22. THE CAMEL WALK

The Camel Walk, so loved by the smart young set at college and in town by the flapper who now rejoices in the title of "Finale Hopper," is simply the walking time of the Fox Trot done to slow music and in a zigzag direction, and is a walk from beginning to end. Occasionally it is varied with Fox Trot steps by those who dislike anything quite so extreme.

This step is done with a long tension on every step, as if a heavy weight was attached to each foot, and the direction is diagonally back and forth and yet advancing at the same time. See Diagram 8.  First measure of music — One walking step forward with left foot, then the right foot. Second measure — The left foot takes a long dragging step to the right, the right foot then makes a half circle or pivot around to the left.

The left foot then makes a sweeping pivot or semi-circle to the right and circling around to the left. The right footagain makes the sweeping pivot or circle, continuing the direction to the left and coming around in the half pivot or semi-circle to the right. Third measure — One walking step with the left foot to the right, second walking step with right foot toward the right, third walking step with left foot toward the right, fourth walking step toward the right, which gives a diagonal direction. Fourth measure — Four walking steps forward commencing with the left foot. Then the Fox Trot steps may be introduced and the Camel commence to stalk again or the Camel figures just given may be continued in a reversed direction. Any combination may be utilized following the sweet will of the leader as long as it is slow and dragging in the Camel steps.

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