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The late-50s/early 1960s were rife with dance crazes the
Monkey, the Frug, the Sway, The Stroll. The Stomp.
I looked up "60s Dance Crazes" and came up with some pretty
interesting dance titles the Lonestar Stomp (watch the cow
pies!), the Molecule A--Go-Go, the Bad Baboon. There was a Big
City Stomp, a Beatle Stomp (naturally), and The Surfer Stomp.
The Markett's had an album named "Surfer's Stomp," and if you
want to learn the dance, it's actually printed in the Torquay's tab
book "Surf Guitar."
The Cherokee Indians perform a Stomp dance, presumably the
earliest of Stomp-steps. In the Surfer's Stomp, you basically
alternate left and right, punctuating each turn with a stomp.
Wild! (Okay, it all sounds pretty lame now, but the kids at the
Balboa Ballroom musta loved it!)
Gavin
What ia a stomp? Is it a dance, a surf beat, an event? Why is the
> > song "Surfers Stomp" a "stomp". Does it involve shoes, or do
> > you "stomp" on the beach?
> >
> > Just a part of surf culture I an curious about.
> >
> > - Bill M.
