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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
OCTOBER: ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
Sunday, October 11, 2026
HOWDI, COWBOY! PLEASE YODEL ME A SONG!
Hallo, Cowboy! Bitte Jodl mir ein Lied...
π¦¬RIDE-OR-DIE FOREVERπ±
✈️π¬ RIDE-OR-DIE FOREVERπ¦¬π±
Friday, October 9, 2026
LEIF ERIKSON DAY: 2026 OCT 9TH
The lyrics are in Scandihoovian², a dialect used in some scandinsvian emigrant families. There is no dance choreographied on this song.
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Here's amodern song and dance related to Scandinavian immigrants:
VALHALLA BELIEVER
π’π’π: Russell Breslauer
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⭐️Notes⭐️
¹ Approximately between 3% and 4% of the total population have Scandinavian ascendant. Among them, Marylin Monroe, by recognition — her declared father's name was Mortensen — although post mortem DNA tests did not prove he was the natural father.
North Dakota is the state with the most important Scandinavian families, followed by Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
² Lyrics:
THE SWEDE FROM NORTH DAKOTA
I bane a Swede from Nort' Dakota
Work on a farmstead 'bout two yare
Tank I go to Minnesota
Go to Mi nneapolis to see great fair.
Walkin' 'round the stetreet in Saint Paul
Ain't seen no feller anywhere
So I yump on streetcar to Minneapolis
Bet your life lots Swede men there.
I buy me a suit, I buy me a bottle
Dress me up way out of sight,
Yunp on the tail of a Yim Hill wagon
Yesus Christ! I feel for fight!
I go down to Seven Corners,
Where Salvation Army play,
One dem vomans come to me
This is what dat voman say:
She say, "Will you work for Yesus?"
I say, "How much Yesus pay?"
She say, "Yesus don't pay nothing"
I say, "I won't work today."
So I go back to North Dakota
Get a yob on farm somewhere,
And I say to all Swede fellers
Dey can go to hell with de big State Fair.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
π¦¬BUFFALO GRASS ON THE AIRπ
BUFFALO GRASS ON THE AIR
π✍️&ππ¬: Jack HW LeQueux
πΌπ΅: Gemini on my prompt
π£π: AI-Cover
I intended to write a Blue Grass song celebrating my friendship with Bob... so I tried to remember what we're the warmest moments we spent together... Here's my lyrics:
A glass of Zubrowska in hand
That I drank in one gulp and...
Bob telling me his past life in
Planes, shooting, shootin' N shootin'...
I dreamed that 'twas on a map...
While Lynette's having a good nap...
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
SOUVENIRS OF LIFE ON THE RIVER
Swimming in the Bayou
ππ¬: My story board is in prose
Deep in my heart are the hot and wet summer afternoon, swimming in the bayou with other kids of my age... their moms were on their guard for alligators... but mine was at work. Only unc' Ben sometimes could show some minutes still in his cop's suit and he used to call me as I swimmed far away... Back to the river bank... Unc'Ben had just time to hug me, give a kiss and jump in his Crown and rush.
SLOW RIVER REST
Content under packagin'...
BAYOU MOSS REMEMBER
Content still under packagin'...
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Over & Beneath the Bayou
Lyrics by Jack HITTHEROAD
(aka Jean LW LeQUEUX)
OVER THE BAYOU
— πΌπ΅: Cypress Canopy Dreams —Near the sky there's the canopy
Where all my childish dreams fly
Like flocks of birds over up high
On the fresh and muddy water
Green and blue round drops glitter
BENEATH THE BAYOU
— πΌπ΅: Beneath the Sleeping Trunks—Over leaves and branches floating
It's where my big pa's and ma's souls
Met all my sinking dreams and thoughts
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
πOF RED AND GOLDπ
AUTUMN LEAVES
It is a phrased choreography but simple: verses of the song — originally a French Poem of Jack Prevert not translated but re-interpreted by Johnny Mercer — alternate the feelings of the singer and the sadness of fall.
Joseph KOSMA's music is definitely a jazz ballad. By inserting a choir singing, in background and like in faraway in the past, some verses of the French poem like some classical music, Tony BENETT's cover definitely adds a fourth dimension to this works.
BPM: + 78
Rythm: Jazz Ballad
Level: Easy Intermediate
Walls: 2
5-Phrase-dance: Intro, A, B, C, Outro
No tag no restart
Weight on:
- left foot: WOLF
- right foot: WORF
Phrasing
Intro-A-A-B-C-B-Outro
▪︎ Intro (instrumental)
▪︎ Phrase A on verses 1 and 2
▪︎ Phrase B on verse 3 and 4
▪︎ Phrase C on Choir
▪︎ Phrase B on verse 5 and 6
• Outro
At start: WOLF
Start with music
INTRO (instrumental)
Sad and slow sliding stroll.
