Across Indiana
Do-Si-Do with Llamas!
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In 1994, David Stoelk visited a Kokomo club where llamas dance too!
What else do we need to say? It’s square dancing llamas! In 1994, Across Indiana producer David Stoelk traveled to Kokomo, Indiana where he met up with a square dancing club that welcomes all on two legs…and four.
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Across Indiana
Do-Si-Do with Llamas!
Clip | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
What else do we need to say? It’s square dancing llamas! In 1994, Across Indiana producer David Stoelk traveled to Kokomo, Indiana where he met up with a square dancing club that welcomes all on two legs…and four.
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(upbeat music) (farmer whistling) They're the finest farm animals on Earth.
They're sweet, they're disposition's good, they just love people and it's just based on love, they just love people and they're fine to do with.
- Very friendly.
They're easy to train and the llamas retain their training.
- [Speaker] The llamas are easy to work with.
- Easy to work with.
- You can get them to do almost anything.
- Almost anything.
'Cause the average person doesn't know what a llama even is.
They really don't know.
They don't know about llamas, wish they'd come out and learn.
- Learn more about llamas.
- Right.
- Everybody bow your partner.
- Well, square dancing seemed like a lot of fun because they can square dance with human partners so people get an introduction to llamas that never maybe would've been around llamas before.
- Circle left.
♪ It comes from Mississippi and down in Alabam ♪ ♪ Creeping like a fever all across the land ♪ ♪ You do a back ♪ - How exactly does a llama do-si-do?
- Well, they have their halter on, usually they have matching ribbons on that matches their partner.
- Oh, that's cute.
♪ Beat it with the drum ♪ ♪ Now we're home ♪ ♪ The heads will pass through and the partner trade ♪ ♪ When they get there ♪ ♪ The sides will pass through for me ♪ ♪ You do a partner trade there ♪ ♪ Can't you see ♪ ♪ You make a left hand turn ♪ - And I think the llamas enjoy it as much as we do.
- Oh, you think so?
- I'm sure they do.
♪ Back home ♪ ♪ Yeah, it can't be found ♪ ♪ When you get there ♪ ♪ Everybody say, whoa ♪ ♪ Now we'll do some more, you know ♪ ♪ Now the sides will pass through you ♪ ♪ Do a partner trade ♪ - Llama don't spit when they square dance, do they?
- Never.
No, I have never.
- I mean, that's bad square dance etiquette.
- That would be, yes, that would be bad.
♪ To the left you go ♪ ♪ All the way around till I say whoa ♪ ♪ You do a backtrack ♪ ♪ Now do it here ♪ ♪ Everybody go back home ♪ ♪ It's near ♪ ♪ Now, when you get home, everybody face in ♪ ♪ Then you're gonna bow to the one straight across from you ♪ - You know, I've actually squared dance with a few girls that were not as pretty as llamas.
(Bea laughing) - Trade to face your corner, bow of your corner, bow to your right hand lady.
- How did you react the first time that they called you up and said, "We'd like you to call a square dance with llamas?"
- Well, my reaction was, I thought it was a club of people and I said, "Sure, I can do that."
And then she said, that was Bea talking, she said, "You know, this is animals, don't you?"
♪ Sides fast ♪ ♪ Do and do a partner trade ♪ ♪ Now, everybody circle left ♪ The only time we even would think of having a problem with a llama is a llama will let you know when it needs a break and, of course, we'll take a break for the llamas.
(water splashing) ♪ Beat it with a drum ♪ ♪ When you get there ♪ ♪ You'll face right back in son ♪ ♪ Head's'll pass through and do a partner trade ♪ ♪ Sides pass through and do a partner trade ♪ - [Host] Well, I'm gonna put you on the spot, who's a better partner, you're wife or a llama?
- Well, a llama.
Well, I don't know, a llama'll step on your feet once in a while, but they don't talk back.
(chuckling) You're partner always talks back.
(chuckling) ♪ And everybody look at that ♪ ♪ The head's'll pass through here ♪ ♪ Prominade home ♪ - Are you can go through different fads?
Like I know there was the disco fad, then there was that slam dance fad.
I mean, are you gonna change your dance?
- It's possible.
We might.
Right now we're having great fun with square dancing, but no reason we couldn't teach 'em some other steps.
♪ Face your partner and bow ♪ - All right.
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