Alternate Jazz and Old Time Dance Numbers

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 7, 25 August 1933, Page 14

Alternate Jazz and Old Time Dance Numbers

To the Editor. Sir,-As one who dislikes jazz musie und jazz dancing, I offer the following suggestion for what is at present called the dance session on our evening pro-grammes-one dance item to be old time, followed by a juz item. At present it is a fox trot three or four times in succession, and then a waltz. Such an arrangement does not constitute a really enjoyable dance session, more especially out in the country where one’s only dance floor is the kitehen, barn or woolshed, T cannot agree with "Avyolub" when he says people must be educated "up" +o the subtleties of dance music, and haters of jazz would find themselves liking it. I could never be brought down to jazz. let alone SO per cent. of a session of it three nights a week, as at present. TI wish to be fair to both the liker of jazz and the lover of a properly balanced old time programme, and in this way only will fhe broadcasting of dance programmes please 90 per cent. of ihe listeners, The Broadeasting Board by the marked. improvement in every session, bar the

-- dance session, has shown that it is out to satisfy the majority, so why not rearrange this session and so secure a few more supporters? Your paper is worth the extra penny per copy, and I trust you keep it interesting as at present.-I am, ete.,

DX85A.

Te Kauwhata.