24 counts
Section 1
Sliding marche forward
1 to 4: slide foot forward: right left right; slide left foot near right.
Sliding marche backward
5 to 8: slide foot backward: right left right; slide left foot near right.
Section 2
¹ ² ³ ⁴ Slow side step to the right
- side step to right, assemble; side step to right, left foot touches right foot (WORF)
⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ Slow side step to the left
- side step to left, assemble; side step to left. right foot touches left foot (WOLF)
Section 3
Jazz-box
¹ Cross right foot over left foot
² Slide left foot to the left behind right foot
³ Slide right foot at the right of left foot
⁴ Drag right foot near left foot
Rocking chair
⁵ Rock right foot forward
⁶ Recover on left foot
⁷ Rock tight foot back
⁸ Recover on left foot
(WOLF)
PHRASE A: 16 counts
On Verse 1 and 2
Section 1
Start Phrase A with Verse 1
Jazz box
¹ Cross right foot over left foot
² Step left foot back left
³ Step right foot to the right side
⁴ Step left foot together next right foot (WOLF)
Side right, touch, Side right, touch. Schuffle left
⁵ Step right foot to right
⁶ Right foot touches left foot
⁷ Step right foot to right
& Step left foot against right foot
⁸ Step right foot to right keeping your WOLF
Section 2
Quarter-turn right, marche forward (x3); facing π
¹ quarter turn right foot to right, (WORF)
² Step forward left foot
³ Step forward right foot
⁴ Step forward left foot (WOLF)
Sailor ¼ turn right; shuffle right; facing π
⁵ Sweep right foot with a quarter turn back to right facing 6:00
⁶ Slide left foot near right foot
⁷ Walk right foot forward
& Lock left foot behind right foot
⁸ Slide right foot near left foot (WOLF)
Dance phrase A on verse 1 and verse 2
At the end of Phrase A you're facing 6:00
PHRASE B: 32 counts
Dance phrase B
• on verses 3 and 4
• and on verses 5 and 6
Phrase B is a lateral sliding promenade
Section 1
Side steps
¹ Slide right foot to the right
² Assemble left foot near right foot
³ Slide right foot to the right
⁴ Assemble left foot near right foot
Side shuffles
⁵ Right foot to right side
& Assemble left foot near right foot
⁶ Right foot to the right
⁷ Left foot touches right
& Left foot to the left side
⁸ Right foot touches left foot
WOLF
Section 2
Rocking chair
¹ Rock right foot forward
² Recover on left foot
³ Rock right foot backward
⁴ Recover on left foot
Sliding jazz box
⁵ Cross right foot over left foot
⁶ Slide left foot on the back left of right foot
⁷ Slide right foot back aligning it slightly distant of left foot
⁸ Drag slowly left foot neat right foot
WOLF
Section 3
Slide drag shuffle to right
¹ Slide right foot to right
& Drag left toes against right foot
² Pose left heel near right heel (WOLF)
³ Slide right foot to right
& Drag left toes against right foot
⁴ Pose left heel near right heel (WOLF)
Rocking chair
⁵ Rock right foot forward
⁶ Recover on left foot
⁷ Rock right foot backward
⁸ Recover on left foot
WOLF
Section 4
Front weave
¹ Right foot crosses over left foot
² Step left foot to the left
³ Cross right foot behind left foot
⁴ Step left foot to left side - change weight on right foot
Back weave
⁵ Cross left foot behind right foot
⁶ Step right foot to the right
⁷ Cross left foot over right foot
⁸ Step right foot to thr right
PHRASE C: on the Choir
The choir is singing, in French, some verses of Jack PREVERT's poem. "Les Feuilles Mortes" — Dead Leaves — sounding like it is a voice from very far away long time ago.
This section consists in 8 turns evocating autumnal leaves carried away by a gentle october whirlwind.
32 counts
1 Wall
Phrase C is composed of 4 full turns
Section 1
Quarter turn to the right marche(x4)
¹ ²
Step right foot to the right, toes facing π
Slide left foot near right foot (WOLF) π
³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Repeat preceeding steps twice, facing π and π
Section 2
Quarter-turn right jazz box (x2)
¹ ² ³ ⁴
Jazz box with a ¼-turn while right foot crosses over left foot
⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Repeat preceeding steps.
