Two-step dance has stemmed from the collegiate foxtrot of the 1920s, which has more bouncing steps unlike two-step’s sliding moves. (Gill) For almost fifty years, the two-step dance remained a footnote in the history books of dance or a way of describing a particular kind of dance. But this changed in the late 1910s when collegiate foxtrot was becoming popular. Two-step entered the square dance community in the 40’s and since it was associated with country dancing, it became known as the “Texas Two” or “Country Foxtrot.” But it is known as the “Texas Two-step dance” today because to have another version of the Foxtrot will create more confusion. (Two Step Dance) A revival of collegiate dances was observed in the 40s and 50s and the collegiate foxtrot became the one-step which later became the popular two-step. Country-western dancing was re-introduced by the movie “Urban Cowboy” in the 1970s but the two-step dance in the movie is not the “quick-quick, slow-slow” version of today’s two-step dance. (Gill) A group of instructors that ran a disco dance school began teaching Western and Country in the late 1970s and early 1980s and much of the initial patterns on the syllabus originated from foxtrot. (Two –Step) (Continued Gold Page)