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Thursday and Saturday nights.
Morrison said free lessons are of
fered from 8 to 9 p.m. on Thursday
and Friday nights with the purchase
of a beverage or food.
“For college students, it’s just fun
to get out and dance with your
friends in a pattern,” she said.
Rhonda Fielder of Junction City
said she enjoys dancing three nights
a week because it’s more than just
fun — it can be a workout. She said
the group of regulars who meet at 7
p.m. on Mondays are a mix of differ
ent ages, from 21 to 66.
Newcomer Garth Fairburn said
.he gave the “Tush Push” a try be
cause it’s good for his heart.
“I’m busy watching people to try
to follow the steps,” he said as he
caught his breath. “I know the steps,
but I have to tell my feet to move. ”
Morrison added that line dancing
is done to more music styles that just
country, including rock and disco.
Cythnia Cramer of Springfield
said her 27-year-old daughter,
Chrystee Cramer, met her husband,
Robert Houser, on the dance floor at
Rock ’N’ Rodeo, where they were
engaged and married last June.
Even though the line dancing
group is mostly female, Fielder said
men shouldn’t think they are “too
macho to line dance.”
^ Steve Woodruff of Eugene said he
has been coming three nights a week
for the past eight years because the
new dances the group learns every
week are challenging. Plus, he added
with agrin, there are usually only “two
guys and 20 women, so why not?”
The sessions are open to the
public, and the cover is $3, Morri
son said.
She said she became hooked on
folk dancing while she attended
Oregon State University, and that
line dancing may have origins in the
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with some information, there’s
nothing further,” she said.
Despite the afternoon ruckus,
people in other parts of campus re
mained unaware of the bomb situ
folk dances of foreign countries.
“I took a class and liked the music
and the rhythm,” she said. “The
music really appeals to me, but I
never liked country (music) until I
started line dancing.”
Morrison said she enjoys choreo
graphing and teaching even basic
steps such as shuffles, pivot turns
and the grapevine. On Monday,
Morrison reviewed a dance with the
group that they had just learned
called “Temptation.”
Saturday nights, for a $4 cover
charge that includes a $2 drink
coupon, line dancing takes place
from 8 to 10 p.m. with an open
dance after 10 p.m. And once a
month, including this Saturday,
Morrison said Rock ’N’ Rodeo offers
an all-night line dancing marathon,
where even beginners can take a stab
at learning the intricate footwork.
“Stick with it,” Morrison said.
“Don’t be afraid to get out there and
make a fool of yourself — and wear
shoes that can slide. ”
Beginners usually start with
dances such as the 18-step “Electric
Slide,” which can be danced at a va
riety of speeds. By the intermediate
stage, Morrison said arm move
ments and extra steps are added to
make the dances more complex.
Veteran line dancer Cindi Farmer
of Pleasant Hill said she gets bored
with the easy songs on regular
nights at Rock ’N’ Rodeo, located at
44 E. 7th Ave., so she enrolled in a
local workshop to learn more com
plicated dances such as the 180-step
dance to “Main Event.”
“I’ve forgotten more dances than
I’ve learned,” Farmer said. “We are
learning new ones all the time.”
Farmer said one of the best parts
about dancing with the group is that
there’s no audience.
“There are no guys hanging on
the bar,” she said.
E-mail features reporter Lisa Toth
at lisatoth@dailyemerald.conr.
ation. Behind Carson Hall, a group
of high school students and their
parents were taking a campus tour
along the same path that EPD had
detoured University students trying
to get through campus.
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at jeremylang@dailyemerald.com.
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