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[gullinbursti]

OK, I was doing some USA Today crosswords online tonight, and I clicked back to the 6/12 puzzle, and despite solving the puzzle, one of the clues just didn't make any sense to me:

32 Down: Dance Party (5 letters)

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[dreamingbear]

I don't get it...

[bluestocking]

Hrm.

I got nothin'

Wait....maybe this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umhlanga

[gullinbursti]

Yeah, the Umhlanga thing was the only connection I saw while googling, but it seemed a bit too obscure for the average USA Today reader. At least now I know a wee bit more about Swazi ceremonials than I did before! ;)

[detailbear]

Other than the Swazi dance, there is a possible connection if "Dance" is a typo or a spell-check correction of "Donner" and another word is left off. The Donner Party tragedy is also known as the Donner-Reed Party sometimes. That would be a stretch, though.

Other than that, I, Google, Yahoo and Wikipedia got nuttin.

[unicornpearlz]

Huh?
And here I was thinking 'disco'