Crossword clues for fandango
fandango
- Dance cool and bursting with energy
- Old Spanish dance in triple time
- Costner film
- Spanish courtship dance
- Movie ticket site named after a dance, because why do things need to have anything to do with each other
- Iberian dance for two
- Dance with castanets
- Dance mentioned in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Company that owns Rotten Tomatoes
- Castanet player's dance
- Castanet dance
- Spanish dance — a dong fan (anag)
- Spanish steps?
- A provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time
- Performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
- Lively Spanish dance
- Sally Rand dance
- Spanish courtship dance in triple time
- Spanish 2 Down
- Admirer getting desperate man to leave dance
- Dance enthusiast circling with energy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fandango \Fan*dan"go\, n.; pl. Fandangoes. [Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]
A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-18c., lively Spanish dance, the word of unknown etymology [OED says "alleged to be of negro origin"], of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to fado (Watkins traces both to Latin fari "to speak"); fado is lovely but not lively, so perhaps the link, if any, is thematic. By extension in American English, "any noisy entertainment."
Wiktionary
n. 1 A form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina) 2 An unknown entity or contraption 3 A shade of red-violet vb. 1 To dance the fandango 2 (context figuratively English) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy
WordNet
n. a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
Wikipedia
Fandango is a lively couples dance from Spain, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars and castanets or hand-clapping ("palmas" in Spanish). Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has an instrumental introduction followed by "variaciones". Sung fandango usually follows the structure of "cante" that consist of four or five octosyllabic verses (coplas) or musical phrases (tercios). Occasionally, the first copla is repeated.
The meter of fandango is similar to that of the bolero and seguidilla. It was originally notated in time, but later in or .
Fandango is a term that originally described a style of folk and flamenco music and dance. It may also refer to:
Fandango is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was originally a student film titled Proof made by Reynolds while he was attending USC film school. It was a parody of Greek life at his alma mater Baylor University. However, due to his father's presidency at Baylor, he did not wish to portray the Baptist institution in an unfavorable light and gave it the alternative distinction as the University of Texas.
Steven Spielberg saw the film and helped fund a feature-length comedy/drama about five college students from Texas in 1971 who go on a "last" road trip together, celebrating the "privilege of youth" as they face graduation, marriage, and the draft for the Vietnam War.
Fandango stars Kevin Costner (in essence, his first starring role, although an earlier film where he had been the lead actor, The Gunrunner had actually wrapped in 1983 but was not released until 1989), Judd Nelson, and Sam Robards. The soundtrack features an original score by Alan Silvestri and music by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, among others. The film was released by Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment on January 25, 1985 and a DVD of the film was released on February 15, 2005. Fandango marked not only the directorial debut of Reynolds but also the feature film debut of Suzy Amis, previously known primarily for her work in modeling.
Fandango is a country music-themed quiz show which aired on TNN from March 8, 1983 to March 31, 1989, when it was replaced by Top Card. Fandango was the first TV game show to air on TNN and was one of the longest-running game shows on a cable network.
The show was hosted by singer Bill Anderson, who was joined by Blake Pickett as co-host in 1987. Radio and television personality Charlie Chase has often been identified as the voice of "Edgar the Talking Jukebox", but Anderson's autobiography Whisperin' Bill names Edgar's voice as being that of Anderson's long-time friend, radio announcer Bill Robinson.
Fandango was a Mexican pop group created in 1984 and that ran to as early as 1991 consisting of 5 teenage girls from Monterrey, Mexico. They taped and released their first music album under EMI music. Fandango was created from the late 80's pop-music revolution throughout Mexico to compete against other teenager groups like Menudo, Timbiriche, Flans, and Pandora. "Autos, Moda y Rock and Roll" reached and maintained the Top 10 for over 2 months. The group set a dressing trend among teenagers in Mexico. With the backing of ROCKSTAR they made the GTA 5 soundtrack.
