National Dance Like A Chicken Day
On May 14th, National Dance Like a Chicken Day encourages everyone to dance like a chicken. People are flapping their arms and strutting chicken-like from start to finish this day. Everyone has probably danced the Chicken Dance at least once in their lifetime. This silly fun song is also popular at wedding dances, Oktoberfest, and other celebrations. The song gets people of all ages up and dancing on the dance floor.
The Chicken Dance didn't make it to the United States until about 1970s, written by Werner Thomas, a Swiss accordionist. The Chicken Dance is associated with polkas or oom-pah music. According to rumors, the song was originally written under the name Der Ententanz (The Duck Dance), and it was originally intended as a drinking song for Oktoberfest. The song's name was later changed to Vogeltanz (The Bird Dance), which was later changed to Vogeltanz (The Bird Dance).
The Chicken Dance was the first American band to perform choreography with repetitive beak, wing, and tail motions, as well as the new name, The Chicken Dance.
Chicken dance facts
- Vince Neil, a rock musician, appeared as Grand Marshall at the World's Largest Chicken Dance at the Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 20, 2004
- "The Chicken Dance" was included in Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance's "The Chicken Dance" in Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance's "The Chicken Dance"
- CHEO Dream of a Lifetime is a television show that broadcasts throughout Eastern Ontario, promoting the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. CIHT-FM performed "The Chicken Dance" continuously until they sold 389 tickets at $100 each for the CHEO Dream of a Lifetime. They played for more than three hours in a row
- Jake's Restaurant in Byron Center, Michigan, held a fundraiser for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, which attempted the World's Largest Chicken Dance record on April 23, 2010. The restaurant is the site of a massive plastic chicken sculpture
- Mandan, North Dakota, 2010 – Mandan, North Dakota, set a new World Record for the Longest Chicken Dance at their annual Independence Day Parade and Street Festival on July 4, 2010 The Mandan, ND "Chicken Dance" line was 1.627 miles long and was 1.627 miles long.
How to celebrate #dancelikeachickenday
A chicken dances like a hen. Be silly. Be erratic. Do The Chicken Dance? A Chicken Dance-off is being held in the United States' headquarters. When you do, make chicken nuggets and chicken fries, fried chicken, and chicken-fried steak. Everyone should know how to participate in the Chicken Dance, as well as Teach someone else. To post on social media, use the hashtag #DanceLikeAChickenDay.
