice, I gotta see that again
too, I like the way they did that one, that was good, yeah look at that, nice little twirl
like that and right back into the basic positions again, now you wanna do these over and over
and over again so you can see exactly what's going on, let's do it one more time, I didn't
quite catch two of those, well maybe it was three, well maybe it was four, but let's watch,
the sweetheart into the regular dance position, okay I got that one down, now we do the twirly
around back into the sweetheart, that feels good to me, okay that's a nice little thing
all the way around, watch it close, yeah underneath his arm, oh I like that one, now let's go
back again and back to the sweetheart position, oh boy, oh there's that twirly thing again
I was having a hard time with, oh it's a lot easier now, I like that, so make sure you
keep the steps going because that's the whole idea, now let's do it slower so you can watch
real close what's going on, okay, now the music can't play quite this slow so we're
just kind of looking at it, we're doing it, came out of the sweetheart position, into
the basic dance position, into the turn, all the way around back to the sweetheart, okay
you can do it right up to that point, now here comes the fancy turns which I like to
do myself, okay she crosses over under Gary's arm, back around, Gary picks up her hand and
she goes underneath, there we go, okay back to the sweetheart again, now let's go and
take that backwards, there she goes under, okay back around, under Gary's arm again,
oh that was nice, I'm starting to understand this a little bit better now, oh yeah back
into the regular two step beat, lots of fun, make sure you use that rewind button on your
VCR so you can see this thing over and over again till you get it, oh here's that other
turn, over, behind, back around, back into the sweetheart, these are dance steps that
you can learn over and over again or turns if you want to call them that, yeah and that,
oh it looks good to me, oh look at that, yes make sure you keep practicing, back around,
back around into the basic position, that's an actual dance routine for the two step ladies
and gentlemen, you can do this dance anywhere, anytime like I said with anyone to almost
all the country music, here's the complete dance at regular speed, now you can dance
along, watch real close, see what it is, this is about the basic pace right now, I'm just
going to kind of kick back and relax and watch,
Here we go.
Oh, now you're talking fun.
This is called the Cowboy Buggy.
This is a lion dance.
Oh, yeah, this is done all over the country.
We have a nice group of people.
Of course, we've got Sammy, Gary, and that's Heather.
Besides being good dancers, they love having a good time.
This is a cute dance, like I said, ladies and gentlemen.
Very simple.
Only take a minute to learn, so let's start with the basic step.
Now, watch that.
It's step behind, step, kick.
Oh, let's try that.
That was real simple.
Let's try it one more time.
Step behind, step, kick.
Now, just keep practicing over again, starting with your right foot.
Step behind, step, kick.
Oh, I like this one.
Let's get a little closer.
Watch it closer.
Step behind, step, kick.
Okay, now we're going to continue this.
Notice how they kick forward, and they go back.
They throw out their hip.
Oh, let's try that all the way through.
Back to the beginning.
Here we go.
Step behind, step, kick.
Forward kick.
One, two, three, hip.
Okay, let's try that again.
Step behind, step, kick.
Forward kick.
One, two, three, hip.
Okay, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, kick, behind, step, kick, step behind, step, kick, step,
kick, step, kick, one, two, three.
Okay, we'll take that from the top so you can see everything.
Here we go.
Step behind, step, kick.
Forward kick.
One, two, three, hip.
Hip, hip, hip.
One, two, three, kick.
Step behind, step, kick.
Forward kick.
One, two, three, hip, hip.
See, we're starting this all over again.
All you do is go around.
Look at that.
The same dance step.
The only thing you're doing is taking quarter and half turns and going the other direction.
Just kind of watch it over and get the step down.
Do it a little bit slow so you can catch up to it.
Yeah, that's the cowboy boogie.
Basic step done over and over again, just changing the directions.
Such a simple thing makes it look kind of complicated, but of course it's not.
Now let's try it once more from the beginning.
Here we go.
Kick, step behind, step, kick.
Forward kick.
One, two, three, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip.
There you go.
You got it.
It's starting to do real good.
Okay.
Now don't forget to use your manual if you get a little lost in this.
And of course you got your audio tape that will have good music on it.
You can dance right along, but just don't go too fast.
Kind of watch the video a little bit here.
The cowboy boogie.
Yeah, and use your pause button on your machine so you can kind of get those steps a little closer.