Section 3
Monterey half turn right (x2)
¹ Point right foot to right
² Half-turn right, left foot together with right foot
WORF
³ Point left foot to left
⁴ Assemble left foot near right foot
WOLF
⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Repeat preceeding steps
Section 4
Quarter turn to the right marche(x4)
¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Repeat Section 1
OUTRO (Short Instrumental)
8 counts
Pivot full turn x3
¹ Step forward right foot
² Pivot ½ turn left
³ Step forward right foot
⁴ Pivot ½ yurn left
Repeat twice
####NOTES####
"Autumn Leaves" Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
INTRO: 21" Instrumental
VERSE 1
The falling leaves
Drift by the window
The autumn leaves
Of red and gold
VERSE 2
I see your lips
The summer kisses
The sunburned hands
I used to hold
VERSE 3
Since you went away
The days grow long
And soon I'll hear
Old winter's song
VERSE 4
But I miss you most of all
My darling
When autumn leaves
Start to fall
VERSE 5
Since you went away
The days grow long
And soon I'll hear
Old winter's song
VERSE 6
But I miss you most of all
My darling
When autumn leaves
Start to fall
Saturday, September 26, 2026
NO SAMBA❣️NO JAVA❣️BUT A BOSSA NOVAπ
Yesterday I left a π±msg to my Nepalese buddies saying I was on my way for their Sambat Party ~ New Year ~ ... on my way they called me: this year... it was on Sept. 12th because of theπ& the πwere dancing a Java together. Sπ₯, I got in a "bistro" to have a java... And headed back home where my sweetπ , waiting for me, said: "No Java!... no Samba either... let's dance a Bossa Nova".
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
⛾PAUSE⛾COPPERKNOB⛾FOR⛾ME⛾
I took some of my time today to publish on Copperknob my writings: songs on my own lyrics with their choreography.
LITTLE TRAILS Xing BIG ROUTES
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
SUNNY DAY AT FALL: LET'S HICK HOP❣️
Monday, September 21, 2026
πΉ ROSEBUDS OF SEPTEMBERπΉ
SOMEWHERE IN SEDONA
JUST A HUMAN
π’π π: Daniel Trepat & Guillaume Richard
NOT AT THIS PARTY
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Week 2026-39: Sept. 20α΅Κ° Nice & Lovable Weekly Routine
Hi, all❣️
Autumn will start in the middle of this week. I've got a post to mark it... but I'm not ready to publish it. Anyway I've also many and nice vibes to share with you, which will appear drop by drop over the course of these new seven days.
VELVET TANGO
π£π: Ira Weisburd
BABY BLUES CHA
π£π: Ira Weisburd
To be Cont'd until next saturday
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
WHEN AND WHERE DID COWBOYS STOMP SUCCESSFULLY?
Monday, September 14, 2026
Week 2026-38: Sept. 14α΅Κ° 1814 Birth of the National Anthem
FROM THE DEFENSE OF FORT McHENRY SONG
πΊπΈTO THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNERπΊπΈ
Friday, September 11, 2026
SAINT ELVIS DAY
πSAINT ELVISπ
Written in 1763
Published in 1775 (The Gospel Magazine)
πΌThomas Hastings
There is no other refuge
Can save but thee
Through this old world
I've wandered so far, far from thee
Then I cry
Ooh, rock of ages
Hide thou me
Hide thou me
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
911 : A QUARTER OF A CENTENNIAL
Week 37 of year 2026, the Paris Eiffel Tower, symbol of Liberty. Laicity, Equality, Fraternity of the Republic of France, was virtually downed by the over-exagerated request of a gang of religious extremists visiting France!
Although this Website and personal Blog is dedicated to my passions (writing lyrics, listening music, line dance and stepheets), I think it's important to wary about all the threats to our freedom!
Let me finish this post with the song "Two Love Have I", i.e. Manhattan and Paris, covered by a crooner I love, Dean Martin... and don't forget its original version by Josephine Baker's "J'ai deux amours".
Monday, September 7, 2026
Week 2026-37:Great Day for Everybody!
Friday, September 4, 2026
6️⃣6️⃣RUSTY SIGNS FOR OLD ROUTE6️⃣6️⃣
Of route sixty--six, ne'er resign!
Because you're still showing the ways
For all the world to happy days
Thro' Illinois, Missouri, Kansas
Then Oklahoma and Texas
And New Mex...
ends on Santa Mo's waves..
Sunday, August 30, 2026
WEEK 2026/36: KICK OFF SEASON 26~27
Association ACSND (not here)π
[COWBOYSTOMPNDANCE] site: πCLICKπ
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So here we are... end of summer and hollidays! We're gone for another journey both on the Web and on the roads. We'll have 3 stopover and many venues a little bit everywhere but all related to a central point which is:
πJFK✈️
π£π
π©CDG✈️
π£π
π©FDRπ’
The "lot":
Country... line contra partner circle
longway swing polka
waltz two-step
and so on
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πͺTAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELFπͺ
π£π: Simon Ward, Jo Thomson Szymanski
πΌBEFORE YOU ACCUSE ME, ERIC BURDON
π LOVE BITES BACK ❣️
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