bout double beat n old style crow hop?

[Fancy Maiden]

how often do you get a double beat or crow hop song? because i personally go to several powwows a year (more this year than past) and i've never seen a crow hop song done. whats up with this? is it a locality thing? i'm on the east coast.

Im in ohio and i see it every once in a while at leat twice a year but most on my powwows are in the fall. Last time i danced it i was in PA. Not many drums around here know double beat songs. i guess it just depends on where you're at.

[ballin_n_shawlin]

all i can say is a double beat is more of a foot slide... and a crow hop is just that... it's like skipping around to the beat... i LOVE crow hop songs!! i'm not a big fan of the double beat!! (not for womens' fancy anyway) but i have heard that Northern Traditional women look wicked during a double beat!!! they need a video of that on here!

[MissFancyChick]

Ohhh man i do love a good dbl beat!! I do it the more old style tradish way... i guess... i dont try to add a lot of steps... maybe just step the right foot a couple times then the left a couple times... but i think it looks better the old style way... no spins or whatever... on the down beats i either go backwards or dance in place...

OHHHH!!! I love a good dbl beat!

Crowhops... eh... they're a BLAST too! as im writing my shoulders started to shake... whats that song??..

Ohhh gimme the feeling that fills my soul... i wanna get lost in the rock and roll and drift awayyyy...

[ndngirl722]

how often do you get a double beat or crow hop song? because i personally go to several powwows a year (more this year than past) and i've never seen a crow hop song done. whats up with this? is it a locality thing? i'm on the east coast.

Really? Where on the east coast? I'm up in Rhode Island, and I've only seen the double beat once. It's always the crow hop being done around here.

[thizgirlpowwows]

so when they give fancy shawl a double beat, what do you judge it on?..........on a basic double beat or how fancy you are with your steps?........i dont know but I'm used to fancy shawl dancing to straight fast songs..........

[powellcreek]

how often do you get a double beat or crow hop song? because i personally go to several powwows a year (more this year than past) and i've never seen a crow hop song done. whats up with this? is it a locality thing? i'm on the east coast.

[Kamama]

Double beat is pretty much the only dance us Shawlers can land on our heels. You start off on your heels, kinda skid them, and end on your flat feet. Wow, this is hard to explain. One beat, on heels, other beat, on feet. (double-beat) We kinda get to strut out stuff on the double-beat. But, of course in a girly manner :)
I hope this helps....

[nishnamouse19]

The Double beat is a small skip. It took me a while to learn it. If your dancing fancy shawl they expect you to be FANCY, so added footwork and spins are a plus. But first you should learn the basic. And on a crow hop, i just dance...i dunno how to explain that one. Its a larger skip, spins, and footwork. Takes a while to get used to both of them.

[N8ivePrincess07]

well the old style crow hop its more of a skip...and hop...kinda...but i dunno about the double beat I'm still learning

[Pvt Butter]

Gladys Jefferson is my favorite person to watch Crow dance

[SuzzeQ4]

When I started dancing I ws always real nervous about doing crow hop & then one day I decided the heck with it & just went out there & tried to copy the other Women, I grew to love doing the crow hop, double I picked up the next year. I still always follow a more expierenced dancer so it was funny when a Woman asked me how last weekend, funny thing is I discovered I can only really do a good job if I can hear the song. Anyway my point is, everyone here has got great advice but your only going to figure it out if you go out there & give it your all & not worry about someone seeing you screw up at first & ALWAYS follow someone who is more expierenced then you, now, 15 years from now whatever, ther is always someone better & if you watch them, you'l get better too.
Suzze

[Eagle Plumes]

I like agood crow hop Its a real treat watching when there's folks who know what they are doing.

[eap7]

I was at a powwow this past weekend and they had the women's n/s tradish dance a double beat crow hop for the 2nd song. I am really bad at dancing it even though several of my friends who are Crow have tried to teach me! So props to the ladies who can do this style!!

[NorthofAda]

I haven't been to too awful many powwows and I'm just learning the straight dance step for fancy shawl and the crow hop. How often do you hear a crow hop song for fancy shawl versus a straight song? Is it pretty much 50/50 or is it going to vary by location, northern vs. southern? Forgive me for sounding like a greenhorn here (but I kinda am).

[jiimaanikwe]

On that note does any one know of any good double beat videos on the web? That might help. I know the crow hop, but still not quite clear on the double beat.