International Silly Walk Day steps off on January 7th. Horsemen and other wacky walkers pull out all the stops (or steps) on January 7th for International Silly Walk Day.
No one knows where this giddy gaited holiday started – or why it is not held in March instead. Most folks blame the BBC’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus for the odd occasion. After all, the television comedy series aired a popular skit, titled “The Ministry of Silly Walks” (see video) during its series run (from 1969–1983).
Whatever the origins of International Silly Walk Day may be, fancy and frightful footwork is in vogue on January 7th. There’s even a Facebook group formed to mark the occasion.
How can equestrians celebrate International Silly Walk Day?
Although humans can certainly produce prodigiously preposterous prancing, equestrians may incite their horses to dance even more dramatically on January 7th.
What better occasion might there be to dabble in inventive dressage? Here are a few creative International Silly Walk Day dances horse lovers might perform with their equine counterparts:
- Airheaded airs above the ground
- Cockamamie canter
- Crack-brained crow hopping
- Dubious backing
- Exuberant bucking
- Fanciful spooking
- Giddy gallop
- Goofy gaited walk
- Hapless halt
- Laughable levade
- Ridiculous rollbacks
- Silly spinning
- Trotting askew
- Wonky two-point
- and more.
Even the most graceful, well-bred upper-level competition horses may learn a few new tricks for International Silly Walk Day – the one day a year when both horse and human possess full license to amble in an asinine fashion.
Happy International Silly Walk Day. Enjoy this hilarious holiday, for tomorrow the real equestrian training recommences.
Comments
Not sure I want to do the exuberant bucking part. Usually happens unintentionally and not a behavior to encourage!
I hear THAT.
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