If you don't quite understand them, just do them over and over again.
I like the way that looks.
And if you don't want to come to dance, it's just fun to go out and watch the people do it.
Oh, look at that.
Yeah.
Now dance along at regular speed.
If you think you got it, here we go.
This is what it looks like when you're really going.
You put some style into it because the cowboy boogie is a lot of fun.
Kick, step, two, three, kick.
Forward kick.
One, two, three.
Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip.
One, two, three.
Just keep doing it over and over again.
Just kind of change the direction.
Oh, we're talking fun here.
And you can put twirls in this.
All kinds of fun things.
The cowboy boogie is really a stylish dance.
Extremely popular.
I know when I'm out dancing, I love to hear a cowboy boogie.
And you don't have to have anybody to dance with, yet you get to dance with all the pretty girls.
And you girls with all the good-looking guys.
Okay, now here's a real fun dance.
It's a lion dance called the flying A.
Now Heather and Sammy are going to teach this one.
Now look at that.
That's a real simple dance.
Looks a little complicated, but it's not.
Using some of the dance steps that you've already learned up front.
A little bit of the grapevine line, step behind.
There's a kick in there.
There's kind of twirls and kicks.
Look at that.
Now here's the basic step.
Watch close.
Step behind, step, kick.
Now you notice a little quarter turn there.
It's very similar to cowboy boogie starting out.
Step behind, step, kick.
Quarter turn to that kick.
Once again, now watch real close.
Of course it's fun watching Sammy and Heather.
Look at that.
Okay, here we go.
Watch close now.
Step behind, step, kick.
Step behind, quarter turn and kick.
Now from the beginning, get ready.
Watch your television set.
Step behind, step, kick.
Step behind, step, turn, kick.
Okay, now let's watch that again.
Step behind, step, kick.
Step behind, quarter turn, kick.
Step behind, step, half turn.
See how they did that in kick?
Same step.
All you do is changing direction.
Kick, step behind, step, kick.
Step behind, step, half turn, kick.
Okay, let's watch that again now.
Step, kick.
Step behind, step, kick.
Step behind, step, half turn, kick.
Now back to the beginning.
Now you got to get it now.
Here we go.
Watch it close.
Step behind, step, kick.
Step behind, kick.
Oh, look at that.
That's how we start going.
There's that skip.
Once again.
There you go.
Step behind, step, quarter turn.
There's that half turn.
Now we go forward kind of a little.
There's the skip.
Once again.
Here we go.
And step behind, step, kick.
Step behind, step, quarter turn, kick.
There you go.
Uh-huh, you're getting it now.
Oh, look at that.
That little skipping forward.
One more time.
Got to get this in our mind.
There you go.
Step behind, kick.
Behind, and that half turn.
There's those little skips.
Now let's take it to the beginning again.
Dance along.
Step behind, step, kick.
Rock back.
There you go.
Skip forward.
There we go.
Step behind, step, kick.
We're starting to dance again.
Just repeats itself over and over again.
What looks real complicated really down deep is really quite simple.
Of course, that's what life's all about.
We just make it complicated.
Once more.
Let's go with it.
Here we go.
Step behind, step, kick.
Half turn.
There it is.
Kick, step, kick.
There it is.
Behind, step, kick.
Step behind, step, kick.
Boy, there it is.
Notice how she's doing that.
Yeah, kind of just kind of stand sideways to your television set and you can do it.
Now here's the regular speed.
Oh, look at that.
This is what makes it fun.
This is a line dance.
Dance by yourself.
With a whole group of people, of course.
Oh, I like watching this.
Guys and girls all over the place.
Don't forget to use your audio tape on this.
You got a real nice flying aid on there that you can dance around the house with all day long.
It's a high energy dance.
You can lose a little weight from doing this, burn up a calorie or two.
Of course, I watch something like this makes me hungry, so it goes either way.
Oh, the girls look good.
Guys and girls love to do the flying aid.
Oh, now here's a lovely dance called the Texas Waltz.
Oh, Gary and Sammy are doing a nice job.
Very gentle, very sweet.
Look how pretty that is.
Using the basic Waltz step, the step ball changed.
Now here's the basic dance step for the line dance.
Ball change, step, ball change.
That was all.
Wasn't that simple?
Let's try it again.
