Vintage Easter Photo of a young girl dressed as a bunny posing for a photo outside of her home.

The Bunny Hop Dance History / Videos & Photos

Ahhhh the Bunny Hop a social dance that originated in the 1952 at Balboa High School in San Francisco. The dance is a variation on a conga line. Participants dance in a line, holding on to the hips of the person in front of them. They tap the floor two times with their right foot, then with their left foot, then they hop forwards, backwards, and finally three hops forward to finish the sequence, which continues throughout the tune. The first person in the line leads the group around the floor (Wikipedia).

Ray Anthony the bunny Hop
Photo courtesy of “Shelly’s Vintage Sheet Music“

The Bunny Hop Song:

The original song that everyone dances the Bunny Hop to was done by Ray Anthony’s big band recording, heard below.

See the Bunny Hop in Action:

Ray Anthony & his orchestra perform the 1950s dance sensation known as “The Bunny Hop” on this 1953 episode of The Ray Anthony Show (video link).

I think the Bunny Hop is too cute for words and no 1950’s party should be without a hop hop hop around the dance floor with your friends (try a vintage cocktail or two to help if doing this sober is not your thing lol).

Below are some vintage Bunny Hop pictures for your viewing enjoyment

1950's Bunny Hop
Photo courtesy of allposters.com

1950s Photo: Ray Anthony leads a group as they dance to his big hit of “The Bunny Hop” at Ciro’s. Behind Anthony is actress Mitzi Gaynor and Hugh O’Brian. Man with the mustache is comedian Jerry Colonna. Marie Windsor watches on the left (Source). This looks like a fun party!

1950s Photo: Ray Anthony leads a group as they dance to his big hit of “The Bunny Hop” at Ciro’s. Behind Anthony is actress Mitzi Gaynor and Hugh O’Brian. Man with the mustache is comedian Jerry Colonna. Marie Windsor watches on the left.
Photo courtesy of “WesternClippings.com“

1950s Vintage Photo: A group of teenagers in 1950s dresses & suits for boys doing their own Bunny Hop.

Look how cute everyone looks at this dance, love it 🙂

1950s Vintage Photo: A group of teenagers in 1950s dresses & suits for boys doing their own Bunny Hop.

1950s Photo: Check out these handsome men (one being Ray Anthony on the left) leading the Bunny Hop for a stylish group of party goers.

1950s Photo: Check out these handsome men (one being Ray Anthony on the left) leading the Bunny Hop for a stylish group of party goers.

Happy Easter! Now go practice the Bunny Hop 🙂

FURTHER READING: Vintage Easter Archived Blog Posts 1920s-1960s

    Liz

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