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The Hokey Pokey (also known as Hokey Cokey in the United Kingdom, Ireland, some parts of Australia, and the Caribbean) [1] is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well-known in English-speaking countries.
Honeycomb toffee, honeycomb candy, sponge toffee, cinder toffee, seafoam, or hokey pokey is a sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture. Its main ingredients are typically brown sugar (or corn syrup , molasses or golden syrup ) and baking soda , sometimes with an acid such as vinegar .
In 1981, Ian Dury left Stiff for Polydor Records. [1] As a cash-in for the Christmas market, Stiff commissioned session musicians to record a version of the Hokey Cokey with a Dury-soundalike vocal from Martin Kershaw, whose credits included guitar on "Kung Fu Fighting" and "Dance Yourself Dizzy", [2] and playing banjo on 120 episodes of the Muppet Show. [3]
Spokey Dokeys (sometimes Spokey Dokies, Spokey Dokes, or known generically as spoke beads) are a bicycle accessory, originating in the 1980s, most popular with children. They are plastic beads that attach onto bicycle wheel spokes. [1] When the bicycle user pedals at a slow speed, the beads slide up and down the spoke, resulting in noise.
Coincidentally, "hokey pokey" was a slang term for ice cream in general in the 19th and early 20th centuries in several areas—including New York City [10] and parts of Great Britain—specifically for the ice cream sold by street vendors or "hokey pokey men". The vendors, said to be mostly of Italian descent, supposedly used a sales pitch or ...
On Thursday, the singer's widow, Wendy Dio, and her friends and supporters will hold the annual Bowl for Ronnie celebrity tournament at Pinz Bowling Center in Studio City.
Zoe had language delays, while her twin brother spoke more readily. She was hyperactive. Even seemingly simple motor-control skills like holding a crayon seemed difficult for her, Abdul-Majeed said. An evaluation by the Department of Education confirmed Abdul-Majeed’s fears.
Larry LaPrise ( Roland Lawrence LaPrise) (November 11, 1912 [1] - April 4, 1996 [2]) at one point held the U.S. copyright for the "Hokey Pokey" song. LaPrise was born in Detroit, Michigan. He wrote "Do The Hokey Pokey" in the early 1940s for the après-ski crowd at a club in Sun Valley, Idaho.