Dancing in Churchyard
ST. MARTIN’S AT HOME Fashionably dressed men and women from Mayfair mingled with poor people from the East-end recently, at one of the strangest At Homes ever held in London. The At Home was at St. Mar-tin-in-the-Fields—famous for its wireless broadcasts —and its object wa3 to enable those who knew tho church through wireless programmes only .to see it for themselves. There were refreshments counters, amusements for young and old, a Punch and Judy show, and an orchestra in the churchyard, and a concert of plantation and negro songs in the church. Dr. H. R. L. Sheppard was busy organising amusements for his guests. “I am enjoying every moment of it,” he said. "There have been over 2000 here, and everybody is happy.” Later a cricket match was played, but no one was allowed to take it seriously. After an address by Dr. Sheppard the church was floodlit, and to the strains of a modern dance band there was dancing in the churchyard until midnight.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 218, 18 September 1934, Page 2
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168Dancing in Churchyard Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 218, 18 September 1934, Page 2
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