LITTLE MYSTERY surrounds the origin of the song and dance called the cakewalk. It followed a well-noted path from the ancient African Circle Dance to the New York stage of the 1890s, where it took its ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A “cakewalk,” replicating a dance performed by African-Americans during and after the Civil War, is scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, July 7, at Congress Park. Blacks were ...