THE JOY OF DANCING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1922, Page 7

THE JOY OF DANCING.

V NOT JN T.M.C.A. ' j OXHEK OPPORTUXrriES BUBTICIENT > Dancing is not to be one of the fea- j . tures of V.M.C.A. social gatherings, for . at last yoar'e conference even the waltz j ivae ruled out of order as a portion of \ the entertainments at these gatherings. ; The question whether an occasional [ waJtz would be permitted upon the social programme was. therefore received i : with surprise by the V.M.C.A. board ot '• directors at- Duncdin on Friday night. 1 and the subject \vae ruled out of order. j Mr. .McCredie brought up the subject, ■ seeing no harm in an occasional dance ' under proper supervision. The V.M.C.A. officials here in Auckland refuse to comL J mit themselves upon the matter, which ; they say has already been settled by 1 the National Council. "folk may -dance where th«.v. please, \ but not here,' , was the way one officer j put it. All th-s is in epite of the ( j tolerant views held upon dancing by the l community in genera]. c a matter of t I fact, a very small proportion of the I people in Auckland are actually againat i dancing, provided that the ultra-modern ". ; developments are not encouraged. There . its a fairly large section, however, who 1 liold that there ia <|Uite enough oppor- . tunky at the present time to enable : dancers to indulge their wishes, without any more dancing places being estab- * lished, even if the intention is merely an occasional -waits upon an otherwise • somewhat monotonous programme.