boogaloo

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boo·ga·loo

(bo͞o′gə-lo͞o′)

a. A style of soul music popular in the mid 1960s, sometimes including Caribbean musical elements.

b. A style of dancing performed to this music.

2. A form of urban dance originating in the late 1960s, involving undulating, fluid body movements and briefly held poses, performed to funk music.

[Probably alteration of boogie or boogie-woogie (perhaps influenced by hullabaloo).]

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boogaloo

(ˈbuːɡəˌluː)

a type of dance performed to rock and roll music

to dance a boogaloo

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Tonight Amos Nelson, Swiss and Dan Stephens are on the decks, tomorrow Blest, Dave Jones, Boogalu music and Dave Llewellyn play the party and on Sunday it's the turn of Rick Latham, Larry Nelson and Dan Stephens.

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CELEBRATING 10 years DJing tonight, Colin kicks off his own club night - Boogalu at Bar Brio - in his native Dunfermline.