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At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but he was pleased for me.
Jack Bruce

Meaning of "dance band" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DANCE BAND

dance band  [dɑːns bænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DANCE BAND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dance band is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DANCE BAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dance band in the English dictionary

The definition of dance band in the dictionary is a band of musicians playing music for dancing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DANCE BAND


aband
əˈbænd
armband
ˈɑːmˌbænd
band
bænd
baseband
ˈbeɪsˌbænd
blackband
ˈblækˌbænd
broadband
ˈbrɔːdˌbænd
contraband
ˈkɒntrəˌbænd
disband
dɪsˈbænd
hairband
ˈheəbænd
headband
ˈhɛdˌbænd
Miliband
ˈmɪləbænd
sarabande
ˈsærəˌbænd
waistband
ˈweɪstˌbænd
wideband
ˈwaɪdˌbænd
wristband
ˈrɪstˌbænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DANCE BAND

dance
dance attendance on someone
dance card
dance company
dance floor
dance hall
dance hostess
dance music
dance of death
dance programme
dance studio
danceable
dancehall
dancer
Dancercise
dancette
dancettee
dancetty
dancey
dancical

WORDS THAT END LIKE DANCE BAND

big band
blues band
boy band
brass band
conduction band
cover band
elastic band
energy band
frequency band
gastric band
husband
jazz band
jug band
marching band
rock band
rubber band
steel band
support band
tax band
tribute band
wedding band

Synonyms and antonyms of dance band in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dance band» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DANCE BAND

Find out the translation of dance band to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dance band from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dance band» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

舞蹈乐队
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orquesta de baile
570 millions of speakers

English

dance band
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नृत्य बैंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرقة الرقص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

танцевальная группа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

banda de dança
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাচ ব্যান্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orchestre de danse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Band tarian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tanzband
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダンスバンド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

댄스 밴드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tari band
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ban nhạc khiêu vũ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடன இசைக்குழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नृत्य बँड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dans bandı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dance band
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zespół taneczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Танцювальна група
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trupa de dans
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκρότημα χορού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dansorkes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dansband
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

danseband
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dance band

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DANCE BAND»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dance band

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2 QUOTES WITH «DANCE BAND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dance band.
1
Jack Bruce
At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but he was pleased for me.
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Pete Townshend
I don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANCE BAND»

Discover the use of dance band in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dance band and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dance Band on the Titanic
Seven fantastical science fiction stories make up a collection including the title story about an ordinary deckhand determined to save the life of a beautiful ghost
Jack L. Chalker, 1988
2
Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60
Dance band historian Leo Walker gives us an idea of Chester's style with the following anecdote. The band which Chester fronted in the late 1930s and early 1940s was so much like that of Glenn Miller's that on one of Miller's tours, in an area ...
Lars Bjorn, 2001
3
Anacaona: the amazing adventures of Cuba's first all-girl ...
Cuchito, his eldest daughter, has the idea of starting an all-girl orchestra to bring in some cash. Jazz, mambo, rumba, cha-cha-cha, Latin jazz - 'Anacaona' perform every evening in local street cafes.
Alicia Castro, Ingrid Kummels, Manfred Schäfer, 2007
4
Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-cultural Thought and Policies: An ...
The last category in the National festival of Music and Drama was the Dance Band competition. This event occurred at the Ghana Broadcasting House on July 8, 1961. The finalists were the Revellers Dance Band of Kumase representing the ...
Kwame Botwe-Asamoah, 2005
5
Contra Dance Encyclopedia
The purpose of this book is to present ideas and music for a contra dance band. While there is no absolute standard for instruments or number of players in a contra dance band, the dancers do need to hear two things: a melody, and some  ...
John Holenko, 2010
6
The British Brass Band : A Musical and Social History: A ...
Most towns possessed a solid core of dance band players. Raymond Thomson's excellent study of dance in Greenock — albeit in the post-1945 period — suggests that in a town with a population of 70,000 about 100 musicians served the ...
Trevor Herbert, 2000
7
Highlife Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in ...
Dance Band General Matters,” PRAAD-Accra, RG 3/7/197. 84. “The Ghana Institute ofArt and Culture: Drumming and Dancing,” PRAADAccra, RG 3/7/57/ 121; “Messengers Dance Band Activities,” PRAAD-Accra, RG 3/7/68. 85.
Nate Plageman, 2013
8
Everybody Likes Saturday Night: A Social History of Popular ...
mere dance band—it was an ideal instrument for exposing local, especially urban, audiences to the government's cultural agenda.101 From 1962-1963, several other dance bands received Council training and direction in a manner similar to ...
Nathan A. Plageman, 2008
9
Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California: Modern ...
Other bands I played in sometimes would play for square dances or something, but we were not a dance band. This is a dance band. . . . We don't play other kinds of music in the California Cajun Orchestra; we don't even play the other kinds ...
Mark F. DeWitt, 2008
10
School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) ...
... Commerce Where the West Begins Ranch House Party Prairie Sunset Main Street — Saturday Night "Portrait of a Frontier Town" is programmatic music in a modern idiom with instrumental treatment strongly reminiscent of the dance band.
University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance, 1949

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANCE BAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dance band is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Harry, 90, hanging up his dance shoes after 60 years
The council even had its own dance band." Harry's private dancing lessons began in a small studio at No 1 Castle Road, Torquay, but the ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
2
Sounds Local:
... your tickets because you wanted to hear well-known acts such as alt-country artist Steve Earle or the funky dance band Rubblebucket. «The Recorder, Jul 15»
3
From the Virginia mountains to the mountains of Montana
They are a popular dance band in the Blue Ridge region and have been featured in numerous documentaries, television shows and radio ... «Montana Standard, Jul 15»
4
Status Update: I'm Running for President
... big rallies, Sanders fashioned his launch as a music festival, which featured a dance band and Ben & Jerry's in scenic Burlington, Vermont. «The New Republic, Jul 15»
5
All the fun of the Fringe
Featuring Rinkadon Jukeboy's Blind Tiger Dance Band with some of Yorkshire's finest and up-and-coming musicians. One Man Breaking Bad, ... «The Press, York, Jul 15»
6
The Pleasure Domes of Florida
The hotel dance band evacuated to the beach where they played “There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” as flapper debutantes ... «Oxford American, Jul 15»
7
What's Doing
Senior dances will be 1-4 p.m. Wednesday at Waukenabo with music by Jerry's Dance Band; and at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Little Falls ... «Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Jul 15»
8
Mostly Brothers at the opera house
Rockport — Midcoast dance band Mostly Brothers will follow up last year's sold-out event with a second Dance Party Concert Friday, July 17, ... «Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald, Jul 15»
9
Bigg Romeo Comes to Cinnaminson for Summer Concert Series …
The band is a 9 piece high-energy wedding and dance band specializing in the hits of today as well as the Dance, New Wave, Pop and Rock of ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
10
No more balloons! New Latin American festival planned for …
Musical entertainment has been booked: Jazz-influenced Venezuelan-Canadian artist Eliana Cuevas, and London-based Latin dance band ... «Windsor Star, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dance band [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dance-band>. May 2024 ».
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