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  2. Heel-and-toe - Wikipedia

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    the heel-and-toe polka, a dance This page was last edited on 14 April 2019, at 23:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  3. Varsovienne - Wikipedia

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    It combines elements of the waltz, mazurka, and polka. The dance originated around 1850 in Warsaw, Poland. The words varsovienne and varsoviana are French and Spanish feminine adjectives, respectively, meaning 'from Warsaw'. The dance was popular in 19th-century America, where it was danced to the tune Put Your Little Foot.

  4. Bush dance - Wikipedia

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    Another popular, simple, progressive dance, often used with children, is the Heel-Toe Polka (also known as the Brown Jug Polka), where partners slap their knees, hands and partners' hands. See also [ edit ]

  5. Cotton-Eyed Joe - Wikipedia

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    A resident of Central Texas who learned the dance in Williamson County in the early 1880s described it as nothing but a heel and toe "poker" with fringes added. These fringes added to the heel and toe polka were clog steps which required skill and extraversion on the part of the dancer. [12]

  6. Country–western dance - Wikipedia

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    Western couple dancing is a form of social dance.Many different dances are done to country-western music. These dances include: Two Step, Waltz, Cowboy or Traveling Cha Cha, [2] Polka Ten Step [3] (also known as Ten Step Polka [4]), Schottische, and other Western promenade dances, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and Nightclub Two Step.

  7. Music of Grenada - Wikipedia

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    Some of the most popular recent styles of these dances include "Heel-and-Toe" [1] and "Carriacou Big Drum and Quadrille", with popular dancers including Willie Redhead, Thelma Phillips, Renalph Gebon and the Beewee Ballet.

  8. List of Caribbean folk music traditions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics.The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.

  9. Music of Montserrat - Wikipedia

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    Masqueraders travel door to door and receive small gifts, while dancing a standard set of dances consisting of a heel-and-toe polka and five quadrilles. This celebration begins in mid-December and ends January 1. [6] Montserrat is also home to a string band folk tradition that provides accompaniment to many kinds of songs and dances.