Talk:Gumboot dance

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I saw the reference to the "African welly boot dance" in the tap dance article, and thought that it was probably a joke. However, I then found a page mentioning it, using Google! Unfortunately, I can only access Google's cached version of the page, so it might disappear when Google updates their cache. Can anyone confirm anything about the dance from a more stable source?

The term "wellie boot dance" is also found by Google in one page, but that page doesn't mention Africa.

I have started a stub on the welly boot dance, based on the information from the page cached by Google. Any suggestions are welcome... -- Oliver P. 07:40 Mar 4, 2003 (UTC)

Good work, Oliver. Nobody seems to care as yet though. In the mean time, you need to write articles on Tippex, pocket lint and Monster Munch. Birchtree 07:38 Mar 4, 2003 (UTC)

Yes... You think I'm just wasting time here, don't you...? :) -- Oliver P. 07:40 Mar 4, 2003 (UTC)

Alright. I'll take Monster Munch. And perhaps Space Invader crisps too. Birchtree 07:46 Mar 4, 2003 (UTC)

And three years on we have Tippex, pocket lint, and Monster Munch. Unfortunately no Space Invader crisps yet. Alphonze 01:14, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article name?

Is there a particular reason for the title “welly boot dance”? As far as I’m aware it arose in South Africa, and is always known as “gumboot dancing” there. -Ahruman (talk) 22:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I really disapprove of it being called “welly boot dance” rather than “gumboot dance”. I realise that the boots are so termed in the UK, but the dance is a South African thing. More concretely, here's what a few search engines returned for a few parameters:

“welly boot dance”	1270
“gumboot dance”	6320
“gum boot dance”	3380
welly boot dance	8200
gumboot dance	43400

I'm going to file for the move.Warrickball (talk) 11:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)