Starting with your left foot.
There you go.
It's a step ball change like you learned earlier.
Once again, watch close.
This is for the line dance.
Step ball change, step ball change.
Now we're going to do it again.
Okay.
Step ball change, step ball change.
Well, you've got that learned right now.
Now let's take it from the beginning.
Add a little bit more to it.
Step ball change.
That was a nice turn.
Look at that.
It's like a grapevine turn.
Same step.
Okay, let's try that again.
Watch close.
Step ball change, step ball change.
Turn ball change, turn ball change.
Hey, you're doing real good.
Now we'll just add a little more to this.
It feels real good, doesn't it?
Yes, you can do this on the dance floor by yourself,
and then we'll show you how you do it with a partner.
Oh, there we go.
Add a little bit more.
Went forward.
Let's stop.
Just keep adding a little step.
One, two, three, four.
Real simple.
Watch close now.
If you're getting mixed up,
don't forget to stop and rewind the tape.
Now we're going forward, back, yeah.
You get that?
That was just an added step there.
Once again, now watch real close.
Change, step ball change, turn ball change.
Turn ball change, turn ball change.
Now forward, back.
There, you've got that good.
Okay, now this is going to make sure
it's in your mind and real good.
I'm kind of enjoying this.
I like the music too.
The waltzes are a lot of fun,
and they play country waltzes everywhere.
Yeah, you can really show off that pretty gal
or spark that good-looking boy.
Okay, from the beginning.
Here we go.
There it is.
There's the turns.
Real simple.
Going to add a little more this time.
Back, yeah.
Oh, look at that.
Nice little turn.
Back again.
Now that's the complete dance right there.
Look at this.
Let's try it again now.
There we go.
We're starting out with the left foot.
Gary and Sammy look real nice.
Oh, there's that turn.
Back around again.
Same step.
Nothing's changed.
Okay, now watch real close.
This is the complete dance on this right now.
Oh, I like doing this.
I've got to go find Mama,
turn on that cassette tape,
and start dancing.
There's that turn.
Oh, yes, that's nice.
Once more, let's get a little closer,
so if there's anything you missed, you can get it.
Sammy's doing a nice job.
There's that little kind of turn.
Turn, turn, yes.
Okay, look at the turn there.
Backward, forward, turn, back again.
Now here's how we do it in the sweetheart position.
That's when you're doing it as a couple.
Now watch how pretty this looks,
and it's really quite simple.
You've already learned the step.
There you go.
Back, the basic step.
There's the turn.
See how pretty that is?
Notice how they're holding each other's hands.
Forward and back.
Oh, there's that turn.
See that, how she goes under his arm
and back around again.
Oh, that's a pretty dance.
Look at, this is the whole complete dance.
It's called the Texas Walls.
This is how you do it as a couple
in the sweetheart position.
There's that turn, back around.
And you can do this to any waltz.
That's what's so much fun about country dance,
and there's a dance for almost anything.
Now here's the turn.
Let's watch real close now.
Doing the basic waltz step.
Turning up, around.
Now let's just look at that for a second.
Notice how they got that?
Okay, you got that.
Let's try that again.
This is the only turn you have to do
in the Texas Walls.
Now you make it look real pretty.
Oh, that looks nice, uh-huh.
Now let's come out of it.
There you go.
Now you practice that.
Here we go, let's try it once again.
Uh-huh, back.
Over, back.
Now look at that position.
Now they're going to come out of it.
Okay, very good, Gary.
Oh, Sammy, you look real nice today.
Now here's the feet.
Now watch real close.
Make sure you got everything correct.
Regular, regular steps.
Oh, I think you've got it by now.
That's as simple as you can get.
Let's try it again.
There you go.
Don't be afraid to use your pause button
to make sure you get it right.
Now here's the complete dance.
Watch close.
Now you can either dance along
or just kind of enjoy what you're looking at.
Of course, if you're into learning country dancing,
you might as well dance along.
...
Make sure when you're out country dancing,
you request a waltz.
You can show off to everybody.
Now let's move on to the next dance.
Now this is a lot of fun.
This is called the 10-step polka.
Now this is a combination of a whole bunch of steps
you've already learned.
Now kind of watch close.
I'm going to do a little example for you right here.
Yes, there we got Heather, Gary, and that Sammy
on the end there.
