For those of you in the Southeast (or within a day’s drive, for that matter) the 2012 Carolina Indian Seminars, “CIS”, will be the weekend of January 20-22, in Statesville, NC. If you’ve been before you know it’s a great time to learn more and dance plenty. If you’ve never been, this is the year to join us! There’s bound to be a full day of Chicken Dance classes, covering clothes and dance moves – with lots of photos,videos, music and useful information. You’ll also get to hang with your fellow Chicken Dancers and checkout the competition – which is good to know before you compete with them at your Section Conclave and the 2012 NOAC.
Since I’m interested in seeing all of you make serious efforts to improve your dance moves and dance clothes I will be bringing to CIS some keen prizes which will be awarded for two areas of improvement: Dance MOVES Most Improved and Dance CLOTHES Most Improved. To clarify, these prizes will NOT be for “Best Dressed” or “Best Dancer” – they will be for the guys who’ve put the most effort into their Chicken Dancing endeavor – the guys who are MOST IMPROVED! The opportunity to win is open to ALL Chicken Dancers at CIS; age does not matter – because we all have lots of room for improvement!
And if you’re making the switch from some other dance style to Chicken Dance – that’s a HUGE improvement! Turn those dated Old Time clothes or tired Northern Traditional clothes into something really worth wearing! (Okay, so I’m a bit prejudiced.)
I’m working on my dance clothes and moves; I encourage you to do the same. Every one of us can bump up our dance moves and our dance clothes a notch or two – it just takes some time and effort. And if you need help or information – ASK for it! We’re all here to help.
There's lots of great info on our Blog and there's always more being posted. Stayed tuned! And please share this note and our Blog with all of your fellow Chicken Dancers.
Tim Caster
