Why did the chicken cross the road? To do the Chicken Dance!
You've heard of the chicken dance, haven't you? If not, stay tuned because we're going to tell you what it is and teach you how to do the chicken dance. If you do know the chicken dance and look forward to dancing it at every wedding, baseball game, Oktoberfest or other big party or gathering you go to, you stick around, too. There might be something new about chickens that you can learn. Either way, we hope you'll browse through our lens and have a good time while you're here.
Bwack! (That's chicken talk for "Have fun!")
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How to Do the Chicken Dance
Remember these four things: Beak - Wings - Tail Feathers - Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap
Using the fingers of both hands, make the chicken beaks.
Flap your chicken wings.
Shake your tail feathers.
Clap, clap, clap, clap.
Watch these guys do it. Dance along with them. Have fun!
Download the music for The Chicken Dance and Start Dancing Immediately!
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The Chicken Dance - Everyone's Doing It!
More people having fun doing the Chicken Dance.
(Many thanks to lensmaster JaguarJulie for the great dancing chicken graphic!)
A Little Chicken Dance History and More Detailed Chicken Dance Instructions
For the morbidly curious among us.
Here's a little history and more about the chicken dance from this Wikipedia article.- The "Chicken Dance" is an oom-pah song composed by Swiss accordion (Handharmonika) player Werner Thomas from Davos, Switzerland in the 1950s and the corresponding fad dance.
- At the Cincinnati Oktoberfest on September 20, 2004, rock musician Vince Neil served as the Grand Marshall of the World's Largest Chicken Dance.
- Parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic played the accordion at the world's largest Chicken Dance in history. He later used the Chicken Dance to begin his 2006 polka medley, "Polkarama!" from his album Straight Outta Lynwood
, and uses the song as the concert opener on the tour promoting Lynwood.
- The "Chicken Dance" song is accompanied by a dance requiring a group of people, and it goes as follows:
* At the start of the music, shape a chicken beak with your hands. Open and close it four times, during the first four beats of the music.
* Make chicken wings with your arms. Flap your wings four times, during the next four beats of the music.
* Make a chicken's tail feathers with your arms and hands. Wiggle downwards during the next four beats of the music.
* Clap four times during the next four beats of the music.
* Repeat this process four times.
* At the bridge, hold your arms straight, in imitation of an aeroplane. All dancers spin around the room in "flight" until the bridge ends.
* (Alternately: At the bridge, link arms with the nearest person, turn right eight steps, switch arms and turn left eight steps, then repeat until the bridge ends)
* The dance repeats, progressively getting faster and faster, until the music stops.
Chicken Suits for When You Want to Dress the Part
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While We're in the Barnyard . .
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As Promised, More Stuff About Chickens
They're not just for dancing!
Chickens are for Keeping You On Schedule
Get me to the chicken dance on time!
Just Us Chickens 2010 Calendar
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A new chicken picture for every month of 2010. Now, that'll keep you dancing to all of your appointments on time!
Chickens are for Flying!
Get your chicken slingshot here! Wow, what a great gift!
Slingshot Flying Chicken With Cockadoodle Scream Sound
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They work like a slingshot and scream while flying. They are approximately 11" long and fly well over 50 feet. The harder you pull back, the further they will fly.
Slingshot Chicken flies with a cockadoodle scream Sound! The Slingshot Flying Chicken is nothing short of outrageous! The Chicken can be shot long distances using his elastic head. Put one or two fingers in the head pocket, pull back and let go.
The soft, furry Chicken is funny with its big head. As an added bonus, every time you shoot him, he lets out three loud Chicken calls. We don't know why he does this, he just does. If your office needs some seriously funny props, you'll love the Slingshot Flying Chicken.
Chickens are for Crossing the Road!
The best chicken joke books.
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? by Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson
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Chickens are Good for the Soul
Chicken Soup for the Soul books for everyone and every occasion.
Una 2a ración de Sopa de Pollo para el Alma del Adolescente: Más relatos sobre la vida el amor y el aprendizaje (Chicken Soup for the Soul) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger
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Chickens are Good for the Body, too.
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Sep 9, 2009 @ 10:30 am
- Lensrolled to The Best-Ever Chicken Pot Pie Recipe and blessed!
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Sep 2, 2009 @ 6:11 am
- I'm a musician and yet - never heard of the chicken dance until this minute, and never heard the song, which is indeed now stuck in my head, thanks a million. Only kidding. Very cute lens.
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- WhiteOak50 WhiteOak50 Aug 12, 2009 @ 8:44 am
- What a fun lens! (Laughs) have you ever noticed the second someone mentions the Chicken Dance, that song starts buzzing around in your head? Oh, my goodness....
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- Intuitive Intuitive Aug 11, 2009 @ 11:15 am
- This is a really fun lens, just like the chicken dance itself! It's been featured on this weeks "Chicken Soup for the Soul" Lensfest at Squidoo Club. 5*
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- SusanVillasLewis SusanVillasLewis May 8, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
- Congrats on winning the May 4th topic category over at the Carnival of Squid. Great job, Susan!!
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- Barkely Barkely May 4, 2009 @ 9:34 am
- We love the chicken dance! What a fun idea for a lens! Good luck in the contest:-)
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Nov 15, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
- Thanks for your comment on my blog. I have never heard of the chicken dance.
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Nov 8, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
- Wish I could star this one again. Too funny!
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