Word: rhumba
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Brilliant Cuban costumes will be sported by the chorines as they daintily trip through "Don't Tell Miguel", rhumba feature of the coming Hasty Pudding Show "The Lid's Off", which will open for its first public performance on Tuesday, March 24 in the Clubhouse at 12 Holyoke Street...
Some words Carol knows: lemonade, candy, ice, cream, lollypop, cigar, cigaret, tobacco, pants, pajamas, locust, katydid, Mae West, come, up, see, me, some, time, buzz, rhumba, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, seventeen, hippopotamus, lavatory, belch, sneeze, Jesus, pop, eye, goofy, flush, toilet, groceries, fruit, nuts, nertz...
...correspondents trumped up a story that the King had asked his eldest son not to dance the rhumba or carioca at the State Ball this week in Buckingham Palace. On the program, however, were only polkas, waltzes and fox trots, including Sweetie Pie, I'm on a See-Saw, and An Old Lullaby, rendered from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m. by the Royal Artillery Band...
...Mexican matador who at heart is yellow. His East Said diction seems out of place in this picture of Mexican life and as usual he demonstrates his inability as an actor. Better cast is Adolph Menjou who plays his brother. Both men fall in love with the rhumba dancer Chulita, played by Frances Drake, and around her the story is centered. The piece is very mediocre but may appeal to those who like bullfights and vampire-like women...
...number of graceful variations, and at the same time it is bubbling over with rhythm. You know, I never could figure out why they called it the "400" till I tried to learn it. Then I decided it was because there were 400 different steps to it. The Rhumba -- that's really a hot dance, too, and the NRA, a waltz named after the Recovery Act is another new step that's pretty sweet. Thank the Lord we don't have some of the vulgar dances they used to have like the "Grizzly Bear," and the "Rocking Chair...