Dance CD

One thing that Sue Patrick (Workbox System) highly recommends is investing in a treadmill and having your children use it daily for exercise. Unfortunately, we have neither the money nor the space for a treadmill, though I'd love to have one. However, I understand the necessity of daily exercise for children, so I'm planning to include some type of exercise in their daily schedule. I do have a walking video, and we also have a trampoline--both good ways to exercise. I thought one more fun way to exercise should be included for variety, so I decided to make my own dance CD for the kids. I spent several hours on amazon.co.uk searching for the exact songs I wanted. Finally I found, purchased, and downloaded 21 wonderful songs! The kids absolutely love them! Here's my list, in case you want to purchase these songs yourself...I think they're great!

1. Hoe Down (Carmen Dragon/Capitol Symphony Orchestra)
2. Zorba the Greek (Theme) (The Complete Movie Soundtrack Collection)
3. Dueling Banjos (Eric Weissberg & Deliverance)
4. Spanish Gipsy Dance (Graham Dalby and the Grahamophones)
5. Spanish Flea (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass)
6. Bittersweet Samba (Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass)
7. Limbo Rock (The Hit Co.)
8. Mexican Hat Dance (The Hit Crew)
9. The Hamster Dance (The Hit Crew)
10. Kibbutz Wedding (The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
11. La Bamba (Single Version) (Ritchie Valens)
12. Charleston (Sam Levine)
13. Russian Dances (Samovar Russian Folk Music Ensemble)
14. Popcorn (Hot Butter)
15. The Pink Panther Theme (Henry Mancini & His Orchestra)
16. Theme From Happy Days (Soundtrack & Theme Orchestra)
17. The Theme From "A Summer Place" (Single Version) (Percy Faith & His Orchestra)
18. The Bunny Hop (Bugs Bower)
19. Rock-in Robin (Bobby Day)
20. Country Boy Bounce (Instrumental) (Little Jimmy Dickens & The Country Boys)
21. Virginia Reel (Workout Mix) (Haud Yer Lugs Ceilidh Band)

I put them in a different order than listed above, and I included Pink Panther and Summer Place as "cool-down" songs since they're slower-paced.

Here are a few pics of the kids dancing:


Mexican Hat Dance


Uh-oh, someone's after the "Mexican" hat!

Mexican Hat runs away!