Look at that.
10-step polka.
Yeah, just a combination of steps.
Now here's the basic step in the lion dance.
Heel, toe, together.
Now we're starting out real simple.
Watch it again.
Heel, toe, together.
Uh-huh.
Once more.
Heel, toe, together.
Well, anybody can do that.
Try it again now.
Well, make sure you get this in your mind.
You got it now.
Get it real close.
Heel, toe, together.
Now back to the beginning.
We'll add a little bit more.
Heel, toe, together.
Heel, and that's that knee.
Again.
Heel, toe, heel, and that knee step.
Once more.
Heel, toe, heel.
Uh-huh.
Well, you're getting real good at this.
Of course, you've got to make...
Practice makes perfect.
That's why we keep doing it over and over again.
Keep an eye on that television set.
One more time.
Heel, toe, heel, and that knee step.
Now we'll add a little bit more to it back to the beginning.
Heel, toe, heel, and that.
Oh, just add a little bit.
You can get that.
Here we go.
You know, I like this dance.
This is a lot of fun.
You dance this all around the floor with a bunch of people,
or like I said, as a couple.
Real fun country dance.
Oh, I think you're getting it now.
Yeah, we just got to kind of do it over and over again
until it kind of sinks into the brain,
or at least sinks into the feet.
What's fun about country dance,
you don't even really want to think about it.
You just want to have a good time.
Okay, we're going back to the beginning
and add just a little bit more.
Look at that.
And there's that.
That's that polka skip.
And that's the whole dance.
Now, wasn't that simple?
Let's try it again.
Toe, heel, up, back, down, heel, up, back.
There's the polka skip.
Aha, that's the complete dance, like I said.
Watch close.
Yeah, that's it.
Look at that, folks.
This is called the 10-step polka.
Now, watch.
I'll count it off for you.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
See, that's done.
That's what they call the 10-step polka.
Let's do it again for you.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
And then you do your polka skips.
Do those four times.
Okay, here's the whole dance right from the beginning.
This is how you do a line dance with two people.
That's not really considered a line dance.
It's not just considered a couple's dance.
It's just considered a fun dance.
Oh, they look great.
Now, usually you're moving around the floor real quick doing this.
You don't kind of stay in one spot like we're showing you here.
But if we start moving around the floor, you can go right off the screen.
You wouldn't be able to see nothing.
That'd be a little dumb.
No, you just kind of stay with it.
Yeah, if you're just kind of standing sideways to the television set,
you can actually do this right along with them without hardly doing anything.
Get it down.
Practice over and over again.
You can dance this to any good old-fashioned polka.
Now, this is how you do it in the couples.
You start out, of course, in the sweetheart position.
The sweetheart position is very popular.
Now, watch close.
There we go. Nothing's different.
Same step.
Look how Gary went kind of behind her when they're doing that polka skit.
That's how you move around a little bit.
Let's try that again.
That's real good. Yeah, look at that.
Oh, right behind. Yeah.
You notice how he has his hand on her shoulder.
She's kind of holding on.
Let's take it back to the beginning.
Watch real close. There we go.
Oh, it looks nice.
Okay, he goes behind her like that.
Add a little bit more to this.
Yeah, see how we do the step?
Nothing's changed. Just in a little different position.
Kind of go around the dance floor.
There's a little turn.
Now, watch that. Yes.
One more time.
Come to dance if it's fun.
You've just got to learn some of these new little moves.
What's nice about it is that, well, everybody wants to learn them
so you can dance with almost anybody.
Go dance with Mama if it's a lot of fun.
Oh, look at that. See?
Same step. Just change the position.
Back around in the sweetheart position.
Now, you go around the dance floor this way counterclockwise.
Remember in your booklet it says always go counterclockwise on the dance floor.
Yeah, watch that.
Back behind.
It's got a little dance routine you could actually work up.
Of course, there's no set rules of exactly what you're supposed to do.
Just have a good time.
Country folk know how to have a good time, I'll tell you that.
Not too much pressures in this.
Because no matter what you do, it seems like you look good.
One thing for sure, you're always having fun.
Now, get a little closer so you can kind of see some of these hand movements here.
Hands on the shoulder.
Around.
Yeah.
Now, this is the regular speed. This is how you do it.
Going around the dance floor real fast as a couple or as a group like this.
