DEUCES WILD! This cache is part of a MULTI-CACHER series-right- MULTI-CACHER, it's not a multi-cache! A few of us worked together and came up with hides at a variety of locations along HIGHWAY #2 to commemorate the unique date of 2/22/22 or in an alternate format-22/02/2022-PALINDROME TIME- 22022022 AND it's on a 2sday too! A bookmark list has been prepared/published for your reference! The Bookmark List will be called DEUCES WILD SERIES! You might not find all of them in one day but we hope you can get to them, eventually!
So...Highway 2-interesting information..... It is the longest highway in Saskatchewan at 809 km (503 mi). The highway is partially divided and undivided. However, only about 18 kilometres near Moose Jaw, 11 kilometres near Chamberlain, and 21 kilometres near Prince Albert are divided highway. Highway 2 is a major north-south route beginning at the Canada–US border at the Port of West Poplar River and Opheim, Montana customs checkpoints. It passes through the major cities of Moose Jaw in the south and Prince Albert in the north. Highway 2 overlaps Highway 11 between the towns of Chamberlain and Findlater. This 11 kilometres section of road is a wrong-way concurrency. The highway ends at La Ronge, where it becomes Highway 102.
THIS CACHE.....there just might be a FEW new hides out today with this name...we'll see! This is MY contribution of two cents...I couldn't resist! Should be a quick find if you can figure out which host to go to!
Two Step
All fans of ‘country music’ know that this step was absolutely made for dancing, and there are plenty of different styles that you can let loose to. One of the most popular types is the Two Step, and this is one that you have to try if you haven’t already! Even if you’re already a master at this dance, do you know the history behind it? If not, kick off your dancing boots for a few minutes and read on! A little bit of learning will allow you to show off your knowledge as well as your dance moves next time you’re in the “Grizzly Rose”.
It’s hard to say exactly when the Two Step was originally created. It was basically a mixture of the Foxtrot and the One Step, two other dances that were quite popular in the past. This was all going on in the early part of the 1800s. The Two Step has gone through many changes over the years, but the early days of the dance become popular thanks to some music created by the famous composer John Philip Sousa. He wrote a song called the Washington Post March in 1889, and the pattern of the song pushed people to drop the more traditional gliding dances in favor of the style of the Two Step. These dances at the beginning were very different from the Two Step that you dance today. It was really various versions of the Foxtrot back then, but the important part is that they started moving one-step and two-step moves into popularity. Kids particularly liked dancing these moves when they were learning how to square dance, and they were so fun that they wanted to stick with them as they grew up. The dance is often called the Texas Two Step or the Country Two Step, and those names came from the period when it started to separate from the Foxtrot. It was popular in the south, as is quite common with country music, so plenty of people in Texas were dancing along to it.
There were many different changes made to the dance over the years, but there was one particular instance that really spread the two step around. The movie Urban Cowboy came out in 1980, and of course people were impressed by John Travolta’s dance moves. The fact that it takes place primarily in a bar called Gilley’s in the Lone Star State is another reason this dance often has Texas stamped at the front.
The Two Step has gone through quite a few changes even since people agreed on a name. The early days saw dancers kicking back and forth down the floor in a straight line, but it slowly changed into the circular pattern that we know and love today. The dance is done with partners (one is the “leader,” and the other is the “follower”), and they start out by facing each other. The leader obviously does the leading, and the pair goes counterclockwise around the dance floor. Various patterns of steps are followed (a mixture of quick and slow), and it depends on the dancers and exactly which style they’d like to do.
You shouldn’t learn a dance by reading it, or even by watching online videos. You need to be in a Country Western environment surrounded by good music, cowboy hats, and plenty of friends! See you there!