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The Collegiate dances were very popular during the 1920s, early 1930s. The Collegiate dances were basically simpler, rougher and/ or wilder version of the other dances of the day, such as the Foxtrot done with plenty of pep and abandon. By the mid 1940's, most of the Collegiate dances were hardly done or the names being changed to something other. Some were revived years later under other names.
Generally these dances or versions consisted of jumping and hopping steps and are performed much less formal than that of the older and more dignified dances, using a more crooked elbow and closer posture, while some of the more intricate figures require a much looser |
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hold. However, many of the dances done by the college folks of the day were your normal everyday dances of the time. It really depended on what music was played, and collegiate dance music was interspersed within the norm, but we are talking about the collegiate dances here tho...
The hopping steps were lively and dignified, they reflected the brisk tempo of a young America in the 1920s. Other collegiate dances such as the Collegiate Foxtrot, Shimmy,Collegiate Shag, Truckin, The Grizzly Bear, The Turkey Trot, and The Bunny Hug and many others were all popular with the Collegiate set. The Collegiate walk was very similar to the Foxtrot.
Some of the Collegiate dances had a small revival during the 1950s, the collegiate steps became tamer, such as the Collegiate Foxtrot (aka: One Step) which entered the square dance world, during this time, the dance was eventually to become known as the Texas two-step. The step descriptions for this dance in the 1950's are the same as taught to Country Western Dancers when learning the Texas Two-Step. |
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- Vintage Collegiate Music Titles - |
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1880 - The Bulldog |
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1936 - That's What I earned In College |
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Somebody Said (Chippendale) |
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1880 - The Dude who couldn't Dance |
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1937 - The Shag (Ager) |
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Syncopation [MP3] (Waring) |
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1910 - The Collegian |
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All American Girl |
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Sweetheart Foxtrot |
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1914 - CO-ED (Two Step) |
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Collegiana [MP3] (Waring) |
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Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi |
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1915 - College Inn Rag (Carroll) |
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Collegiate Blues [MP3] (Bonx) |
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The Co-ed (Golden Gate Orch) |
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1925 - Charleston Baby of Mine |
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Collegiate Sam (Reser | Coots) |
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The Collegiate Shimmy |
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1925 - The Collegiate (animated Waring) [MP3] |
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Crazy Rhythm (Kahn) |
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Varisty Drag (George Olsen) |
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1925 - Everybody Stomp (Lincoln) |
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Dance Away the Night |
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Whiffenpoof Song |
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1925 - Monkey Doodle Doo (Bussee Buzzards) |
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Dancing Co-Ed |
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Whoopie Hat Brigade (Reser) |
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1927 - I Love College Girls (Harry Reser) |
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Doin' The Racoon (George Olsen) |
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Yale Blues (Waring) [MP3] |
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1927 - I Love College Girls (Harry Reser) |
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Don't Get Collegiate |
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1929 - Freshman Hop (Petis) |
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Happy Feet |
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1930 - Betty Co-Ed (Animated - Vallee 2nd song) |
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O Nicodemo (German) |
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1934 - College Rhythm (Revel) |
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Publications |
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Television |
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Ballets / Stage |
| 3/1909 - Theatre Magazine |
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1949 - "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge" |
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All American Girl |
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"Your All-American College Show" |
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1909 - Fair CO-ED? |
| 11/1927 - Dance Magazine |
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| 9-2-1927 - Charleston Daily Maid (Bye Bye Shag Routine) |
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| 11/1927 - Dance Magazine |
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| 7/26/1929 - The Bee, Danville, VA (New Dance- Shag) |
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| 7/27/1929 - Evening Tribune (New Fast Dance on Sand) |
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| 12/4/39 - Life Mag. (Dancing Coed.) |
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| 1941 - Betty Co-ed- *uckmore U (Xcomic) |
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| 1950/60s Co-ed Magazine |
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| $ Flappers & Vamps (20th Century Fashion) |
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Collegiate Themed Films |
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1898 - Imitation of a College Society Girl |
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1927 - The Crawl Charleston |
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1937 - Life Begins in College |
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1912 - A College Girl |
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1927 - The College Kiddo |
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1938 - Hold that Co-ed |
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1913 - Just Out of College |
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1928 - Campus Carmen (no dancing) |
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1938 - It's In The Stars |
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1914 - Those College Days |
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1928 - Campus Vamp (some dance) |
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1938 - College Swing [DVD] |
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1915 - Her College Experience |
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1929 - Bughouse College Days |
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1939 - Dancing Co-Ed |
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1915 - Sweedie Goes to College |
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1929 - College Coquette |
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1939 - Sorority House |
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1915 - The College Widow |
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1929 - So This Is College |
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1941 - All American Co-ed [DVD] |
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1915 - Those College Girls |
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1930 - Betty Co-Ed (B. Boop) |
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1941 - Let's go Collegiate |
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1916 - Lem's College Career |
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1930 - College Cuties |
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1941 - Sweater Girl (Apache Dance) |
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1920'a - Miss Fancy Feet (dance) |
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1931 - College |
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1941 - Zis Boom Bah [DVD] |
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1922 - The Freshie |
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1933 - Way of all Freshman, the (Hal Leroy) |
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1942 - Blondie Goes to College |
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1924 - Campus Knights |
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1934 - Band Plays On, the |
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1943 - Campus Rhythm |
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1926 - The College Boob |
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1934 - College Rhythm |
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1945 - Here come the Co-eds [DVD] |
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1926 - College Days |
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1935 - College Capers |
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Harvey Girls [DVD] |
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1926 - College Yell, the |
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1935 - College Scandal |
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1947 - Good News (Varsity Drag) [DVD] |
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1926 - Collegiate |
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1936 - College Holiday (no sound) |
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1958 - Back to College (w/ Waring) |
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1927 - Campus Flirt, the |
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1936 - The Collegiate |
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1960 - The Jazz Age [DVD] (docu. about 1920s) |
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1927 - Alice the Collegiate |
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1937 - The Big Apple (dance) |
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1960 - Where the Boys Are [DVD] |
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1927 - College |
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1937 - How To Shag (Arthur Murray) |
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