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Mary Ann" continued to be a favorite with steel bands and calypso entertainers at Caribbean tourist hotels for many years. [citation needed] The most popular version was recorded by Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders (No. 4 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957); [4] another version was recorded by the Hilltoppers in 1957 (No. 3 on the Billboard Top ...
Contra dancers at a ball in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States (silent video) Contra dance has European origins, and over 100 years of cultural influences from many different sources. At the end of the 17th century, English country dances were taken up by French dance masters.
Clog dancing is a form of step dance characterised by the wearing of inflexible, wooden soled clogs. Clog dancing developed into differing intricate forms both in Wales and also in the North of England. Welsh clog dancing mainly originates from various slate mines where workers would compete against each other during work breaks. [1]
Clogging, buck dancing, or flatfoot dancing [1] is a type of folk dance practiced in the United States, in which the dancer's footwear is used percussively by striking the heel, the toe, or both against a floor or each other to create audible rhythms, usually to the downbeat with the heel keeping the rhythm. Clogging can be found at various Old ...
A Welsh solo clog dancer extinguishing a candle using the sole edges of his clogs at the National Urdd Eisteddfod in Snowdonia (Eryri), 2012.. The Welsh stepdance (Welsh: Dawns stepio) or Welsh clog dance (Welsh: Clocsio) is a traditional Welsh form of dance involving clog shoes and percussive movement of the feet and athletic movements.
One Night Lonely is a 2021 live video album from American country musician Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was recorded and released 25 years after her first live performance video, Jubilee: Live at Wolf Trap, also recorded at the same venue.
Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) [1] is an American former professional performer and choreographer of Irish dance.Flatley is credited with reinventing traditional Irish dance by incorporating new rhythms, syncopation, and upper body movements, which were previously absent from the dance.
After each of the first three rounds, the professionals face each other in a standard game of darts; the first to count down from 501 to zero wins, scoring 10 points for their team, and a double is required for the final checkout. A team earns a bonus of £500 or £1,000 for a score of 180 or a nine-dart finish by their professional ...