SYDNEY DANCING MAD.

Shannon News, 13 September 1927, Page 3

SYDNEY DANCING MAD.

Sydney has gone dancing mad. As evening closes strains of fox trot and black bottom come from the hall in the suburban main street. In the city and far away in the park great glares of light and the honk-honk of motor cars show the way to the fashionable dance halls, which , cannot be rented under £230 a night, and even then the lights go out at midnight, for Sydney gets to bed early. The great glory of the drink bill, the enormous amount spent on drugs which are not always true to. label, go down into insignificance before the money spent on riotous dancing, in the payment of teachers to learn the latest steps, and in the hire of taxi-cabs. Every fashionable set, every institution, every birthday of anybody aiu. everybody is not considered duly celebrated unless there is a dance.

Years ago, when the seductive waltz and the merry lancers were the right sort of steps, a ball that cleared £IOO was considered a great success. To-day it is not considered an achievement unless it brings in £IOOO clear to the coffers. No wonder that dancing is considered a lucrative profession, and is being taken up as a regular employment.