COURT BALL REFORMS
LONDON, November 17.
Three Kings danced to a jwz band at Buckingham Palace when their Majesties honoured King Leopold of pelgium at • Court bait King George of Grepqe , was among , the thousand guestg. ~,..; ".■■..'".■
For the ftrjet time in the history of Court ceremonial a jazz band was used instead of a military band. The King for the first time allowed men to wear evening dress instead of. uniforms, and the drab black offset the more strongly the brilliant jewels and dresses worn by many of the noble ladies present. Numerous old waltzes were included Their Majesties danced the fox-troti,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 122, 19 November 1937, Page 9
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102COURT BALL REFORMS Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 122, 19 November 1937, Page 9
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