Cajun Jitterbug
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Cajun Jitterbug, or Cajun Two Step, is a style of Cajun dancing with two variations. The main one is a classic two-step form of a six-count East Coast Swing, which is differentiated from the one-step Cajun Jig. The other is consider a cowboy-style of Jitterbug or swing dance, also referred to as the Lake Charles Slide, the Cowboy Jitterbug and the Whiskey River Jitterbug.
All Cajun dance moves are initiated from one of two basic positions: the open-handed position and the cross-handed position. In the open-handed position, the partners face each other and join right hand to left (and left to right) slightly below waist level. Cross-handed position is identical, except the hands are crossed (right hands joined on top, left hands below).
Traditional Cajun Jitterbug features a “hobble step” alternating feet like you are stepping on and off a curb, and lots of underarm turns popular with country and western dance.
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