Texas Dip (food dip and debutante bow)

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Does DARE or OED have anything for "Texas Dip"? I'm interested in anything,  
such as the food item (like "California Dip").
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The debutante "Texas Dip" is especially interesting, but the earliest date  I 
have is 1991. DARE?...I don't feel like driving 20 miles again today  to 
check the Dallas Morning News database.
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    _1991»_ 
(http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q="texas+dip"+and+debutante&scoring=t&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=1991&as_hdate=1991&lnav=dt)   _Debs' 
distinction rises with dip_ 
(http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/ST/lib00155,0EAF8DD4320038F2.html) 
$2.95 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - NewsBank - Jan 10, 1991     They were the 
center of much discussion,  due primarily to the distinctive "Texas dip" - the 
 floor-scraping bow that sets Lone Star debutantes apart from  ...   
 
 
 
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Texas Dip (debutante curtsy)
 
The “Texas dip” is a bow or curtsy that Texas debutantes perform, usually to 
 great dramatic effect. It’s a difficult meaneuver that requires descending 
to  the floor in style. 


_Answers.com_ (http://www.answers.com/topic/debutante)  
Every  debutante must perform a curtsy. This gesture is made as the young 
woman is  formally presented. But debutantes from Texas perform the curtsy in a 
more  dramatic fashion. By tradition, they do not merely bend the knees and bow 
the  head but perform an extravagant maneuver known as the Texas Dip. Her 
arms are  held out at her sides, she descends slowly into her curtsy, then leans 
forward  over her extended leg, and lowers her head until her brow is close to 
the floor.  

_New York City  Noticed_ (http://members.aol.com/nonstopny/nynotice.htm)  
But debutantes from Texas have the most to worry about: By  tradition they do 
not merely bend the knees and bow the 
head but perform an  extravagant Swan Lake maneuver known as the Texas Dip.  

_Texas  Presents: Presentation Gowns_ 
(http://utopia.utexas.edu/video/features/dresses_story.html)  
And walking isn’t the sole challenge they  face-the debutantes are expected 
to do a Texas Dip, which is a low-court bow  where their head goes all the way 
to the floor. The girls practice the move for  months with weights on their 
backs to simulate the weight of their train.  

_Houston  Chronicle_ 
(http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ultimate/people04/2770581.html)  
Sept. 7, 2004, 5:39PM 
The New York society scene may brag  about the Chantal sisters, but Houston 
has the Cohn siblings. Morton and Bobby  Sue Cohn’s daughters - Kirby McKool, 
Lindsay Holstead and Courtney Hopson - have  been at the center of Houston’s 
society scene for much of their lives. As  debutantes in 1990, they mastered the 
Texas dip, a curtsy that is unique to Lone  Star society debs. Five years 
later, they chaired the ultra-successful Museum of  Fine Arts Grand Gala Ball 
with their mother. They continue to be fixtures on the  social circuit, drawing 
money and attention to their favorite causes.  
_Google  Books_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0312263287&id=uh49F-VUSJQC&pg=RA1-PA61&lpg=RA1-PA61&ots=AQO2344JyE&dq="texas+dip"&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=-
BzsQ6OrH90w9PgsIq0dBEpU6Ag#PRA1-PA61,M1)  
Girls on the Verge: 
Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and  Other Invitations 
by Vendela Vida 
New York: St. Martin’s Press  
1999 
Pg. 61: 
No one know the exact origins of the Texas dip, bit  it’s most likely a 
regionalized version of the St. James Bow—the bow debutantes  did in England when 
they were presented to the Queen at the St. James’ Court. As  its name implies, 
in America, the Texas dip is unique to Texas debutantes. More  than anything 
else, tradition and a propensity for doing things in a grand  manner probably 
inspire Texans to continue the custom while debs in the rest of  the country 
do a simple curtsey. A Texas dip is quite literally a to-the-floor  curtsey in 
which the debutante gets so far down on her high heels that her dress  flares 
out around her like a marshmallow. As the coup de grace, she lays her  left 
ear on her lap for a moment. The reason she turns her head is to prevent  
getting a lipstick mark on her virginal white dress. 

3 January 1993, New  York Times, “High Dudgeon In a Hampton,” pg. V8: 
Texans Dip to  Conquer 
The Texas Dip is an over-the-top, forehead-to-the-floor bow  perfected by 
debutantes from the Lone Star State. An amusing tonic for people  suffering from 
debutantitis, it could be seen last Tuesday, for one night only,  at the 39th 
annual International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria. While  other 
debutantes merely curtsied and received applause when formally introduced,  all 
eight Texas debutantes elicited whoops and cheers with those dips.  

You don’t need to be a debutante to do the Texas Dip. You do, however,  need 
a white ball gown or a floor-length bathrobe to create the illusion of  
sinking into yourself on your way down. You also need a bouquet (any flowers  will 
do), which you should hold with both hands below the waist. 

Now,  find the inner serenity that elicits your most confident smile, take a 
breath  and raise the bouquet with both hands. When it’s at should level, let 
go of it  with your left hand and slowly, as if you’re blossoming, open your 
arms.  

Then you begin the descent. Cross your ankles without looking at them.  
Fluidly, effortlessly, bend the knees and sink down. (Think, “I’m melting” from  “
The Wizard of Oz.") 

Now comes the hard part. 

While holding onto  your escort’s gloved hand (you can practice with a desk 
or table edge), collapse  onto your behind while smiling. Then, keeping your 
bouquet extended while  looking forward, lean down with utter humility, bringing 
your face all the way  into the skirt of your gown. Close your eyes as you go 
(think “dying swan"), and  tuck in your lips so you don’t get any lipstick 
on your dress while you’re down  there. 

As you arise with the help of your escort, lift your head out of  your dress, 
opening your eyes as if awakening after a hundred years. (Think  “Sleeping 
Beauty.") 

Then, fluidly and effortlessly unseat yourself and  unbend your knees, taking 
care not to move too quickly or too slowly. If you do,  you’re likely to fall 
down.  
7 January 1996, New York Times, “Where Texans Go For a Dip” by Bob  Morris, 
pg. 33: 
BECAUSE of the Texas Dip—a flamboyant nose-to-the-floor  curtsy—the Lone 
Star State’s contingent at the International Debutante Ball  always makes a big 
impression.