conga

I heard, in preparation for this story, that the DJ occasionally requests that visitors form a conga Iine.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

The chain’s executives are hoping that those planned visits will include paying $20 to $40 a ticket to join the conga line and throwing down at the bar.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

This neighbor ended up teaching young Melvin to play conga drums and introduced him to his first bass teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

In that euphoric moment, the King's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, then 19, had also secretly gone out among the crowds and had been part of a conga at the Ritz hotel.

From BBC ● May 5, 2025

Emily’s dad put his hands on her mother’s hips and pretended to do an embarrassing conga that was mostly shrugging shoulders and the occasional kick.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

“Let There Be Love” finds the drummer using his hands on his tom-toms to make them sound like congas, giving the track an Erroll Garner flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

At that point, the band consisted of Keith Strickland on guitar, Ricky Wilson on congas, and Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider on vocals.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

All other band members, which also include congas player Julian Peña Jr., bajo quinto player Alberto “Beto” Acosta and drummer Carlos Guerrero, already have a gramophone tattoo to represent their Latin Grammy victories to date.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

From the sidewalk outside El Fogón, you can see the twin rotisseries slowly spinning in place, the skewers stacked high and wide until they look like congas.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

When Lourdes finally danced with her nephew, she felt beholden to the congas, to a powerful longing to dance.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Schweini should suffer no repeat tonight: these days opponents crumble in front of him, rather than congaing behind him.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2010