Cabbage Patch is a dance which involves extending your arms out while making

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with each hand and moving the arms in a horizontal, circular motion. Several songs about the dance have been released: *Rare Item & the Bud Buddies - "The Cabbage Patch Dance" (1983) *Delmar Donnell - "In the Cabbage Patch" (1984) *

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- "Doing the Cabbage Patch" (1986) *XII - "Cabbage Patch" (1986) *R.P. Cola - "The Cabbage Patch Dance" (1987) *

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- "The Cabbage Patch" (1987) *

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- "Cabbage Patch" (1987) The dance became very

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, showing up in many

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s in North America. The dance's name is derived from the

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dolls or the use of "cabbage" as slang for

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. There are many online videos demonstrating how to do the dance. The dance was originally celebratory and often associated with being super cool and rad.Huntington, Carla Stalling (207). ''Hip Hop Dance: Meanings and Messages'', p.43-4. McFarland. .

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