2006-11-30 20:33:07 · 5 answers · asked by billyford2003 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Yes, there used to be a music hall act which consisted of three people dressed as Arabs, and their act was basically to shuffle about on a sand-covered sheet in time with the music
2006-11-30 21:09:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know it comes from three performers who use to busk in Leicester Square in London. Two men and a woman the names were, I think, Wilson, Kepple and Betty. They wore sort of Egyptian costumes and danced on a board covered in sand with sort of shuffling steps. Quite clever and amusing. I have seen their names on bill boards I think for the Shepards Bush Empire (which is now a BBC stage). they called themselves "Sand Dancers" I did see them once busking without Betty. Maybe she was having a day off.
2006-12-01 04:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sandancer is a colloquialism used to describe those who come from the town of South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. Residents of South Shields are more often referred to or self-identify as Geordies, although 'Sandancer' is still used, often as a mildly pejorative term.
It is often written "Sand-dancer", from where the shortened term originates.
2006-12-01 04:39:58 · answer #3 · answered by sugarapple25 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Old Bazaar in Cairo!A firm called Wilson,Betty and Keppel!
2006-12-01 17:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your mom. she used to dance at the Sands.
2006-12-01 04:36:10 · answer #5 · answered by Ellie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