How does one dance the "cotton eyed joe"?

Question

hi! i love line dancing, and i've been searching for a specific style of the "cotton eyed joe." i've done hours of research and tutorials, but i haven't found the one i'm looking for. does anyone out there know the version that includes turns, claps, and crossing kick steps? i would appreciate all the help i can get. thanks!

Answer 1

like a hick would be my guess

Answer 2

go to u tube and search evolution of dance it's a little ways into the video but he does the cotton eye joe some of it's from the real dance and then part of it's custom.  I know how to do it the original way but i don't know how to put it in words sorry

Answer 3

IDK I have never done the cotton eye joe before so I  wouldn't have the slightest clue.

Answer 4

Begin with "wiping the windows" with your right hands, then your left (not simultaneously). Bend your knees and use both hands to slap your right knee while bobbing up and down/jumping slightly. Repeat on the left knee. Then swat the area above your crotch with your right hand like there's a fly there. After that, criss-cross your legs twice facing forward, then jump while criss-crossing twice more to your left. Clap twice and begin the prcess again.

I'm pretty sure that's how it goes, but there may be an order variation is different regions. Good luck =]

Answer 5

This is the way I've always done it:

tap your foot (on the ground) in front twice

tap your foot in back twice

put your foot to the side, then come up and touch it with your left hand in front

put your foot to the side and touch it with your left hand behind your back

(all that is done with your right foot)

step to the side with your right foot (towards the right)

step behind with your left foot

step to the side again with your right foot

clap

step to your left by putting your right foot behind (towards the left)

step to the left with your left foot

then bring your right foot around as if you were stepping, but turn to your left

clap

then just do that all over again

hope that helps! :)

Answer 6

hope this helps a little.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwajvDYd728