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The Coconut Dance

The couple pictured perform one of the choreographed scenes of the dance when the couples flirt with each other and click their coconut shells together in rhythm. The photo is taken in an auditorium at Millikan High School in Long Beach, California. (The Long Beach Press-Telegram. Photo take on October 5, 1986. Photographer: Bruce Chambers)
The dancers pictured perform a choreographed scene where the couples flirt with each other, clicking their coconut shells together in rhythm. This photo is taken in an auditorium at Millikan High School in Long Beach, California. (The Long Beach Press-Telegram. Photo take on October 5, 1986. Photographer: Bruce Chambers)