A visual to help teach The Broom Dance

1. The Broom Dance Watermelon Time Intrade Rattlenake Song Sasha Jerusalem Ridge Tootsie Roll Flip, Flop, Fly

2. The Broom Dance Line up 3 chairs. Make two lines of students, facing the chairs, with an aisle in the middle. 3 students sit in the 3 chairs. The person in the center chair holds a flower (or other item-can be a valentine for Valentine day, a stuffed Santa at Xmas time, etc.) As the music plays (should be lively & danceable) the center person HANDS the item (lets say a flower) to one of the students seated beside her. That student keeps the flower and the center person dances down the aisle with the other person. (I show them how to hold hands and sashay) The one who is left holding the flower immediately moves to the center seat. The next two people in line step forward and take the seats on either side of the center. The center person hands the flower to one of them, and dances down with the other. The fun part is, sometimes there will be a boy in the center of two girls and he will have to decide who to give the flower to and who to dance with. Sometimes its a girl with two boys to choose from. The kids just love this because its sort of random and they never know who is going to be next to them . Some of them get confused and give the flower to their friend, thinking that will be their partner, but then have to dance with the other person! Kids laugh and have so much fun with this. Keep the music lively. They will beg to do it all period!