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''''Snake dance'''' is a term used to refer to a parade before or during a high school or a related event like a [[american football|football]] game. The parade includes floats built by each high school class, [[marching bands]], students, and alumni. '''Snake dance''' may also be more narrowly used to describe the student parade, line of students celebrating, or a starts in a central business district or school location and ends with an evening bonfire and pep rally near the school. Line of students |
''''Snake dance'''' is a term used to refer to a parade before or during a high school or a related event like a [[american football|football]] game. The parade includes floats built by each high school class, [[marching bands]], students, and alumni. '''Snake dance''' may also be more narrowly used to describe the student parade, line of students celebrating, or a starts in a central business district or school location and ends with an evening bonfire and pep rally near the school. Line of students as "snake dance" is a traditional term. The [[University of Northern Iowa]] archives refer to snake dance as early as 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.uni.edu/collections/special-collections/history-homecoming-uni |title=library.uni.edu |publisher=library.uni.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref> A 1911 [[Associated Press]] dispatch covering Philadelphia fans celebrating the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] victory in Game 2 of the [[1911 World Series]] reported, "Staid business and professional men joined their office boys and ragged urchins in a snake dance around city hall".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LkUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yskEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3596%2C864737 |title=Quaker City Fans All Enthusiasm |publisher= |date=Oct 18, 1911 |accessdate=2011-12-14 |work=Herald-Journal}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:50, 19 November 2018
'Snake dance' is a term used to refer to a parade before or during a high school or a related event like a football game. The parade includes floats built by each high school class, marching bands, students, and alumni. Snake dance may also be more narrowly used to describe the student parade, line of students celebrating, or a starts in a central business district or school location and ends with an evening bonfire and pep rally near the school. Line of students as "snake dance" is a traditional term. The University of Northern Iowa archives refer to snake dance as early as 1922.[1] A 1911 Associated Press dispatch covering Philadelphia fans celebrating the Philadelphia Athletics victory in Game 2 of the 1911 World Series reported, "Staid business and professional men joined their office boys and ragged urchins in a snake dance around city hall".[2]
References
- ^ "library.uni.edu". library.uni.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
- ^ "Quaker City Fans All Enthusiasm". Herald-Journal. Oct 18, 1911. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
External links
- Tarleton College Homecoming Schedule with Snake Dance [1]
- University of Northern Iowa Homecoming Archives [2]
- Carleton College "Freshman Snake Dance Between Football Games [3]
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