DANCING FASHIONS
minimum of exertion. SLOW TUNES PREFERRED. London, Nov. 16. "Dancing is becoming lazier,” declares Jack Payne, the founder of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s dance band. "The public wants amusement with a minimum of exertion, and mostly desires slow tunes of the blues and foxtrot type. These must not be melancholy or mushy, but leisurely, happy, haunting melodies like ‘Auf Wiedersehen.’ “Syncopated music is unfashionable, but a few good tunes, full of pep, like ‘Mona,’ make headway. “Thank heaven, jazz is dead. “A fortune awaits the composer of a big hit, like the Charleston, _ but there are no present signs of anything original setting another style of dancing. Eccentric rhythm is insufficient. I have rejected many because the public won’t trouble to learn.".
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1932, Page 7
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