Fandango is the fifth full-length album by New Zealand band, The Phoenix Foundation. The first double-album by the band, it was released in Australasia on 26 April 2013, and in England soon after. Fandango's final track "Friendly Society" is one of their longest to date, running just under 18 minutes in length.
Fandango is a studio album by American musician Herb Alpert released on A&M Records in April 1982 with catalog number SP-3731.
One of Alpert's most popular albums, it was briefly available on CD in the early '90s, but went out of print. In 2012, a remastered version was released on CD by Shout Factory, and is also available as a download on Alpert's official website, herbalpertpresents.com as well as the major online music vendors such as iTunes.
Curtis Jonathan Hussey (born July 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE on the SmackDown brand, where he performs under the ring name Fandango.
Hussey began his professional wrestling career in 1999 but wasn't very good at all. He worked for several promotions beginning in September 1999. He competed in several Independent promotions in New England, winning the PLW New England Championship, the PWF Northeast Tag Team Championship with Kenn Phoenix on more than one occasion, the PWF Northeast Heavyweight Championship, NCW New England Championship, the Tag Team Championship with Damian Houston, and the SCCW Lightweight Championship.
In 2006, Hussey signed a development contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), WWE's developmental territory. He was then moved to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in June 2008, where he won the Florida Tag Team Championship on more than one occasion with Tyler Reks and Derrick Bateman. In December 2010, he competed in the fourth season of NXT as Johnny Curtis, and he eventually won the competition in March 2011.
In 2013, Hussey re-debuted as Fandango. In April 2013, WWE audience members started singing and dancing to his entrance music, which rose substantially on the iTunes charts and generated coverage in mainstream media.
Fandango were an American pop rock band fronted by vocalist Joe Lynn Turner.
The band opened for acts like The Allman Brothers and Chicago. Turner has stated that the band took influences from the Eagles and southern rock. He also claims the group disbanded after their equipment was stolen and that they had various problems. Turner's work with the group got him noticed by Ritchie Blackmore, who chose him to replace Graham Bonnet in Rainbow. Larry Dawson (stage name of Larry Dvoskin), one of the band's keyboardists, would later play for Uli Jon Roth.
Usage examples of "fandango".
Donna Ignazia, a mixture of voluptuousness and piety, like most Spanish women, danced the fandango with so much fire that no words could have expressed so well the Joys that were in store for me.
It was the famous fandango, of which I had often heard, but of which I had absolutely no idea.
The masker who had taken me to his box told me that I should see the fandango danced by the Gitanas with good partners.
He confessed that he had been on our track the whole evening, and that he should have gone away well enough pleased if it had not been for the way in which we dance the fandango.
At nightfall we went to the ball, at which the fandango might be danced ad libitum by a special privilege, but the crowd was so great that dancing was out of the question.
A man, a blue-eyed, fair-haired Mexican, dressed in a silver embroidered charro suit suddenly leaped on tathe dais to join her as the music changed to a fandango.
Five green lights flashed to red and disappeared, on their way to predesignated stations outside Fandango: one off each blunt end of the Depot cylinder and the remainder at the entry to the gateway force field.
She reined in Fandango, fighting to sit tall and steady when Cates took the reins.
He swung down and caught her reins, holding Fandango steady while she crawled down from the saddle.
Amanda was still stewing when Harm grabbed her reins and jerked Fandango around.
A low nickering sound and the jingle of reins as Fandango pushed through the mesquite, looking for care and companionship.
Determined not to be ignored by him, Amanda shinnied off Fandango and went to press the reins upon him.
Fandango could reply, a chair rutched back in the corner and the man at the windowside table stood up and spoke.
This fandango of Sunbelt delegate contests allows Edwards, Lieberman and Graham, who are all likely to finish out of the money in Iowa and New Hampshire, to construct credible scenarios for stirring comebacks.
Donna Ignazia, a mixture of voluptuousness and piety, like most Spanish women, danced the fandango with so much fire that no words could have expressed so well the Joys that were in store for me.