The children's TV show "Sesame Street, " long a source of preschool learning, recently launched a new segment, "Elmo the Musical, " which infuses counting, calculations and shapes into singing, dancing and games.

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There's sing-songs, dancing and card games that go on into the early hours.

BBC: The Irish invasion

Following radical Presbyterian reform, the islanders became deeply religious, with card games, music and dancing forbidden, and three compulsory services every Sunday.

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Events scheduled to take place include Bollywood dancing in the Borders and a mini Commonwealth Games on Shetland.

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From a straight gameplay perspective, the dancing works and will be enjoyable to those who like those games.

CNN: Review: The Force proves weak in 'Kinect Star Wars'

Kinect might not be the greatest way to play video games, despite its introduction via the Xbox (unless you really, really like dancing), but the technology is still being unraveled as more and more uses are found for the device.

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To mark the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Big Screen hosted a Cultural Olympiad Open Weekend in July 2010 with tribal belly dancing, martial arts demonstrations, capoeira and an urban triathlon.

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