And you can have as many in the group as, well, the dance floor will accept.
Usually two or three people is ample, but who knows?
Anything might be more fun than something else.
Yeah, this is fun.
And go out like that on your own like Heather there.
It's a good time.
Oh, now here's a real fun dance right at the tush push.
Now watch real close.
Oh, this is one I want to learn.
Yeah.
One of the more popular dances around.
Looks complicated, but it's not.
It's just a combination of different steps.
And you've pretty well learned all the steps already.
Tush push, the reason it's a tush push, well, you kind of push your tush.
Okay.
Look at that.
Now we're going to start off like we have done on all the other dances.
We're going to start off with the basic step.
Here we go.
Look at that.
A little slower speed so you can catch up to it.
Try that again starting with your right foot.
Going to tap it.
There we go.
One, two, three.
They kind of jump, yeah.
Okay.
Once again.
See how they do that?
Tap the heel.
That's that heel step.
Once more.
Right foot out.
Tap it.
You didn't think something so simple could be so much fun.
Now take it back to the beginning.
Add a little bit more.
Uh-huh.
Hop, hop, hop, smack.
Oh, see, now it's kind of exciting.
Now, once again, not only using your feet, you're using your hands.
Of course, hand clapping is country dancing.
It's been something that's been around forever.
Let's watch it again.
Stand up there and do it.
Remember, use that pause button, stop the tape, and just keep practicing over and over again.
All we're doing is just showing you how it's done.
Nothing technical about this.
Just a great way to have a good time.
And look at that.
Now here's where the tush comes in.
That's why they call it the tush push.
Once more.
I'll tell you, I love the country dance, but this is about as much fun as just watching this.
Okay, you getting that?
Well, we'll just keep doing it until you do.
There it is.
That's the heels.
Let me do the jump back and forth.
Clap.
There's the tush.
Right to the beat of the music.
Let's do that again.
I like that.
Oh, there we go.
Oh, that's going good.
Now let's take it back to the beginning so you can add a little bit more to it.
I think you folks are starting to get it now.
Oh, there you go.
Now, look at that.
Okay, did you get that?
Let's watch that again.
Okay, you got that part done.
Now we're up to that point.
Clap.
There's the tush.
Tush.
Back and forth.
Step ball change.
Back.
Remember when we learned that?
That's where the step ball change comes in.
See, you've already learned all the dance steps.
We're just putting them together.
Like I said, if you're getting tired of listening to me, just turn the volume down.
There you go.
Well, I think you're getting pretty good up to that point.
One more time, though.
Let's make sure we get all the steps down.
There's the heels.
Heel again.
Now there's a little hoppy thing right there.
Very good.
There's the clap.
Tush.
Oh, there's that step ball change step.
Okay, I think you're doing pretty good.
Now we'll take it back to the beginning and add just a touch more.
We've almost done the complete dance.
Okay, look at that.
There we go.
There's the step ball change again.
I think you got that one down.
There's a turn.
A third turn.
That is the complete dance.
Now that's the whole dance, looks real complicated, but real simple.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
Let's just keep doing this over and over again.
Take that old rewind button on your VCR and just back it up and do it over and over again.
We keep it at this slow speed so you can just kind of stay with it.
In a real short amount of time you'll be going full blast.
Okay, let's look at it again.
That's the whole dance.
And all you do is just kind of change directions.
That's all country dancing is.
Doing the same dance over and over, the same steps I should say.
But you want to face all different parts of the place you're dancing so you don't miss anything.
Makes sense to me.
Well, that's it.
Now watch it close.
Here we go.
And heel.
Heel.
One, two, three, snap.
Yeah, there's the tush again.
That's why they're called the tush bush.
Yeah, I think you got it now.
Oh, I like that.
Quarter turn, stomp, and clap.
Now this is regular speed.
Now you're going to see how the thing is done when you're up to speed.
Now doesn't that look fun?
Oh yes, we're talking a good time now.
Yeah, all over the dance floor.
Well, I'll tell you folks, if you're going to go out dancing, you might as well have a good time.
Of course, that's why country dancing was put together to make sure you do have a good time.
Yeah, life's worth living if you just know how to live it.
Oh, they're doing a nice job.
I don't know about you, but I'm going to dance along with this one.
Oh, that was good.
Wow.
