A "BELLAMY DANCE."
Brilliant success is claimed for a social innovation described as a "Bellamy dance/' held at Pittsburg (says (he New York correspondent of (he London "Daily Mail"). From
the beginning to the end of the programme everything ifraS done backwards. When the dancers, numbering several hundreds, assembled they found the ballroom aurrounded,»with "magic mirrors." On the back of each guest was pinned his name, ■ written backwards. With his supper partner he danced backwards to the banqueting tables, on which tbe guests sat while supper was served on the chairs. The meal began with black coffee and ended with suup. It was served by waiters who wore falee faces cn the back of their heads, and walked backwards, with j their coats buttoned the revere way : up the back. Dancing opened with the "'home waltz'' and closed with a grand march. Despite the severe headaches, dizziness and indigestion from which all the participators suffered next day, Jfittsburg society, according to the newspapers, has pronounced the "Bellamy dance" a fascinating innovation.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10025, 22 April 1910, Page 4
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171A "BELLAMY DANCE." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10025, 22 April 1910, Page 4
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