RE: Dance craze

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 14:44:10 BST

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    From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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    Subject: RE: Dance craze
    Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 14:44:10 +0100 
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    And there was me trying desperately to avoid mentioning 'Footloose'.... (coz
    to do so would being an admittance of seeing it- of course, since it's
    anti-religion I loved it!)

    Vincent

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    > From: Scott Chase
    > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2001 1:55 am
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: Re: Dance craze
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    > >From: Douglas Brooker <dbrooker@clara.co.uk>
    > >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > >Subject: Re: Dance craze
    > >Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 19:36:10 +0100
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    > >"Wade T.Smith" wrote:
    > >
    > > > Hi Trupeljak Ozren -
    > > >
    > > > >Any ideas why would, and how, such a strange thing as "dance
    > epidemcs"
    > > > >appear and/or spread through population? What could be behind it?
    > > > >I have this feeling that it is important and connected with recent
    > > > >discussions on religion/behavior memes etc...
    > > >
    > > > The Shakers were a religious sect that used dancing for ceremonial
    > > > purposes. Did Shakerism appear because dancing was forbidden or
    > > > discouraged? Were they driven to the New World?
    > > >
    > > > Do modern dance fads meet with similar reprobation?
    > >
    > >According to newspaper reports in the UK, the new Attorney General of the
    > >United States is opposed to dancing on religious and moral grounds.
    > There
    > >has
    > >been no mention that he singles out faddish dancing.
    > >
    > >
    > Well, if so, someone needs to play Kevin Bacon to his rendition of John
    > Lithgow.
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