Well, thanks folks for ordering country dance in USA Volume One.
Now get ready to enjoy your lion dance bonus.
That's right, two dances, the boot scooting boogie and the wild, wild west.
Now the first dance you're going to learn right here is called the boot scooting boogie.
Get yourself a pair of cowboy boots and get ready to start dancing.
This dance is a lot of fun, brand new, look at that.
Now see those little ladies doing it?
Yeah, that's Toby and Kathy out there.
Now they're going to be your instructors.
They're going to show you just exactly how to do the boot scooting boogie.
A lot of fun steps.
Looks real cute too.
Now this is a lion dance.
Now you can dance this with, you know, two, three, five hundred people.
It doesn't make any difference.
You get to go out there and show off.
Oh, usually my brother Bob's in there dancing with those girls,
but we kicked him out of the house and we don't know exactly where he's at,
but I bet he wishes he was there.
Now the boot scooting boogie.
Yeah.
Now this is quite a simple dance, but a lot of style.
Got some hand clapping in there and got some good moves.
Great way to show off that little lady of yours.
Of course you can show yourself off too.
Get out there and do that.
Okay, we're going to start with the first step, starting with the left foot.
You step out and you pivot, step again and pivot.
Now that wasn't too hard.
Okay, let's try it one more time.
I want you to kind of watch this, get an idea.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Okay, now let's stand at an angle to the television.
Stand sideways.
We're going to do it again, starting with the left foot.
Here we go.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Well, that's real simple.
That's not even hard at all.
Let's try it again.
Now here we go.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Now have mama come in here and watch this as you're doing it.
Kind of show off.
Now let's add a step.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Oh, that's like a grapevine with a stomp at the end.
Let's do it again.
Here we go.
Okay, step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Okay, this is real good.
Now do it at an angle.
Stand sideways to your TV and watch it.
Now here we go.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Make sure you stomp your foot because you want to make a lot of noise on the floor now.
I'm going to do it again.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Gee, I even got that one down cold.
Okay, we're going to add another step.
Watch close.
Here we go.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Oh, I see we're going to start with the other foot.
We're going to do it with the right foot.
Step, pivot.
Okay, let's try it again.
I'll call it out.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Now with the right foot.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Just the same thing with a different foot.
Of course, that's what dancing is all about.
Now let's try it again.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Now the right foot, there it goes.
With the pivot.
Okay, did you get that?
Okay, we're going to try it one more time for you.
Here we go.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Well, gee, that's easy enough.
Now we're going to add another step.
Here we go.
Step, pivot.
Let's start it down pretty good, it looks like.
Step, behind, don't forget the stomp, yeah.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Oh, I see you do the same exact thing back the other way
and you stomp with your left foot.
Okay, let's try it again.
Here we go.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Oh, by golly, that seems real simple.
Let's do it at an angle, stand sideways to your TV.
Here we go.
Just so you can get a better look at it.
There's that stomp.
There's the pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Now make sure you practice this over and over again.
As a matter of fact, let's do it again right now.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Well, this is the boot scooting boogie.
This is the first part of it.
Now just kind of stand straight onto the TV
so you can watch it.
See how it looks?
Behind, step, stomp.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Well, I think you've got it down pretty good, haven't you?
Want to try it one more time?
Okay, makes sense to me.
Here we go.
Step, pivot.
I'm going to let you count yourself.
Don't forget the stomp.
Oh, I shouldn't have said anything.
I think you're doing okay.
Here's that other stomp right here.
Good, I just want to make sure you didn't miss that.
Okay, now we're going to add another step.
Here we go.
Now we've got this first part down.
And there's the stomp.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Oh, look at that.
That's why they call it the boot scooting boogie.
That's called the heel knee.
Then you kind of scoot along the floor.
Let's try it again now.
Watch real close.
Now, I know you've got this part down,
or you wouldn't be to this point.
Stomp, okay.
Step, behind, step.
Now, watch the heel knee.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
I think we should do that at an angle
so you can see it a little bit better.
Now, here we go.
Stay with it now.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
See, that's why they call it the boot scooting boogie
because that makes a lot of sense.
I can see it.
Okay, we're going to do it from the back.
Now, watch close.
Here we go.
Gives you a better angle.
See it all different ways.
Yeah.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
You got it up to that point?
