conga
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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
Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
When they were all doing the march-and-hop, they formed a train, hands on shoulders, and did a choo-choo or conga around the gym.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
“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
Squeezing past a set of congas he came to his signature instrument – the vibraphone.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
With the irresistible thumping of López’s congas, the meditative coaxing of Tylana Enomoto’s violin, and the rock-steady undertow of bassist Juan Perez and drummer Evan Greer, the rehearsal shifts into overdrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
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
Mama’s high-pitched laughs and Madrina’s booming words are music—accordions and congas in a merengue or compas band.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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
