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Grass skirts, bedazzled shrimp boots, tie dyed shirts, and hula hoops.
These are some of the ideas being considered for a dance group forming on the bayous of Terrebonne Parish.
When Josephine Rogers decided she wanted to be part of a parade, she said she tossed out the most random idea to pop in her mind: Cajun Hula Dancers.
The idea is catching on, because so far 12 other girls and two boys have joined in on the fun.
The group got together and enjoyed an afternoon of fun this past Saturday and those involved strutted their stuff and shocased their newly learned skills.
“I don’t know I just like dancing,” said Josephine. “And there’s nothing else to do with dancing besides parades.”
The name of the group stems from the hula hoops the dancers will be carrying and using in their performance.
The rest of the ideas being considered are to play off the name of the group.
This past Saturday was the first day of sign-ups, and the members were seated in a circle on a wooden porch with other kids while they shared a pair of wire cutters to smash pecans.
Three of the girls grabbed their hula hoops to display the dance they have been working on for each of the three songs for the new members. These songs were “Baby Shark” by Pinkfong, “Haterz” by Frank Keith, and “Zydeco Train” by Travis Matte.
Once the “Baby Shark” song began, the other children began to dance separately in excitement, but Josephine was laser focused on her dancing – even counting occasionally to keep on number.
Bethany Bryant, 16, is the team’s choreographer.
She was on dance team in middle school and was in ballet prior. Hanging up her ballet slippers for shrimp boots, she described some of the moves for the 3 songs the group intends to dance to.
She had to stop both dance activities to focus on school but has decided to use her weekends to help the Cajun Hula Dancers.
In creating the dance routines, she said she drew on the local atmosphere. She said she wanted the kids to have fun, but also embrace their Cajun culture, as well.
“I mean, it’s Chauvin,” Bryant said. “It’s the culture.”
These moves will include the “picture frame” which will have the dancers hold the hoop in front of their face’s, “Push out,” which will push the hoop outward and away from the dancers after the previous move, twirls, and clapping.
According to Casey G Rogers, Josephine’s mother, the group intends to walk in the Bourg, Chauvin, and Houma’s East-side parades.
To join the group costs $20, and this goes towards the uniform. The group begins practice on the October 13.
“We came up with something different. It was my daughter’s idea,” said Casey. “Everybody does the flag and baton. It’s something different and I think that’s going to be really cute.”
