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The Florida Stroll Dance Steps

If you can do the Texas Two-Step or the Virginia Reel, you can do the Florida Stroll. It's a form dance for couples that incorporates such common steps as vine left, vine right, jazz box, balancing turns, and double pivot.



One popular version of the Florida Stroll was choreographed by Jim and Dawn Arkerson, especially for dancing to "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers. Another website suggests that a good tempo would be set by Ronnie Milsap's "Button Off My Shirt."



Some older Floridians remember doing this dance for exercise in school gym classes, so it's been around a good many years.

Things You'll Need

  • Music player
  • Selection of music
  • Dance partner
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Instructions

    • 1

      Step sideways to the right with your right foot, your left foot crossing behind. This is the basic vine step. Sometimes it's called the Grapevine in clogging. You can do it either direction.

      Step sideways with your left foot for the left vine, your right foot crossing behind. You can "vine" your way all across or around the room.

    • 2

      Put your right foot forward. Cross your left foot in front of your right, then step back with your right foot, your left foot following. This is the classic jazz box step.

    • 3

      Turn with your partner, balancing by touching your left toe behind your right foot, then your right toe behind your left foot. Take four balancing turns.

    • 4

      Step forward into a right pivot, raised arms over the man's head, then back, then left into a double pivot, raised arms over the woman's head.

    • 5

      Hold right hands and end with another jazz box: right foot forward, left foot across, right foot back, left foot returns.

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