Thanks to Rain Country spearheading “community ownership” of the country-western dance scene in Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area, we have one of the broadest sets of couples dances danced regularly anywhere in the country.  At any given dance night, you can dance Two-Step, West Coast Swing, Waltz, Night Club, Shadow, East Coast Swing, Shuffle, and sometimes Cha Cha.

Two-Step: We dance the same style of two-step as done in other GLBTQ clubs on the West Coast, sometimes dubbed “San Francisco-style Two-Step”.  This is danced Slow Slow Quick Quick – with the lead coming on the first slow, most turns being done on the Slow Slow, and there tends to be a strong East Coast Swing influence to some of the moves.

Night Club: Sometimes also called Night Club Two-Step, we dance the Slow Quick Quick style which seems to work best with most country-western songs.

Shadow: Called Buckle Polish in some parts of the country.  This is a variant of Two-Step with both dancers facing the same direction, chest to back, doing the lead’s footwork from Two-Step.  The eternal classic Shadow song is “Black Velvet”.

Shuffle: Also known as Triple-Two, done as Triple Triple Walk Walk.  Shuffle has many similarities to both East Coast Swing and Two-Step, like it’s halway between them.

Any of the following dances are or have been done frequently enough that our DJs will be willing to play the dance during a dance night witht he assurance of being able to have at least a handful of dancers doing the dance.  (Not all of our DJs have the same music, and any of them might not have some of the songs listed below.)

Line Dance	Song	Step Sheet	Video
All Shook Up	“All Shook Up” by Billy Joel	Step Sheet	Video
Bar Room Romeo	“Romeo” by Dolly Parton and Friends “You Win My Love” by Shania Twain “Here for the Party” by Gretchen Wilson	TBD	TBD
Barn Dance / Wild Wild West	“Wild Wild West” by Escape Club	TBD	TBD
Bayou City Twister	“Dance (Club Mix)” by Twister Alley	TBD	TBD
Bomshel Stomp	“Bomshel Stomp” by Bomshel	TBD	TBD
Boot Scootin’ Boogie (aka Vancouver Boogie)	“Boot Scootin’ Boogie” by Brooks & Dunn “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” by Asleep at the Wheel “The Bug” by Mary Chapin Carpenter “These Boots are Made for Walkin’” by Billy Ray Cyrus “Good Time” by Alan Jackson	Step Sheet	Video
Cc Shuffle	“Bing Bang Boom” by Highway 101 “I Ain’t No Quitter” by Shania Twain	Step Sheet	Video
Chill Factor	“Last Night” by Keith Anderson	TBD	TBD
Chompin’ at the Bit	“Ooh Ahh (Just a Little Bit)” by Gina G “Up!” by Shania Twain	Step Sheet	Video
Circle Jerk	“Sooner or Later” by Eddy Raven “Sooner or Later” by The Forester Sisters “Big Boned Gal” by k.d. lang	Step Sheet	TBD
Coastin’	TBD	TBD	TBD
Cowboy Cha Cha (couples)	“Neon Moon” by Brooks & Dunn “Never Giving Up on Love” by Michael Martin Murphey “Blue Rodeo” by The Bellamy Brothers	TBD	TBD
Cute, Cute, Cute	“Brand New Girlfriend” by Steve Holy	Step Sheet	Video
Dance Ranch Romp	“Baby Likes to Rock It”	TBD	TBD
Dizzy	“Dizzy” by Scooter Lee	Step Sheet	Video
Easy on the Eyes	“Easy on the Eyes” by Terri Clark	Step Sheet (PDF)	None
Funky Country	TBD	TBD	TBD
Georgia Winder	“Mexico Road” by K.T. Oslin “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” by Keith Urban	Step Sheet	Video
Ghost Train	“Zorba’s Dance” by LCD	Step Sheet	Video
Hanky Panky (aka Slippin’ and Slidin’)	“Hanky Panky” by Madonna	TBD	TBD
Hold Your Horses	“Hold Your Horses” by E-Type	TBD	TBD
Honky Tonky Twist	“Honky Tonky Twist” by Scooter Lee	TBD	TBD
I’m Movin’ On	“I’m Movin’ On” by Rascal Flatts	Step Sheet	Video
Mambo Shuffle (aka Sex on the Beach)	“Live, Laugh, Love” by Clay Walker	Step Sheet	Video
Midnight Waltz	“Saturday Night” by Billy Dean “The Children” by The Mavericks …plus many other waltz songs get used spontaneously	Step Sheet	Video
MMMBop	“I Will… But” by SHeDaisy	TBD	TBD
My Maria	“My Maria” by Brooks & Dunn	Step Sheet	Video
Oil Can Slide	“That Kind of Girl” by Patty Loveless “Downtown” by Dolly Parton	Step Sheet	TBD
Reggae Cowboy	TBD	TBD	TBD
Roll Back the Rug	“Roll Back the Rug” by Scooter Lee “Ride That Train” by Mel McDaniel	Step Sheet	TBD
Scotia Samba	TBD	TBD	TBD
Second Chance Waltz	Saturday Night” by Billy Dean “I Don’t Want This Song To End” by John Michael Montgomery	Step Sheet	Video
She Bangs	“She Bangs” by Ricky Martin	Step Sheet	Video
Show Me Wot U Got	TBD	TBD	TBD
Simplemente (aka Heaven Sent)	“Simplemente” by Chayanne	Step Sheet	Video
Slap Leather	TBD	TBD	TBD
Soakin’ Wet	TBD	TBD	TBD
Southern Cross Cha Cha	TBD	TBD	TBD
Tailgate	“Tailgate” by Neal McCoy	Step Sheet (PDF)	Video
Tease	“Fishin’ in the Dark” by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under” by Shania Twain “Last Name” by Carrie Underwood	TBD	TBD
Texas Cha Cha	“Dance the Night Away” by the Mavericks “He Drinks Tequila” by Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw “Two Piña Coladas” by Garth Brooks “Shiftwork” by Kenny Chesney and George Strait	TBD	TBD
Thunderbolt	TBD	TBD	TBD
Tumbleweed	TBD	TBD	TBD
Tush Push	TBD	TBD	TBD
Uno Dos Tres (aka 13 MWZ)	“Maria” by Ricky Martin	Step Sheet	Video
Walk the Line	“Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under” by Shania Twain “All Tuckered Out” by Clint Black “Sin Wagon” by Dixie Chicks	Step Sheet (PDF)	Video
Walkin’ Wazi	“Cadillac Red” by The Judds	Step Sheet	TBD
Waltz Across Texas	TBD	TBD	TBD
Watermelon Crawl	“Watermelon Crawl” by Tracy Byrd	Step Sheet	Video
Wave on Wave	“Wave on Wave” by Pat Green	Step Sheet	Video
Where’s Amarillo?	TBD	TBD	TBD
Working It	“Ooh Child” by Daryl Hall & John Oates “Suspicions” by Tim McGraw	Step Sheet	Video

