Starlighters Winter Casual January 21st 2017

Did You Know? - Two Step dance positions include:

• Sweetheart: side by side, the lead's right hand on the follower's right shoulder, and the left hands together near the left shoulder.
  
• Shadow: side by side, the follower's right hand on the back of their right hip, Lead's right hand placed in the Follower's, Lead's left hand at approximately hip level on the left side, Follower reaches their left hand across to place in the Lead's.
  
• Wrap (cuddle): side by side, follow's left arm crossing their body and holding lead's right hand. Follower's right arm crosses over their left and Lead places their left in it.
  
• Skater: side by side
  
• Promenade: both facing line of dance
  
• Reverse Promenade: both backing line of dance

Did You Know? - Formerly, lederhosen were worn for hard physical work; they were more durable than a fabric garment. Today, they are mostly worn as leisurewear. Today, lederhosen and dirndl attire is common at Oktoberfest events around the world.

Lederhosen were once widespread among men of the Alpine and surrounding regions, including Bavaria, Austria, the Allgäu, Switzerland, and the autonomous Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (formerly part of Austria until after World War I). But they were not usually worn in southwestern Germany or Switzerland.

Did You Know? - The song had been recorded before – by the likes of Dallas Frazier, who penned it in the '60s (Elvira supposedly came from a street named Elvira Avenue outside Nashville), Rodney Crowell, and Kenny Rogers & The First Edition. But it was the Oak Ridge Boys who made it famous.