What, exactly, is a buck dancer's choice?

[anti-everything]

For that matter, what the hell is a buck dancer?

[LSK]

1. I dont know, what is a buck dancer?

(waiting for punchline)

[pokerfan]

5. google

http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/AGDL/uncle.html#buck

[SeattleGirl]

6. Ha! We both posted the same info!

:hi:

[pokerfan]

10. Beat me by one minute

[SeattleGirl]

13. Does that mean I'm da winnah?

:woohoo:

[SeattleGirl]

2. Somebody who dances buck nekkid?

:shrug:

[anti-everything]

3. So two other people don't know either.

Too bad the deadheads are asleep by now...

[SeattleGirl]

4. Okay, just found something on it:

Buck Dancer's Choice
A buck dancer is one who dances the buck-and-wing. From TheDictionary of American Regional English:
"buck-and-wing n, ... Also buck (dance) ... A lively dance usually performed by one person.
1968 Stearns Jazz Dance 191, The wordWing was used to describe a combination known as Buck and Wing--the general designation for tap dance (and almost anything else) at the turn of the century. Introduced on the New Yorkstage in 1880 by James McIntyre, the Buck and Wing began toswing...and launched a new style of Negro-derived dancing.
1977 Nevell Time to Dance 169sAppalachians, Buck-dancing is the simplest and yet themost enigmatic kind of southern mountain dancing. Essentially, buckdancing is a dance for one but can be for more than one; the dance itself involves nothing more than moving your feet in time to the music. The origins of buckdancing are unclear. The name probably came from the Indians who may have had a ceremonial dance danced by a brave costumed as a buck deer."

[anti-everything]

7. So in other words...

buck dancing is hippy bullshit, Jerry is worm food, and the 60's are over. works for me

[SeattleGirl]

9. Then whatever you do, stay away from Eugene, Oregon,

The Deadhead capitol of the world.

[anti-everything]

11. I'll try. There's enough hippies here.

At least there's not a lot of deadheads. They're all Bob Dylan fans here, even though he can't carry a tune or hold a note. He's a Northlander.

[SeattleGirl]

12. They have a Saturday market there, with enough tie dye to choke

a horse!

[MnFats]

8. grateful dead, yes? read on..

...the line goes, 'it's a buck, dancer's choice....'


you pay the band a buck, and you get to choose the tune you want to dance to...

[WilliamPitt]

14. Bingo

:)

[anti-everything]

16. "I'm william Pitt...A hippy says something, it must be right."

[WilliamPitt]

17. pzzzzcheeezzzzz

[anti-everything]

18. exactly

[anti-everything]

15. What about the people who paid a lot of money and had to hear a bunch of hillbilly

nonsense in the '80s and 90's

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Buck Dance is a style of dance, predecessor to Tap Dance.

More history of Buck Dance, also known as "buck and wing":
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3buckw1.htm

It was a popular form of dance among minstrel show and vaudeville performers.

:shrug:

[av8rdave]

20. In my college days, I was taken to an establishment where

female dancers would ply their trade in hopes of getting a buck. Guess I'd always assumed that was what they were referring to!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

21. Good music store in P-Town.

:hi: