Dance Page Toppers

Dance Quotes

• All life's problems are solved by dancing.
• Any day that I don't dance I consider wasted.
• Anyone who thinks only sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
• Dance smooths the rough edges of life.
• Dance till the stars come down from the rafters. Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop. (W.H. Auden)
• Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. (Christopher Morley)
• Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! (Constanze)
• Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. (Havelock Ellis)
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• Dancing is the poetry of the foot. (John Dryden)
li>Each of us has been given the precious freedom to dance to the music of our dreams. (Flavia)
• He that lives in hope danceth without music. (George Herbert)
• Hug a musician...they never get to dance. (Dick Nirhoff)
• If you get confused just jump around and wave your arms
• If you're going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!
• It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. (Amanda McBroom)
• Kids dance before they learn that everything isn't music
• Learning to walk set you free. Learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express your whole self, the person you are. (Melissa Hayden)
• Let love be the sweet elixir that awakens your spirit and moves your soul to dance.
• Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. (Voltaire)
• Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time, like dew on the tip of a leaf.
• Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!
• Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.
• Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together. (Anais Nin)
• Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
• There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. (Vicki Baum)
• There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. (Edwin Denby)
• We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
• We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
• When you take dancing lessons, you learn steps and you learn steps and you learn steps. It can go on for a long time. And then one day, you just learn to dance, and it is so different. (Bill Austin)
• Who can tell the dancer from the dance? (William Butler Yeats)
• Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching. (Satchel Paige)
• You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.

Official State Dances

Square Dancing is the official dance or folk dance of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, MS, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA and WV.
Other official state dances include: HI - Hula and WI - Polka.
A few states have a state dance in addition to having Square Dance as their folk dance. This includes: CA - West Coast Swing; SC - Carolina Shag; TX - Texas Two-Step.

Square Dancing is the official National Dance. I have heard that Square Dance enthusiasts are trying to get Square Dancing recognized as the official dance or folk dance in all 50 states.

Dance ABC's

(Compiled by Denny - see note at end of list)

A - Achy Breaky, Aerobic Dancing, Alamo Shuffle, Applejack, Arizona Strut, Arkansas Traveler, Atlanta Reel, Austin Cha Cha
B - Ballet, Ballroom Dancing, Barefootin', Barn Dance, B-Bop Swing, Belly Dancing, Big Apple, Black Bottom, Bolero, Boogie Woogie, Boot Scootin' Boogie, Bop, Bossa Nova, Breakdancing, Bump, Bunny Hop
C - Cajun Two Step, Cakewalk, California Two Step, Calypso, Can-can, Carolina Shag, Cha cha, Charleston, Charleston Strut, Chicken Dance, Circle Dance, Clogging, Conga Line, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Country Two Step, Cowboy Hustle, Country Jazz
D - Dakota Shuffle, Daytona Slide, Denver Waltz, Dixie Belle Stomp, Double Barrel Shotgun, Down and Out, Dune Buggy Boogie
E - East Coast Swing, Egyptian, Electric Horseman, Electric Slide, English Tango, Eternity Waltz
F - Fandango, Farmer's Quadrille, First Chance Waltz, Flemenco, Florida Barefootin', Folk Dance, Foxtrot, Freeze, Frug, Funky Twist
G - Galop, Gatlin Boogie, Gavotte, Georgia Stomp, Go-Go, Good Timin', Grand Duchess Hustle, Grand Slam, Grundy Gallop
H - Hand Jive, Hanky Panky, Hesitation Waltz, Hip Hop, Hillbilly Rock, Hitch Hike, Hokey Pokey, Honky Tonk, Hootchy-Kootchy, Hora, Houston Slide, Hucklebuck, Hula, Hully Gully, Hustle
I - In Cahoot Scoot, In Line Waltz, Indian Summer Shuffle, Indigo Shuffle, Inspiration Cha Cha, Irish Jig
J - Jazz, Jazz Jive, Jellyroll Jive, Jig, Jitterbug, Jitterbug Stroll, Jive, Jukebox Jive, Jump Start
K - Kansas Kicker, Kansas City Stomp, Kentucky Shuffle, Kick Start, Kickin' Up Dust, Kokomo Stomp
L - Lambada, Latin Hustle, Las Vegas Strut, Last Call, Liberty Hip Hop, Limbo, Limbo Rock, Lindy Hop, Line Dance, Line Dance Boogie, Little Rock Waltz, Locomotion, Lonestar Shuffle
M - Macarena, Madison, Mambo, Mashed Potato, Maypole Dance, Mexican Hat Dance, Minuet, Minute Waltz, Modern Jive, Monkey, Monster Mash, Montana Stomp, Monterey Shuffle, Moonwalk, Moshing
N - Nantucket Sleigh Ride, Nashville Kick, New Orleans Bump, New York Hustle, Newport Tango, Night Shift Boogie
O - Oak Leaf Shuffle, Oklahoma Shag, Oklahoma Shuffle, One Step, One Step Forward, Opry Strut, Outlaw Polka, Outlaw Waltz
P - Peace Train, Polka, Pony, Pony Express, Prairie Strut, Psychabilly Boogie, Punxsutawney Promenade, Push, Pussy Footin'
Q - Quadrille, Quick 'n' Slow, Quicksand, Quicksilver Reel, Quickstep, Quittin' Time, Quo Shuffle
R - Rag Time, Red Hot Salsa, Reel, Reggae, Reggae Cowboy, Rhumba, Rock and Roll, Rodeo Rock, Round Dance, Rumba, Runaway Train
S - Salsa, Samba, Schottische, Second Avenue Stroll, Shag, Shake, Shake a Tail Feather, Shimmy, Shuffle, Sidekick, Sidesteppin' Boogie, Square Dance, State Line Waltz, Stepping Out, Striptease, Stroll, Strut, SuzieQ, Swim, Swing
T - Tap Dance, Tennessee Line, Tennessee Twister, Tequila Cha Cha, Texas Barefootin', Texas County Line, Texas Two Step, Texas Stomp, Toe/Heel Boogie, Tulsa Shuffle, Tumbleweed, Tush Push, Twist, Two Step
U - Uh Oh, Under Wraps, Unwound, Up Close and Personal, Uptown Rock
V - Valentine Waltz, Vancouver Boogie, Vegas Slide, Viennese Waltz, Virginia Reel
W - Walk Away Waltz, Waltz, Waltz Across Texas, Watermelon Crawl, Watusi, West Coast Swing, Western Barn Dance, Western Promenade, Western Square Dance, Western Swing, Whip, Whiplash, Wooly Bully
X - Xanadu, X-Citation, Xerxes Reel, XLR8, X-Roads
Y - Ya'll Come Two-Step, Yankee Turnabout, Yellow Rose Waltz
Z - igZag ChaCha, Zombie, Zuma Zoom, Zydeco Lady, Zydeco Stars, ZZ Swing

