How to Behave on a Conga Line

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A conga line need not be a kitschy embarrassment. It can be fun.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Dancing Shoes
  • Welcome To The Conga Club CD

Step1
Wait for an appropriate song. Anything with a heavy beat will do.
Step2
Find a partner or join an existing conga line. Do not try to persuade anyone who seems reluctant to join a conga line.
Step3
Enter the line. Do not be first if you can avoid it.
Step4
With your hands, move the hips immediately in front of you artfully from side to side. The idea is that each person "leads" the person in front - you are not following the person in front of you. You are spontaneously choreographing her.
Step5
When someone joins the line behind you, move your hips as instructed by her. Your movements may not correspond to the movements of the person in front of you.
Step6
Snake around the dance floor. Kick each heel, as in the "Hokey Pokey," as appropriate.
Step7
Continue moving forward until you're tired of it.

Tips & Warnings

  • Athletic people make for a more lively conga line, but large people make for a more impressive one.
  • Conga lines are particularly effective outside traditional tropical contexts. Russian weddings, for example.
  • The conga line is not to be confused with the Trinidadian wine dance. Do not attempt the Trinidadian wine dance without an actual person from Trinidad and a medical team present.

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