Chicken Dancing With Sweet

Its "Chicken Dance" time! Just thought I would share a little history and provide instructions on how to do the 'chicken dance' properly. I think Geno and I did the 'chicken dance' once or twice, maybe three times.

Happy October!
Sweet
xoxoxoxo


The Heilbronn Band introduced the 'Chicken Dance' in the United States in 1981 from Germany during that year's Tulsa Oktoberfest. For those of you who have many years of Oktoberfest "under the belt", the 1981 Festival has carried the nickname of "Mudfest" for reasons that the uninitiated can only imagine!

It must be mentioned, at this point, that the song was not named the Chicken Dance, but der ententanz, which translated, means the Duck Dance. Yes Oh Oktoberfest faithful, there was a reason why the song's name was changed in its city of introduction. It seems that, at the time, there was not a duck costume to be found anywhere in Tulsa, however, a chicken costume was available at one of the local television stations. The station graciously donated the costume for use at the festival and the rest is history!

The tune, at that time, was all the rage in Germany and of course the band from Germany would play it for the crowds in Tulsa to enjoy and the chicken would perform and all was well at Tulsa Oktoberfest.

Others, in the United States, may claim the Chicken Dance for their own, however,
the Chicken Dance has truly been Tulsa Oktoberfest for the past twenty plus years and will continue to be so for many years to come.

Chicken Dance Lesson

*Anyone who's not chicken, stand in a circle facing each other.
*When the music starts, hold your hands out in front of you and open and close them like a chicken beak four times.
*Put your thumbs in your armpits and flap your wings four times.
*Place your arms and hands like the tail feathers of a chicken and wiggle down to the floor four times.
*Clap four times.
*Repeat steps 1-5 four times.
*After the fourth time take the hands of the people on either side of you and everyone move in a circle.
*When you get dizzy, switch directions.
*Repeat until the end of the music or until you fall on the floor.