A hukilau is a way of fishing invented by the ancient Hawaiians . The word comes from huki , meaning pull, and lau , meaning leaves. A large number of people, usually family and friends, would work together in casting the net from shore and then pulling it back. The net was lined with ti leaves, which would help scare the fish into the center of the net. [1] Consistent with the Hawaiian subsistence economy , anybody who helped could share in the catch. Hukilau Beach, in Lā'ie , is named after the technique, which has been used there for centuries.
30-424: A festive beach gathering is also known to local Hawaiians as a hukilau , and there is a traditional song and dance known as the hukilau , a scattered line dance . Men wear a malo or a bikini, similar to a loincloth, or a ' ie lavalava , which is a piece of Kapa cloth wrapped around the waist. Women wear a pa'u , made from Kapa cloth. Many garments in modern times can also be made of fabric cloth. The hukilau,
60-494: A disc jockey than Clark, Deane brought to his audience a wider array of white musical acts than were seen on American Bandstand . For example, Carole King appeared on the show playing her single " It Might as Well Rain Until September ", nearly a decade before she achieved popularity with her 1970 album Tapestry . Deane also presented British artist Helen Shapiro , who sang her Baltimore hit " Tell Me What He Said " at about
90-522: A group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of steps while arranged in one or more lines or rows. These lines usually face all in the same direction, or less commonly face each other. Unlike circle dancing , line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. Each dance is usually associated with, and named for, a specific song, such as the Macarena or the Electric Slide (associated with
120-406: A scattered line dance created in 1948 by Jack Owens. It consists of basic hula steps and arm movements to represent the fishing aspect of the dance. This Hawaiʻi -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This fishing -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Line dance A line dance is a choreographed dance in which
150-496: A sequence, and may even, at any given point, face in a direction halfway between two walls. At the end of the sequence, they will face the original wall or any of the other three. Whichever wall that is, the next iteration of the sequence uses that wall as the new frame of reference. The Buddy Deane Show The Buddy Deane Show is an American teen dance television show, created by Zvi Shoubin, hosted by Winston "Buddy" Deane (1924–2003), and aired on WJZ-TV (Channel 13),
180-686: The Milford Mill swim club on the westside of suburban Baltimore County. Almost all dancers wore swim wear and beach attire, with music provided by WJZ-TV. One show was even broadcast from a local farm in Westminster, Maryland. Participants dressed in "country" style and danced to country and western music as well as pop. Several local art contests were held on the show, with viewers submitting their own art work. Deane held dances at various Maryland American Legion posts and National Guard armories, which were not taped or broadcast on television. "Buddy" Deane
210-590: The Nutbush , performed to Tina Turner 's song " Nutbush City Limits ". The popular dance Electric Slide , associated with the song " Electric Boogie ," was created in 1976. The song "Electric Boogie" was originally released by Marcia Griffiths in December 1982. It was written by Bunny Wailer exclusively for Griffiths, reaching the top spots in popularity in Jamaica in early 1983 , achieving moderate international success. In 1989,
240-567: The Walkin' Wazi and the Cowboy Boogie . The 1980 film Urban Cowboy caused a trend for country and western culture, particularly the associated dance , music , and clothing . Over a dozen line dances were created for country songs during the 1980s. Many other early line dances were adaptations of disco line dance. The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during
270-595: The waltz , polka and swing . Line dances have accompanied many popular music styles since the early 1970s including pop, swing , rock and roll , disco , Latin ( salsa suelta ), rhythm and blues and jazz . The term "modern line dance" is now used in many line dance clubs around the world to indicate dance styles that combine many genres, including pop, Latin, Irish, big band and country. Rather than wearing Western-style clothing or boots, participants dress in casual clothing and often wear dance trainers . The precise origins of line dancing are not entirely clear. Of
300-505: The 1800s. Throughout the 1860s–1890s, the style that would later be known as country–western dance began to emerge from these dances. Schools in the United States began to incorporate dancing, particularly folk dancing , into physical education classes in the 1900s, which popularized folk and country dancing as a social activity. Finally, servicemen returning from World War I and World War II sometimes brought European dances back to
330-448: The 1980s. The music video for the 1990 Billy Ray Cyrus song " Achy Breaky Heart " has been credited for launching line dancing into the mainstream. In the 1990s, the hit Spanish dance song " Macarena " inspired a popular line dance. A line dance for the 1990 Asleep at the Wheel single " Boot Scootin' Boogie " was choreographed by Bill Bader. The 1992 Brooks & Dunn cover of
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#1733086031335360-435: The 1982 single " Electric Boogie ") which are a few of the line dances that have consistently remained part of modern American culture for years. Line dancing is practiced and learned in country-western dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms. It is sometimes combined on dance programs with other forms of country-western dance, such as two-step , western promenade dances , and as well as western-style variants of
390-572: The ABC affiliate station in Baltimore from 1957 until 1964. It is similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand . The Buddy Deane Show was taken off the air because of a feud Deane had with WJZ-TV regarding the integration of African-American dancers on the program; WJZ-TV wanted virulently to have said dancers booked for his program, but Deane felt that the city of Baltimore had Southern orientations and that its white population would be greatly resistant to
420-596: The Action Is after local remotes done by Deane in Maryland. The racial integration of a take-off of the show, dubbed The Corny Collins Show , provides the backdrop to the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray . The film spawned a 2002 Broadway musical adaptation starring Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur , and a 2007 film adaptation of the musical starring John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky . Although he never appeared on Deane's show, Waters attended high school with
450-477: The U.S. with the techno dance song " 5,6,7,8 ". In 1999, American retailer Gap Inc. debuted the "Khaki Country" ad at that year's Academy Awards ceremony, in which line dancers performed to the 1999 version of " Crazy Little Thing Called Love " by Dwight Yoakam . The arrival of the Country Music Television channel to Europe fed the popularity of line dancing there. In 2008, line dancing gained
