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Wellesley Harlem Shake

Friday, February 22, 2013

Wellesley College Crew Tackles The Harlem Shake Meme

Crew team creates their own take on the "Harlem Shake" internet meme.

  The Harlem Shake meme, which has been sweeping the web is getting a little closer to home. The Swellesley Report regrets to inform us that "The Harlem Shake" has struck Wellesley--as the Wellesley College Crew team has put together their own take on the meme sweeping the internet. This style of meme take its name from the artist Baauer’s song “Harlem Shake,” which is played in the background. The videos feature a lone person dancing, usually in a crowd, and then a smash cut to the entire group dancing--not always together. Funny costumes are common additions.  The New York neighborhood for which the meme is named is not impressed by the viral videos sweeping the web, however. The term "meme" refers to a style or behavior that gets …

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