FIRST-OF-SEASON DANCE
z Wellington Footballers Entertain ' The* Wellington Football Club held its first dance of the season on Saturday night, and mo-re than 150 members and friends gathered at the . Kelburn Kiosk. The club, colours, ‘ yellow and black, were predominant in the decorations of streamers and balloons round the dance-floor, and greenery and flowers were massed bn the orchestral dais. - The informal gaiety which is the keynote of' sportsmen’s dances made the atmosphere particularly cheery,' and a war-time -flavour was added - by the typical music played as a gesture to the large number of uniformed members of H.M. Forces who were among the dancers. A savoury supper was served at the only break in the non-stop programme arranged by the orchestra. . The committee responsible for the arrangements of the dance included Messrs. R. Veitch (chairman), I). Stevens. G. Jackman and A Hines.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 28, 21 June 1940, Page 5
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