THE OBSOLETE WALTZ.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 October 1931, Page 3

THE OBSOLETE WALTZ.

(To the Editor). Dear Sir, —I have noticed in an advertisement in your esteemed paper, that a lo,cal church committee is holding a waltzing competition during a social-function to be held next week. I was much surprised that the committee responsible for this function shoujd have chosen -such a" dance \as the waltz for a competition—a dance thai died a natural death five years ago, with no hope of a revival. How many dancers of these times bother 'themselves about waltzing, a dance that was always, in all its phases, irkeome and ungraceful, a mere ! shuffling

of feet? Surely there is no old-time dance to compare with the easy rhythm ■•of the fox-trot or the one-step —dances that require no physical exertion, and are a pleasure, both to the onlookers ►and the dancers. Even the older members of the dancing fraternity, who' were reared in an atmosphere of the lancers, schottische, and the waltz, have resorted to the modern vogue. However, it will be interesting to see how many competitors will take part at the function, and the maimers in which they will demonstrate their version of that dance of the past, the "Waltz." Thanking you sir, I am, etc., "MODERN."