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...blasting the exact same song from their subwoofers. It wasn’t until I listened past the thumping bass and clockwork rhythm that I realized that I was hearing a whole genre of music; almost all reggaeton songs feature an identical drum rhythm, called “Dem Bow?? after the Jamaican dancehall song it was borrowed from. I’m a part-time party DJ, so I was embarrassed to have been so ignorant of a whole world of dance music. But I wasn’t all that late to the game...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hip Hop Lessons for Reggaeton | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

...Madonna—“Take a Bow?...

Author: By Abe J. Reisman and Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 1995 | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

There’s the South and then there’s Texas. Debutantes from both the South and the North credit the Lone Star state with the most elaborate debuts. And the subject of Texas balls inspires the inevitable discussion of the “Texas bow?? (a.k.a. the “Texas Dip” and the “Texas Swan Dive”). The elaborate curtsy is a regionalized version of the bow debutantes did when they were presented to the Queen at St. James’ Court. Player didn’t have...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Ball | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

...don’t actually know what the Texas bow is because when you’re in Texas you don’t call it the Texas bow,” she says. But she says the bow (which she calls the “Full Court Bow??) is very hard. Not only is it difficult to rise from the floor, bowers are also hampered by their heavy dresses and hoop skirts. Their garb acts like a suction and pins them to the floor. But when done right, she says, “It?...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Ball | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

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