We are always interested in finding great new songs as alternates for ones we already use.  If you have a song to recommend, let us know!

There are also a number dances known only to a few of our dancers.  Our Wednesday night and 4th Saturday dances (with their Line Dance Explosion session) are times our DJs would be happy to play these, even with only one or two dancers on the floor.  Some of these include: Cheyenne, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Crossing the Border, Enchantment, Happy Hour, José Cuervo, Loosen Up Your Buttons, M.L.D., Matador, Mucara Walk, Queen’s Waltz, San Antonio Stroll, Tahoe Kick, and Whiskey River.

Here is a partial list of Dance Floor Rules that we work with in Rain Country:

• Direction of dance is counter-clockwise for dances which travel.  Do not stop, back up, or dance against the flow.
• Slower and newer dancers should use an inside lane, and faster or more experienced dancers should use an outside lane.
• If swing or line dancers are on the floor during a progressive dance, they should stay to the center of the floor.  Progressive couples dancers should not cut through the center of the dance floor.
• West Coast Swing couples should choose slots in the center of the floor first and then the corners, leaving a lane for progressive couples dances.  Only if there is no room elsewhere on the floor should slots block that dance lane.  Similar expectations hold for Night Club and Cha Cha couples.
• Our DJs will usually announce dances like West Coast Swing, Night Club, Shuffle, and Cha Cha.  When a dance is called, dancers of that style take priority.  If there are enough dancers that a lane can not be left for Two-Step, Shadow, and so forth, then dancers of those other syles should leave the floor to the called dance couples.
• Similarly, if a line dance is called, line dancers “own” the floor for that dance.  Only when there are only a handful of line dancers on the floor should couples dancers feel free to use an outside lane.  (Remember that some line dances move a lot and even a small number of dancers may end up in an outside lane of the floor.)