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"Taps" is derived from the same source as "Tattoo". [4] [5] "Taps" is sometimes said to originate from the Dutch taptoe, meaning "close the [beer] taps [and send the troops back to camp]". An alternative explanation, however, is that it carried over from a term already in use before the American Civil War.
Tap dance (or tap) is a form of dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music. [1] Tap dancing can also be a cappella , with no musical accompaniment; the sound of the taps is its own music.
Spinal Tap (band), a parody band Tap dance, a type of dance using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor; Tapping, a guitar playing technique "Taps" (bugle call), a U.S. armed forces bugle call
In the United States, English clog steps were combined with African rhythms to form "buck and wing dancing", and that evolved into Tap dance. [a] Nowadays, clogs, tap shoes, and hard-soled shoes are all worn depending on the style of dance. Dances and steps are most notably found in the North East, the Lake District, and Lancashire.
Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at 97.
Lake Tapps has been tapped. Officials had to drain the 4.5 square mile reservoir near Seattle to make essential repairs to a dam. What it revealed looked like another planet a long-forgotten ...
An array of draught beers served by taps. Three beer taps. A beer tap is a valve, specifically a tap, for controlling the release of beer. While other kinds of tap may be called faucet, valve or spigot, the use of tap for beer is almost universal. The word was originally coined for the wooden valve in traditional barrels. [1]
The threats come ahead of his trip to the state later today, and as new fires have sparked in both the LA and San Diego areas this week. I spoke with USA TODAY, Chief Political Correspondent ...