JAZZ DANCING
A CANON'S DENUNCIATION.
Presiding at tlio annual meeting of the Maidenhead Preventive and Hescue Association at Maidenhead, Canon Drummond strongly condemned jazz dancing. People, lie said, seemed to have lost themselves just now—lost their sense of high respect for themselves, and mean, low entertainments Appealed to thein. One of the most degrading symptoms of the present day was indicated 111 Maidenhead by the announcement that somebody's jazz bond would play at certain dances. He had iio personal experience of the art of jazz dancing, and on .7 knew of it by what he read and heard; but it seemed to him to be a most degrading condition for any part of society to get into to encourage a dance so low, so demoralising, and of such a low origin-the dance of low. nreroes America, with every conceivable eruna instrument, not lo make music, out t make a noise. It was one symptom l o a verv grave disease which was lnfestiijo the country, and which hod' something t< do with creating more work for preventive and rescue associations.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 212, 2 June 1919, Page 4
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180JAZZ DANCING Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 212, 2 June 1919, Page 4
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