What is "jamboree"

Jamboree \Jam`bo*ree"\, n. [Etym. uncertain. Cf. Jambone.]

1. A noisy or unrestrained carousal or frolic; a spree. [Slang]
   --Kipling.

   A Calcutta-made pony cart had been standing in front of the manager's bungalow when Raja Singh started on his jamboree.
   --W. A. Fraser.

2. a large festive gathering.

3. an assembly of boy scouts, usually at the national or international level, including camping among the activities; -- a term adopted by the Boy Scouts organization.

1866, represented as typical of American English, perhaps from jam (n.) on pattern of shivaree [Barnhart]. For the second element, Weekley suggests French bourree, a kind of rustic dance. Klein thinks the whole thing is of Hindu origin (but he credits its introduction to English, mistakenly, to Kipling). Boy Scouts use is from 1920. Noted earlier as a term in cribbage:\n\nJamboree signifies the combination of the five highest cards, as, for example, the two Bowers [jacks], Ace, King, and Queen of trumps in one hand, which entitles the holder to count sixteen points. The holder of such a hand, simply announces the fact, as no play is necessary; but should he play the hand as a Jambone, he can count only eight points, whereas he could count sixteen if he played it, or announced it as a Jamboree.

["The American Hoyle," New York, 1864]

n. 1 A lavish or boisterous celebration or party. 2 (cx dated slang English) A frolic or spree. 3 A large rally of Scouts or Girl Guide.

n. a gay festivity [syn: gala, gala affair, blowout]

Jamboree may refer to:

• Jamboree (Scouting), a large gathering of Scouts who rally at a national or international level

In music:

• Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland
• Jamboree (Beat Happening album), or the title song
• Jamboree (Fast Life Yungstaz album), or the title song
• Jamboree (Guadalcanal Diary album), or the title song
• "Jamboree" (song), a song by Naughty by Nature

In film, television and radio:

• Jamboree (1944 film), a film directed by Joseph Santley
• Jamboree (1957 film) (UK title: Disc Jockey Jamboree), a rock 'n' roll film directed by Roy Lockwood
• Jamboree (TV series), a UK children's programme broadcast by CITV
• Jamboree, a 1956 Radio Luxembourg music program presented by Alan Freed
• WWVA Jamboree, a country music radio program on WWVA (AM), Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.

In Scouting, a jamboree is a large gathering of Scouts who rally at a national or international level.

The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held in 1920, and was hosted by the United Kingdom. Since then, there have been twenty three World Scout Jamborees, hosted in various countries, generally every four years. The 24th World Jamboree is to be held in North America in 2019.

There are also national and continental jamborees held around the world with varying frequency. Many of these events will invite and attract Scouts from overseas.

Jamboree is the second album by Beat Happening, released in 1988 through K Records/ Rough Trade Records. All songs were produced by Steve Fisk with assistance from Screaming Trees members Mark Lanegan and Gary Lee Conner (who plays a brief guitar solo on "Midnight a Go-Go"), except "Cat Walk," produced by Patrick Maley, and "The This Many Boyfriends Club," recorded live by Rich Jensen. The album marks a darker approach to the Twee pop for which the band is known, due largely to a thicker production than is present on the group's earlier recordings and the dominance of tracks written by Calvin Johnson, while Heather Lewis only provides vocals on two songs, the uncharacteristically brash "In Between" and the more typically understated "Ask Me." At the time of the album's release, Calvin described Jamboree's sound as "dark and sexy." Still, the band retained their emphasis on exuberance over musicianship, as Bret Lunsford stated in an interview that, while recording album opener "Bewitched," his guitar string got stuck on a protruding screw and he continued to play through the song, hitting the string a bit harder until it became unstuck.

This album was reportedly one of Kurt Cobain's favorites. Two tracks from the album, "Bewitched" and "Indian Summer," were listed as essential listening in Pitchfork Media's 2005 article on Twee Pop entitled "Twee as Fuck." "Indian Summer" is perhaps the group's best-known song, as it was famously covered by Dream pop group Luna, whose lead singer, Dean Wareham, joked in The Shield Around the K: The Story of K Records, a documentary film on the history of Calvin's K Records, that the song was "indie's 'Knocking on Heaven's Door'-- everybody's done it." The song was also covered by Ben Gibbard for the soundtrack to the Kurt Cobain documentary About a Son. Allmusic said of the album "each cut is a marvel of innocence and ingenuity."

Jamboree is the third studio and second full-length album by jangle pop band Guadalcanal Diary. It was released in 1986 on Elektra Records.

Jamboree, known as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the United Kingdom, is the name of a black and white 1957 rock and roll film, directed by Roy Lockwood. Its story is about a boy and girl, Pete Porter and Honey Wynn, played by Paul Carr and Freda Holloway, who become overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo who run into trouble when their squabbling managers, played by Kay Medford and Bob Pastine, try to turn them into solo acts. Against this backdrop in cameo performances appear some of the biggest names of rock and roll in the 1950s lip-syncing to their recordings.

"Jamboree" is a song by American hip-hop group Naughty by Nature from the album Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury, featuring a chorus with R&B group Zhané. The song was a huge success, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number-one on the Hot Rap Singles, becoming their first song since " O.P.P." to reach number-one on the Rap charts. It also spent 5 weeks at number-one on the Canadian RPM Dance Chart. The song was certified gold on August 3, 1999, becoming the group's fourth and final single to reach at least gold status.

Jamboree is the debut and only album by hip hop group Fast Life Yungstaz, released on June 23, 2009, under Def Jam Recordings The album sold under 3,800 copies in its first week. To date the album has sold 13,000 copies in total.

Jamboree is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Jack Townley. The film stars Ruth Terry, George Byron, Paul Harvey, Edwin Stanley, Freddie Fisher and Ernest Tubb. The film was released on May 5, 1944, by Republic Pictures.