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cyberswede

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11. We were just dinging around back then...

Reply to mimi85 (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 07:18 PM

Mar 2013

I was probably 7 or 8, and my sisters were 13 or 14.

We would just tap on the ground twice, then clap them together twice, over and over - no fancy rhythms or anything. Whoever was "dancing" would mostly just jump on one foot or both feet between or outside the sticks - and we definitely watched our feet!

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