Nutbush by the thousands
Australians kicked up the red dust of outback Queensland as they set a new world record for the Largest Nutbush City Limits Dance. The fans were attending the Birdsville Big Red Bash spread out in formation across the Simpson Desert plains – many wearing wigs and tutus – to dance and raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service on Thursday. The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia is an air medical service. It is a non-profit organization that provides emergency and primary health care services for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organizations in the world.
Outback Music Festival Group festival owner Greg Donovan spoke to 7NEWS.com.au from the desert plains, accidently swallowing a fly while sharing the origins of the record-breaking tradition. The Nutbush is an iconic dance that endures in Australia and looks like a cross between line dancing and aerobics. “We were looking for something we could do to:, One – help raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, but Two – engage a lot of people in the activity and have fun with something that was easy,” Donovan said. “Tina Turner’s ‘Nutbush City limits’ is quite an iconic song, and everybody loves doing the Nutbush dance. I thought, let’s give it a go!” They also broke the world record for Largest Nutbush City Limits Dance, stealing the title from … themselves. The dusty dancing tradition has become a staple event as part of the Birdsville Big Red Bash music festival, which this year drew a crowd of about 11,000 people to a town with regular population of about 150. Festivalgoers swinging past the town’s local bakery have been recorded stocking up on 1,500 curried camel pies daily.
The Nutbush dance that has long been a staple at Australian weddings. A new study has found the routine to American singer Tina Turner’s 1973 song Nutbush City Limits was invented by the New South Wales education department. Sociologist Jon Stratton said instructions for the Nutbush were distributed to teacher training institutions as a teaching aid in 1975. “Teachers were concerned to get some dance that school kids … would find interesting and want to do,” Professor Stratton said. “It was put together and then distributed through a teachers’ meeting.” The previous world record breaking Nutbush attempt at 2023 Mundi Mundi Bash.
Watch me dance laughs
I just got married but I’m not feeling great about it. For our “first dance” my wife chose the song,
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.”
A man goes to a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table. He walks over to her and says, “Wow, nice legs!”
She is flattered and replies, “You really think so?”
The man says, “Oh definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now!”
I used to dance the Hokey Pokey compulsively,
but then I turned myself around.
Cop radios in: “Suspect is dancing naked in the street downtown.”
Dispatcher: “Copy that.”
Cop: “I’ll try, but I’m not much of a dancer.”
August 5th Birthdays
1998 – Olivia Holt, 1945 – Loni Anderson, 1957 – Maureen McCormick, 1974 – Kajol
1981 – Jesse Williams, 1930 – Neil Armstrong, 1998 – Adam Irgoyan, 1962 – Patrick Ewing