Often I have heard it sung in shrill, piping voice at harvest supper or barn dance.
That barn dance will be fun, said Alice to Ruth, the evening on which it was to take place.
The place had been closed since summer, and it seemed colder than outside, but those two did the barn dance then and there.
We even had picnics and barn dances every three or four weeks.
Examplesofbarn dance
barn dance
Barn dances and opries were regular staples of early television, as were the first variety shows.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
There could have been a grotesquebarndance.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is like a progressivebarndance, with pupils meeting from time to time as they move from class to class.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Fashions in education are rather like a progressivebarndance.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was an innocentbarndanceand as we knew the local policeman well everything was all right.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is rather like abarndancewhere the couples change over in the middle.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We had abarndancea week ago and someone telephoned the police to say that an acid house party was taking place.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The termbarndanceis usually associated with family-oriented or community-oriented events, usually for people who do not normally dance.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Having lived on a farm, he knew how people loved the familiar music and informal spirit of old-fashionedbarndancemusic.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Fund-raising activities to provide the floral displays throughout the village includes barn dances, quizzes, a bonfire celebration and an annual carol singing event.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Such events are known in the calling trade as fun nights, barn dances, or one-night stands.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Michelsen barn dances were popular for more than 75 years.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Then head over to the barn for barn dances.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The radio barn dances of the 1920s and 1930s interspersed hokum in their variety show broadcasts.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.