Never until I came to Thailand has the Cha Cha Slide figured in my life so prominently. I could probably do the cha cha slide in my sleep, instruction-less, while I paint my nails and braid my hair simultaneously.
It started on Christmas, when we all got drunk in Nicki's room and performed dances of all sorts- some with the help of Tahsh and her booty (pop lock it drop it) and others, like the macarena and the cha cha slide, are instructional classics that everyone can do and look equally stupid throughout.
Then before we left for New Years holiday, our coordinator invited us to a school dinner function, but also informed us that the foreigners were expected to do some kind of an entertainment number- a dance, song, play, etc. (Nicki and Sam were also forced to speak in butchered Thai onstage, but that's another story). So naturally, we defaulted to the Cha Cha Slide, and also thought the addition of hoodies and sunglasses would make us look exponentially cooler. There's a video of the entire thing that I have tried to upload to youtube and have failed miserably. I guess the internet knows how terrible and awkward we all look (an american, australian and chinese mix) and wants to save us the embarrassment.
And just when I thought I'd be done with the dance, along came English Camp at Ian and Lexa's school, where Lexa informed me I'd be teaching six different groups of kids the freaking slide. To be fair, it was fun; I also made a decision early on that thai kids are incapable of doing the cha cha/salsa part of the dance, and so I changed it to be more of a "raise the roof" type move which was easier for all parties involved.
There's also videos and photos of this, which I'll see how the internet feels about and get back to you.
If you've never done the slide and need some guidance, call me. 50 baht an hour.
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