THE DANCING CRAZE
DYING IK ENGLAND JAZZ GROWING UNPOPULAR Lmb Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. k LONDON, October 2D. H jecrefc conference of Loudon’s dance kchers has given the death blow to ■z. Everywhere there are signs of K growing unpopularity of jazz, and ■itructors are facing the grim truth ■at dancing is dying. The great HaraIrsmith Palais de Dance, “ London’s Ijlroom,”- has been, closed dowm .and inverted into an ice rink, while restaunnis are cutting down dances and subpituting cabaret turns.
| Speakers at the conference declared |h»t a dance hall that had the courage Eo' revive the ■ waltz, ■ the .polka, and tho lancers would make a fortune. The inLbructors finally decided to : return to itbe tango, and special bands are now being engaged for a big tango drive throughout England.
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Evening Star, Issue 20320, 31 October 1929, Page 11
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129THE DANCING CRAZE Evening Star, Issue 20320, 31 October 1929, Page 11
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