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Vintage Ballroom Dancing
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Vintage dance steps and etiquette advice. How to polka, waltz, and 2-step; also how to be an exquisite lady or gentleman at a formal. Adapted from "Book of Etiquette, Volume II" by Lillian Eichler, 1921 and other sources.
- Added on: Aug 14th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: chicago_blogger
- Listed in: Entertaining Dance
- Tags: Dance entertaining etiquette dancing ballroom waltz
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The Polka
In the polka there an but two principal steps, all others belong to fancy dances, and much mischief and inconvenience is likely to arise from their improper introduction into the ball-room.First step. The gentleman raises the left foot slightly behin...
Women's Accessories
The woman wears her most elaborate evening wrap to the ball. Soft materials in light shades are suggested, with trimmings of fur for the winter months. A wrap of old blue or old rose velvet with a collar of white fog is becoming and attractive when ...
What a Gentleman Wears to the Ball
In summer, the gentleman may wear a complete suit of gray with a white duck waistcoat and light linen to the afternoon dance, completing his costume with black patent leather shoes or oxford ties, light gray gloves, and straw hat with black and white...
How to Walk Across a Ballroom
If you analyze the precepts laid down by etiquette you will find that for each there is a perfectly good reason. Years ago a lady never walked across a ballroom floor without the support of a gentleman's arm, which was much easier than walking alone ...
Public Dances
Very often public dances are given in honor of some special occasion or a celebrated guest. They are very much like private dances, except that a specially appointed committee fulfills the position and duties of the hostess. At most public balls, t...
Asking for an Invitation to a Ball
It is always permissible to ask a hostess if you may "bring" a dancing man who is a stranger to her. It is rather difficult to ask for an invitation for an extra girl, and still more difficult to ask for older people, because the hostess has no groun...
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