(Note: I am collecting names of COMMONLY known dances in the USA since about 1950. I didn't have anything for some of the letters so I used lesser-known country line-dances. If any one has suggestions for adding to this list - other than more line-dances - please let me know.
If you are interested in line-dancing Country Time Dance Lines has a list of almost 5,000!

Slow Dance

from Could I Have This Dance

(Anne Murray)

I'll always remember the song they were playing
The first time we danced and I knew
As we swayed to the music and held to each other
I fell in love with you

Could I have this dance for the rest of my life
Could you be my partner every night
When we're together it feels so right
Could I have this dance for the rest of my life

I'll always remember that magic moment
When I held you close to me
As we moved together I knew forever
You're all I'll ever need

from I Hope You Dance

(Lee Ann Womack - featuring Sons of the Desert; written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers. © Choice Is Tragic Music/Soda Creek Songs/Ensign Music/MCA Music Publishing.)

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give fate a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance

from I'd a Had to Miss the Dance

(Garth Brooks - written by Tony Arata)

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have chanced it all

Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

I Just Want to Dance With You

(George Strait)

I don't want to be the kind to hesitate
Be too shy, wait too late
I don't care what they say other lovers do
I just want to dance with you

I got a feeling that you have a heart like mine
So let it show, let it shine
If we have a chance to make one heart of two
Then I just want to dance with you

chorus:
I want to dance with you
Twirl you all around the floor
That's what they intended dancing for
I just want to dance with you
I want to dance with you
Hold you in my arms once more
That's what they invented dancing for
I just want to dance with you

I caught you lookin' at me
When I looked at you
Yes I did, ain't that true
You won't get embarrassed by the things I do
I just want to dance with you

Oh the boys are playing softly
And the girls are too
So am I and so are you
If this was a movie we'd be right on cue
I just want to dance with you
(repeat chorus)

from Let the Little Girl Dance

(Billy Bland - words and music by Henry Glover and Carl Spencer)

Parties and Proms

Party Page Toppers

Country Party Page

Put some balloon stickers in the top left corner and draw strings on them. Beside the balloons print the words "party til..."
Starting in the lower right corner print the words "...the cows come home". The words should extend about 2/3 of the way across the page.
Where the words end put a cow die-cut or stickers. Put more balloons above the cow and draw strings so it looks like they are tied to the cow's tail.

Prom

I've done 5 pages (3 different proms)...used bright colors on black pages...with 2 used Gold or Silver letters (one prom was " Romance in the Tropics", used leftover stickers and palm tree die-cuts from Tropical Pack...LOOKS GREAT!, and with the 3rd, used multi-colored ABC stickers, like shown in March Scraps (Father/Daughter Dance).

Prom photos and memorabilia

Tuxedo Pocket Page

1) Lay a black page on top of a white page.
2) Cut the black page down the center from the top about 5"
3) Fold each side of the black page down to make the lapel
4) Use your photo tape to tape the sides and bottom of the black page to seal the pocket.
5) Use 3 or 4 button stickers (small black and white ones) down the front of the jacket.
6) Use PMP to make a black square "pocket" and free-hand triangle of PMP-your color choice- for the hanky in the pocket!