Fun dance.
Now, we're going to add another step.
Watch close.
Taking it from the top.
Yeah.
See, I don't need to say anything right now.
I'm sure you're pretty darn tired of hearing this stuff up front.
There's that boot scoot again.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
Oh, hip, hip.
Oh, this makes it real cute.
This is where you girls can really show off to the guys.
Now, here we go.
Let's do it again.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Step, pivot, step, pivot.
Step, behind, step, stomp.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
Watch this.
One, two, three, four.
That's like a count of four on that one,
if you're doing that type of counting.
Or you can go shift, shift, shift, shift.
Any way you want to do it.
Here's at an angle.
Now, dance along with them.
So you can kind of follow along.
Stand sideways to your TV.
Here's a heel, knee, boot, scoot.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
Here's the hips.
Two, three, four.
Notice how their feet kind of go up and kind of point their toe up in the air.
A little bit of style.
Now we're going to take it from behind.
You stand straight in front of the television set and follow along.
There you go.
Got a group of people over here to do this with you.
It makes a lot of fun.
Of course, don't drink coffee while you're doing it.
You'll spill it on the carpet.
Yeah.
Oh, I like that.
And you girls can really show that off now.
Oh, we're going to add another step here.
Okay, here we go.
Take it from the top.
Remember, repetition is the key to learning.
It's also the key to boredom, too.
But don't you worry about it.
Boot, scoot.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, clap.
Oh, I think we've got to see that one more time.
That kind of threw me just a touch.
Okay, watch close.
Here we go.
Start from the top.
Get the rhythm.
Step behind, step, stomp.
Heel.
Let's do it like that.
See that turn like that?
Step behind, step, stomp.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
Count this.
One, two, three, four.
Turn, kick, cross, clap.
That's all in the count of eight.
Let's do it from an angle.
And stay with them.
Here you go.
Oh, I just like watching this.
Oh, yes.
Scoot.
Heel, knee, boot, scoot.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, clap.
See how that was done?
Now, this is like on most line dances.
You go to quarter turn, quarter turn, quarter turn.
Now, stay with the girls.
Let's do a little review here to the music.
Yeah, just kind of dance along.
Boot, scoot, and that.
Isn't that cute?
Now, see, there's a quarter turn.
Now, they go and they'll do it again.
Just at a different angle.
Which is like most line dances.
Oh, I think it's cute because they stomp their foot
and they clap their hands and they show off.
Well, that's what line dance is all about.
Just fun country.
Boot, scoot, and boogie.
Okay, now you ready?
We're going to speed it up a little bit.
Stay with the girls.
Just use this music over and over to practice with.
Now, you can add your own style to this too.
You can get a little bit fancier.
Oh, I like this.
This is just about as much fun to watch as to dance.
Yeah, that's Toby and Kathy dancing out there.
Toby is working on her degree to be a brain surgeon.
Toby's the blonde.
The boot, scoot, and boogie.
Yeah, remember, just take your time and practice.
Then go out and show off to everybody.
Oh, boy, I want to learn how to do that dance.
Okay, now here's another one you can really enjoy.
It's called the Wild Wild West.
Yeah, it's a fun dance.
A little different style, but it's still a line dance.
Kind of like the cha-cha steps in this one.
Of course, there's a stomp too, so.
They sometimes look difficult, but they're not.
They're just a lot of fun.
Remember, the more line dances you dance,
the more you can dance out in the clubs.
A line dance for almost every song out there.
Keeps you from getting bored.
What's nice about these dances, you don't have to have a partner.
If you do the dance right, you'll end up with a partner.
Okay, let's start out with the first step.
Starting with the left foot.
Get that? Step together, back step.
Or we'll do it, you know, one, two, three, back step.
Let's try it again. Here we go.
One, two, three, back step.
That's not very hard at all.
We're going to do it a little slower now.
Step together, back step.
Or step two, three, back step.
Or one, two, three, back step.
Here's an angle. Follow along.
Back step.
This is the basic step in this, really.
Now we're going to add a step. Here we go.
Step together, back step.
Same exact step, going in the opposite direction.
Okay, now stand at an angle so you can follow along.
Step together, back step.
Real simple.
Take your time, just practice. Here we go.
Back step, step together, back step.
Do that over and over again until you get it down.