480-530: The United States, incorporating elements into American dance styles. One of the first true line dances was the Madison , a novelty dance created and first danced in Columbus, Ohio , in 1957. The local popularity of the dance and record in Baltimore, Maryland , came to the attention of the producers of The Buddy Deane Show in 1960, which led to other dance shows picking it up. The 1961 "San Francisco Stomp" meets
510-530: The attention of the French government. Based on per capita ranking of MeetUp Groups in the US, Durham, N.C. was declared the line dancing capital of America in 2014. Each dance is said to consist of a number of walls . A wall is the direction in which the dancers face at any given time: the front (the direction faced at the beginning of the dance), the back, or one of the sides. Dancers may change direction many times during
540-459: The confusion, music historian Christy Lane has stated that "If you were to ask 10 people with some knowledge of when line dancing began, you'd probably get 10 different answers". By and large, the growth and popularity of line dancing has mainly been tied to country and western music . It is likely that at least some of the steps and terminology used in modern line dancing originated from the dances brought to North America by European immigrants in
570-462: The debate over integrated dancing, remarked, on the subject of it being incorporated on his show, that "you're in trouble if you do and in trouble if you don't." WJZ-TV denied that the debate over integration had played a role in the series' cancellation, arguing that the decision was instead brought about by changing musical tastes and declining ratings for the program. Owing to Deane's mid-South roots and work history, he featured many performers from
600-503: The definition of a line dance. During the disco music era of the 1970s, numerous new dance styles emerged, including many line dances choreographed to disco songs. The "L.A. Hustle", a modified version of the Madison, began in a small Los Angeles disco in the summer of 1975, and hit the East Coast (with modified steps) in the spring of 1976 as the "Bus Stop". Another 70s line dance is
630-485: The inclusion of those dancers as a result. Deane's dance party television show debuted in 1957 and was for a time the most popular local show in the United States. It aired for two and a half hours a day, six days a week. Teenagers who appeared on the show every day were known as "The Committee". Committee members included Jonas and Joanie Cash, Mike Miller, Charlie Bledsoe, Ron Osher, Mary Lou Raines, Pat(ricia) Tacey, and Cathy Schmink. Hundreds of thousands of teens learned
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#1733086031335660-701: The latest dances by watching Committee members on the show, copying their personal style, and following their life stories and interactions. Many top acts of the day, both black and white, appeared on The Buddy Deane Show . Acts that appeared on the show first reportedly were barred from appearing on American Bandstand , but if they had been on Bandstand first they could still be on The Buddy Deane Show . The rivalry with Dick Clark meant that Deane urged all his performers not to mention American Bandstand or visits to Clark in Philadelphia. Although WJZ-TV, owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting (now CBS since January 2, 1995),
690-437: The melody line and helped to start a trend of line dancing to forms of music other than country. In this mid-1990s period, country western music was significantly influenced by the popularity of line dancing. Max Perry, along with Jo Thompson Szymanski, Scott Blevins and several others, began to use ballroom rhythms and technique to take line dancing to the next level. In 1997, the band Steps created further interest outside of
720-553: The ranks of country and western music (e.g., Skeeter Davis , singing " The End of the World " and Brenda Lee singing " Sweet Nothin's "), who then achieved cross-over hits among rock and roll fans. Deane also played songs that other disc jockeys, including Dick Clark, refused to present to mostly white teen TV audiences because the acts sounded "too black" (e.g. " Do You Love Me " by The Contours , or "Hide and Go Seek" by Bunker Hill ). With an ear for music seasoned by many more years as
750-491: The rest of the time, the show's participants were all white. However, as the civil rights movement gained strength in the United States, WJZ-TV began insisting on the program having a regular lineup of racially-integrated dancers. Deane complied briefly, featuring such a lineup for a few months until protests from segregationists prompted him to have a racially-segregated lineup of dancers again, prompting protests from integrationists. Deane, who believed his program fell victim to
780-406: The song has resulted in there being at least 16 line dances with "Boot Scootin' Boogie" in the title. Billy Ray Cyrus ' 1992 hit " Achy Breaky Heart " helped catapult western line dancing into the mainstream public consciousness. In 1994 choreographer Max Perry had a worldwide dance hit with "Swamp Thang" for the song " Swamp Thing " by The Grid . This was a techno song that fused banjo sounds in
810-555: The song was remixed and re-released, this time gaining significant popularity. It reached number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, becoming Griffiths' most successful single. The song also helped popularize the "electric slide" dance. The release of the film Saturday Night Fever in 1977 took disco and its associated dance styles to a new height of popularity. Line dancing to country music also became popular during this era, with two notable dances dating to 1972:
840-452: The time that she was touring England with The Beatles as one of her supporting acts. Deane organized and disc-jockeyed dances in public venues across the WJZ-TV broadcast area, including much of central Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania where tens of thousands of teenagers were exposed to live recording artists and TV personalities. In several instances, the show went on location to
870-570: Was a broadcaster for more than 50 years, beginning his career in Little Rock, Arkansas, moving to the Memphis, Tennessee market, and moving to Baltimore, where he worked at WITH radio. He was one of the early disc jockeys in the area to regularly feature rock and roll . Deane died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 16, 2003 after suffering a stroke. He was 78. Dick Clark patterned his ABC-TV show Where
900-530: Was an ABC affiliate, the station "blacked out" the network broadcast of American Bandstand in Baltimore and instead broadcast the Deane program, reportedly because Bandstand showed black teenagers dancing on the show (but black and white teenagers were not allowed to dance together until the show was moved to California in 1964). The Deane program set aside every other Friday for a show featuring only black teenagers. For
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