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  • noun cycling A two-man track cycling event in which partners take turns to race round the track a number of times, and then must exchange places with a partner by means of a hand sling.

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Named after Madison Square Garden in New York.

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  • The madison is a feature of six-day races, but it can also be a separate race, as in the Olympic Games.

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  • I did have the pleasure of relishing my burrito in madison sq park while watching all the hungry folks in line for shake shack.

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  • I thought I would look them up and they seem retty straightforward to me: The madison is a conventional race ... with riders in each team riding part of the distance, handing over to the other member, resting, and then returning to the race.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Modern six-days last less than 12 hours a day and the madison is now only a featured part, so staying on the track throughout is more feasible.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Pierce Punches Refs, Big Baby Needs a Bib, and Celtics Pull It Out Just In Time (With Leather) holly madison is fun (WWTDD)

    JAMES CAAN & DAVID O. RUSSELL BE BEEFIN’ 2008

  • Pierce Punches Refs, Big Baby Needs a Bib, and Celtics Pull It Out Just In Time (With Leather) holly madison is fun (WWTDD)

    PROM NIGHT IS A MASTERPIECE 2008

  • Pierce Punches Refs, Big Baby Needs a Bib, and Celtics Pull It Out Just In Time (With Leather) holly madison is fun (WWTDD)

    VIVA LAS GAYGAS 2008

  • Pierce Punches Refs, Big Baby Needs a Bib, and Celtics Pull It Out Just In Time (With Leather) holly madison is fun (WWTDD)

    NEW DARK KNIGHT POSTER IS PRETTY SWEET 2008

  • Pierce Punches Refs, Big Baby Needs a Bib, and Celtics Pull It Out Just In Time (With Leather) holly madison is fun (WWTDD)

    FOREST WHITAKER DEFENDS ‘WILD THINGS’ 2008

  • Pierce Punches Refs, Big Baby Needs a Bib, and Celtics Pull It Out Just In Time (With Leather) holly madison is fun (WWTDD)

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  • The Madison is a novelty dance that was popular in the late 1950s to mid 1960s. The Madison was created and first danced in Columbus, Ohio in 1957.

    The Madison is a line dance that features a regular back-and-forth pattern interspersed with called steps. Its popularity inspired dance teams and competitions, as well as various recordings, and today it is still sometimes performed as a nostalgic dance. The Madison is featured in the John Waters movie Hairspray; and it continues to be performed in the Broadway musical Hairspray. Both the film and the musical feature one of many songs released during the Madison "craze" in the US.

    An example of a 1960 song and album featuring music for the Madison is "The Tunetoppers at The Madison dance Party" with calls by Al Brown.

    The Madison took on international flavor when Count Basie visited Columbus, Ohio in 1959 and adopted the dance as a feature of his entertainment when he played London and the continent, creating press notices in London.

    The Madison basic danced in the film Hairspray is as follows:

    Step left forward

    Place right beside left (no weight)and clap

    Step back on right

    Move left foot back and across the right

    Move left foot to the left

    Move left foot back and acoss the right

    Called steps included the Double Cross, the Cleveland Box, The Basketball, the Big "M", the "T"�? Time, the Jackie Gleason, the Birdland, and The Rifleman.

    _Wikipedia

    February 25, 2008