Okay, now we're going to add another step to it. Here we go.
Left foot, back step.
Step together, back step.
Forward, turn, back step.
Same exact step, you go forward, then you do it like a little turn there.
We're going to do that slower because I'm not throwing you a little bit.
Step together, back step.
Forward, turn, back step.
You just need to practice that over and over again.
Use that rewind button.
Stand at an angle so you can see what's going on here.
Here we go.
Step together, back step.
Forward, together, back step.
See how you turn it around like that?
Let's try it again.
Step together, back step.
Forward, together, back step.
There's a little turn there.
Real simply, you kind of turn on that together.
Okay, here we're going to add another step.
Just watch this.
We got that part down.
And we go forward, then we turn, back step.
And we go back again, back step.
Just repeat what we're doing in the opposite direction.
Okay, change angles so you can watch and follow along.
Step together, back step.
Forward, turn, back step.
Oh my gosh, I think I've got that one.
Let's do it one more time so I can just get the true feeling of it.
Together, back step.
Step together, back step.
Forward, turn, back step.
Back.
I figured that one out.
Same exact step going in all four different directions.
Okay, now we're going to add another step to it.
Kind of watch it so you get an idea.
Step together, back step.
Forward, turn, back step.
Forward.
Oh, little cha-cha steps forward.
Two cha-cha steps forward.
Everything we're doing is a cha-cha, really.
Here we go slower now.
Now we've got this part down.
Now we go forward, back, turn, all that stuff.
Back again.
Now watch the cha-cha step.
One, two, three.
Okay.
Now I think we've got that one down.
One more time so you can figure it out.
Here we go.
Step, step together, back step.
Forward, turn, back step.
Cha-cha.
Lot of fun.
Now let's turn this around just kind of, you know,
face the television so I can get a different angle out of it.
Here we go, starting with the left foot.
There we go.
Let me go over the turn.
See how that looks?
Have you got it to that point?
If you don't, just use that rewind button
and go back and forth.
Now we're going to add another step to it.
Here we go.
Step together, back step.
Forward, and that's that turn.
Go back again.
Now here's our cha-cha steps.
Aha!
Step behind, and we do a half turn with a stomp.
Sounds complicated.
Not really.
So you can see it.
We got this part down, I know that.
There's the back.
We go back in, and we do the cha-cha steps forward.
Here we go, cha-cha forward.
Now watch, step, behind,
half turn with a stomp.
Turn that foot around, then you stomp.
Okay, you want to see it again?
I do.
I wish mama was here so you could watch this with me.
Back step, step behind,
cha-cha forward.
Now watch, kind of a grapevine.
There's that half turn with the stomp.
Face in the other direction again.
Okay, let's do it from the back.
Watch close.
Here we go.
Left foot.
Step behind, step,
one, two, stomp.
Yeah, I got this.
I like to write it down on a piece of paper so I can take it with me wherever I go.
See that half turn?
This dance goes front and back.
It doesn't go from corner to corner.
Now here's a review with music.
Kind of a funky sound, isn't it?
Stomp.
Now you start all over again.
See that?
Face in the opposite direction.
Now watch.
Step behind, there's that.
See, now back to the regular position again.
Real simple dance.
A lot of fun when you've got about 50 or 100 people on the floor doing it.
Okay.
I think you got it.
Now dance along with the girls.
Practice it over and over again.
Wild, wild west.
See how they just start all over again?
This is a real popular line dance,
ladies and gentlemen.
But what's fun about a line dance,
you can do it all by yourself with two or three or four people.
It makes no never mind.
Remember, if you're line dancing
and other people are doing two steps or stuff like that,
you go to the middle of the floor and you do it.
Then you can do anything you want.
Those two-steppers know it'll kind of leave you alone
until they learn how to do it.
Then they'll get out there and join right in with you.
That's Miss Kathy and Miss Debbie out there doing that for you.
Besides being good dancers,
these are real nice ladies.
You might see them out dancing some place.
Of course, girls as cute as that
aren't usually dancing alone, I guarantee you.
This is the Wild Wild West.
One of many fun line dances come to Dancing USA producers
for you folks at home.
Well, thanks folks for picking up this tape.
And remember, America loves country
because country loves America.
God bless you.
This is Dusty saying bye-bye.
Hope to talk to you soon.
Oh, I love that country.