Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-07-11
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THREE E DANCES ADOPTED.

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ProfessorsJames W.TBange rts return
edSthes otheradayEfrom the eighteenth
annual conventions of the American
National Associations of Masters of
Observation-Disclosures for sixsdays
ecent1y,ssaysthetBa ltimorefAmerican.
ThesrextsconxentfonxWil be SHIELD in
Milwaukee,. Professor BangertN was
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
acknowledgement for hissunremit-
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ence.
Professor +Bangertsfsssenthusiastic
apout<t heSWork&ofsthe association4and
said; !
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ideas, andFWe}adopted aanumbeF of new
figures. What might:bescaled theakey-
note of the meetingswasSa determine
tion{tof bring stheylancerSGndstheScotil-
onfbeforeEthefpu5lic
during the comingawfnter. The New
Yorkiands aratogaeIancers%wilI receive
experimentation, becauserwe think it
isl pity that.thatfform Of dancing has
declined .in2favorinrecen years.
sThree new round dances were &C
cepted. ,Theygare the etLOntario,' byeH.
IsBraunzof .Pittsburg; theFtSylph,' by
Isadore Sampson. Of Lynn, Mass, and
the Rainier by RE. Collins. Of Seat
tie, Wash. Besides these SweS alsot. &C
cepted a numper+of* new: figures. in'the
Square dancest
eve expect to makes these three
dances po~puIar,4forSSwe think they pos
sess elements Wh1cRwill make them at
tractiye to the public. Baltimore has
never been much on anything except
tic. regular styles Of dancing-the
waltz, two step, lancersSschottish,. etc.
but feworouhd. dancestaresmuchuse
III the north, especially in the New
England states, where Somethingsnove1
is tried not o~nly'intthe dancing schools,
but by the general public. Suchshas
been the case here, sbut&wesare
going to try to bring, about d reform In
the conditions and. see WhatsCau be
done inethesWaySof intrpduc1ng'a great,
er variety. AT least oneSof the. new
dances, the Ontario,' is quite simple
and h~as5features Whichhshould make It
a. go. This dancelis simple and neat,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for the dts
play of graceaadapts:st steps already IA
ml1iarS and is easily learned I shall
teach tito my. classes and It will be
taughtybyxa: great many other masters.
The Ontario is thesone. of the three
likely to makesthesmost impression on
the general srunaof people, while the
othersSarey moreSon the order Of fancy
dances.
H"SeconT in simplicity IS the "Sy1ph.'
-Ltsjs51onger than the Ontario and en-
braces more steps, which is apt to in
terferexWith it's popularity Still I like
thest Sylph,' fOr1t' allows the performer
to- show all the race@he or she may
possess. 1simagine that it will become
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theyscan 1earnit easily and at the same
time knoWzthatgtheyf are testing their
abilities onsa1dance't that is a little out
ofthesordinaryru run
1.-THE last of the dances accepted is
the rainier I do not suppose that it
will ever become a great rage with the
majorityof people, for it requires some
effort to learn -and" is more involved
thai is usually desirable when. a cou-
pie. desire to take a short turn around
the floor. But with children I imagine
that the Rainier will be successful, as
it furnishes a dance requiring study,
which when learned will be attractive
for exhibition purposes.
you must understand that these
were not all the new dances that were
laid before the convention, but they
were all that were accepted, for ou1
constitution provides that we shall off
cially adopt but three each year. There
were a number of others, some of then
Of vast merit, in both simple and com
pick figures, but these were chosen. as
the best and most artistic, after careful
discussion.
Besides the official adoption OF
round dances various suggestions wert
madeSof new figures in the square
dances. These we .do not officially
adopt, but they are carefully noted ant
will beiused by many of us. This is es
pecial1ystrue of the ~lancers, which W.
expectto Improve quite a good deal.
"Attention will be paid this winter tt
the1NewfYork 1ancers, which has peve,
had the hold in Baltimore it's merits
would warrant.xThere has been entire
lyTtoo2much&tendency to romp through
theslancersgamong Baltimore people
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ofTthe lists at many affairs where i
should haveEheld 9aEprominent place
Our objectswill be- to>bring about
greater degreeso dignity andsthereb,
r~estoreSthe lancers toits old position.
I'll. is not generallysEknown how i'm
portant. a centersof tdancipg Baltimor
is5ina regardato the percentage Of Ell
t~husiasts in its population, and W
think>itgtime that it came more to tn
front<ascan&exponeutof the higher an
more<artistic forms of the amusemen-
andsi4sramith Hot idoa- that I shall IL