Dance craze - The Hokey Pokey!

You put your left leg in
You put your left leg out
You put your left leg in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about...!

Ok. I admit it. I've done my fair share of Hokey Pokies -- mostly at weddings when in an advanced state of inebriation (makes for more of a challenge that way!). It usually comes right after the Birdie Dance and right before the Bunny Hop -- although sometimes it can be hard to tell them apart because EVERYone's so inebriated! ;-)

Apparently there's some dispute over who started the Hokey Pokey craze (or Hokey Cokey if you're British -- or Hokey Tokey if you're a Kiwi!) -- probably because no one wants to take the blame for this particular craze.

Still, when all is said and done, I do have a special fondness in my heart for the Hokey Pokey -- it was probably one of the first "real" dances I learned. So, I was glad to find that when I googled "Hokey Pokey" that there are 2,750 Hokey Pokey videos out there! This dance craze is still alive and well!

Here's a fairly standard Hokey Pokey -- with a slight twist:

And here's a FUNKy Hokey Pokey!:

The Hokey Pokey on roller skates!:

The Hokey Pokey craze reaches China:

And, the cutest Hokey Pokey you've ever seen!:

From ICHC:

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