Hi dancers,
Happy Easter!
We have done this dance to Letkis and to the Ray Anthony song.
Letkis Finland
Bunny Hop USA
The Finnish dance starts with a left-foot lead, the Bunny Hop starts with the right.
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Letkajenkka and the Bunny Hop
Letkajenkka (also the name of a song) is a music genre using Jenkka music played with non-traditional instruments. Jenkka is a fast partner dance found in Finnish folk dance, a version of the schottische.
This popular music genre and the ensuing dance craze were at their hottest during 1963–1965.
Letkis is the most popular of all songs in the
Letkajenkka genre.
The steps to the Finnish dance are like the steps of Bunny Hop, an American novelty dance from the 1950s.
Perhaps exchange students returning from the United States to Finland imported the steps as they had seen them on the TV show Bandstand.
The Bunny hop is said to have been created at Balboa High School in San Francisco in 1952. Ray Anthony wrote the music most often used for the dance.
(from Wikipedia)
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