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Texas Two Step

The Texas Two Step is sometimes called Country Two Step or the Country Foxtrot. Made popular by the movie Urban Cowboy, the two step is a fast-traveling dance with many turns. In the two-step, the dancers move counterclockwise around the perimeter of the dance floor. The basic step is like an ordinary walking step, but the footwork timing is quick, quick, slow, slow. You can apply all the patterns (turns, spins, pretzels, etc.) of East Coast swing to two-stepping. This is danced to fast country western music in 2/4 timing at a preferred speed of 140-180 bpm.

As with other country/western dances, there are many different versions of two step across the United States, and there may be no one truly "correct" way to perform a particular dance. Even individual dance hall may have their own unique variations which they consider correct.

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Saddlebrooke Ranch Social Dance Club

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