Word: polkas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kennedy Center also commissioned Taylor's "Company B," performed for the first time by Boston Ballet as part of the "Festival." The spirited songs of the Andrews Sisters and the witty exhuberance of the dancing makes this piece pure fun. Songs such such as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "Pennsylvania Polka" and "Rum and Coca-Cola" highlight the array, evoking the feelings of a confident and patriotic era, with underpinnings of tragedy behind every beat. Although some of the steps are clear reminders of swing dancing, Taylor adds many new elements by experimenting with the pace of the moves. Some...
...Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, between TV appearances and clothes-shopping expeditions, Whitestone receives a guest. Dressed in a T shirt and a polka-dot vest and pants, she is an enthusiastic and fluent conversation partner. She readily acknowledges not being part of Deaf culture -- "I don't know it very well. I have seen it" -- and tends to refer even to small d deaf as "them...
...that looters would be prosecuted and jailed. Instead, in the first few | days crime dropped 80%. Maybe people were too awed to loot anything but grapefruits from public parking lots. There was a treeful right here at the mall, and the quake has shaken them down prematurely, brilliant yellow polka dots on a gray field. A family rushes to the lot and collects as many grapefruits...
Funk, from that FUNky B.O. growing in your pits, from the stink between the sheets, with the bass bustin' out and the grooves hangin', ever-e-thang 'cept opera & polka, the visible line from Zapp to Zappa, gee-tars 'n' horns 'n' cong-Os and voices voices singin 'n' screamin 'n' chanting 'n' shouting...
...occurred to me just now that my House's dining hall has no music, except polka tunes during "German Deli Day." What I'd like is to see our serving line utilize music on a daily basis--rave music, really really fast terrifying rave music. It would be good for me: I wouldn't waste so much time sitting around in the dining hall. I'd go in, get my dinner, eat, and get out. Fast...