SHANNON’S DANCING MODES.

Shannon News, 13 December 1921, Page 3

SHANNON’S DANCING MODES.

! Sir,--May I encroach on your valu--1 able space for a few remarks on ; Dancing As a dance, last Tuesday night wag an unqualified success, tnd : everyone enjoyed it. New Zealand is ; far ahead of the Old Country in most Mhings, but dancing seems to have : just arrived from tbe Ark. I know j changes are never appreciated iinme--1 diately, hut like medicine there is generally some good in them. Dancing was always supposed to be gracej lul, but it is very hard to be graceful 1 and hot. Take a comparison. The I old “valse,” always a favourite, used J to be danced at a fairly fast swing. ! It was hot, and generally a whirl. | The modern “valse” goes at half the ! pace, and one’s feet never cease glid- | ing along the floor. The “Foxtrot” ! and “Onestep” are equally graceful, ' danced slowly, and always on the same principle of -- gliding. Anyone r who is fond of dancing and music ; can learn all three in an hour. One never gets hot dancing them, and to modern music, and can almost Sleep while dancing. During a month’s leave in London in 1918 I went to 32 dances. I was never home before 3 a.m., and never felt tired. I am quite sure if Shannon folk would only give the new dances a trial, they would really appreciate them. A modern dance programme consists of 50 per | cent valse, 30 per cent Foxtrot, 20 per : cent Onestep, and “John Peel” Ho l:n----i ish.—l am, etc., H.G.L.W.