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THE MAGAZINE OF FOJ^K & I J JANUARY • 1955 • 25c

ITALIAN AND LORE THE MAGAZINE OF FOLK & SQUARE DANCING • JANUARY • 1955

Vol. 12 No. 1

Official Publication of The PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS The Folk Federation of Calif., Inc. 2 Calendar of Events 12 Meet a Girl Who Lives Folk 3 Host Cities Dancing 4 Expresses Gaiety in Dance 13 Villaggio and Music 14 Fresnotes CHARLES E. ALEXANDER 5 Origins of Italian Dance Forms 15 Tell It to Danny 6 A Designer's Paradise 15 Promenade ANNE ALEXANDER 6 Recipe of the Month 16 The Record Finder 7 Granddaddies of Dance 17 President's Message 8 Beauties in Miniature 17 Report from the Southland HILDA SACHS 8 Folk Dancers' Quiz I 8 Let's Dance Squares 9 A Do-lt-Yourself 19 Sacramento, North Bay Notes

REN BACULO 10 Stockton Festival Program 19 The Editor Speaks

PEG ALLMOND ROBERT H. CHEVALIER PHIL ENG ED FERRARIO LEE KENNEDY PHIL MARON DANNY MCDONALD ELMA McFARLAND PAUL PRITCHARD CARMEN SCHWEERS MARY SPRING LEE KENNEDY, 146 Dolores Street, San Francisco DOROTHY TA.M6URINI WILMA YOUNG ELMA McFARLAND, !77'/2 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena 4

Federation Festivals Regional Festivals President, North— Wm. F. Sorensen, 94 Cas- tro St., San Francisco, UNderhill 1-5402. JANUARY 9, 1955, SUNDAY, 1:30-5:30 p.m. JANUARY 31, MONDAY—7-11 p.m. Recording Secretary—Bea Whittier, 3435 T Street, Sacramento, Calif. Glendale Civic Auditorium Long Beach Silverado Park Club House President, South-Minne Anstine, 24211/2 New Year's Resolution Festival. Sante Fe and 34th street Castillo, Santa Barbara, Calif. Hosts: Pasadena Co-op. Hosts: Silverado Folk Dancers. Chairman: Nadine Straith-Mlller, Chairman: Tom Daw. Council Meeting: I I a.m. FEBRUARY 5, SATURDAY 8-12 p.m. Publication & General Office-Folk Dance Federation of California, Tilden Sales Harvey Memorial Auditorium Building, Room 521, 420 Market Street, JANUARY 16, 1955 SUNDAY Stockton Bakersfield San Francisco: SUtter 1-8334. Margaret Civic Auditorium Moore, Secretary. Two hours of Exhibition dancing followed Advertising, Circulation, Subscriptions- Center and Fremont streets by general Folk Dancing on the extended Federation Office above. Chairman: Patrick M. Merrit. stage. Editorial—1504 Highway Road, Burlingame, Council Meeting: 12:30 p.m. California. Diamond 3-6871. Hosts: Circle Eight Folk Dancers. Dancing: 1:30-5:30 and 7:30-10:30 p.m. Business Manager—Ren Baculo, 630 Valle Chairman: Wilma Linscott. Vista, Vallejo, Calif. FEBRUARY 5, SATURDAY—7-9 p.m. FEBRUARY 6, SUNDAY, 1:30-5:30 p.m. San Gabriel Dept. of Recreation Holtville City Park 250 South Mission drive Circulation—Trudi Sorensen, 94 Castro St., Carrot Festival—Holtville City-wide cele- San Francisco 14, Calif. Experiment Nite Festival—Jr. Folk Dance Sam Smoot, Petaluma bration. Federation of California South. Clarence Carlson, Martinez Hosts: Button and Bows. Bess Redd, Sacramento Chairman: Lou Price. Daphne Upton, Southern Caiifornia Sponsored by the Holtville Chamber of Clarence Carlson, Walnut Creek Commerce. FEBRUARY 13, SUNDAY. Sacramento Vi Brawley, Fresno Chairman: Faye Manley. Governor's Hall Frances Williams, Merced Hosts: Circle Square. James Berry & Gene Fuller, Peninsula Sponsored by: Sacramento Council of Folk Pearl Preston, San Francisco FEBRUARY 20, SUNDAY Oakland Dance Clubs. Oakland Auditorium Warm-up party for state-wide festival to Chairman: Jim DePaoli. be held in Sacramento May 27-30. Council Meeting: 12:30 p.m. Dancing: 1:30-5:30 p.m., Folk Dancing. LET'S DANCE is published monthly by the Dancing: 1:30-3:30 and 7:30-10:30 p.m. Folk Dance Federation of California. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Square Dancing. Subscription price: $2.50 per year. For- eign, $3.25 per year. MARCH 20, SUNDAY San Francisco FEBRUARY 22, TUESDAY, 8-11 p.m. Entered as Second Class Matter at the State Armory Long Beach Silverado Park Club House Post Office at San Francisco, California, under Act of March 3, 1879. Chairman: Harlan Beard. Sante Fe and 34th street Cover and Contents Copyrighted 1955 by Council Meeting: 12:30 p.m. the Folk Dance Federation of Califor- Hosts: Silverado Folk Dancers. nia, Inc. Dancing: 1:30-5:30 and 7:30-10:30 p.m. Chairman: Tom Daw. Stockton Your Host Pasadena A Folk Fantasy will start the year Cities It's Festival time—and New Year out right for energetic dancers. Resolutions are in order.

IF A PERSON WERE TO FLY over Northern San Joaquin HEME FOR PASADENA Folk Dance Festival to be held Valley at an elevation of 5,000 feet, the picture below would TJanuar.y 9 at the Glendale Civic Auditorium is New Year's resemble a huge spider web, its silver threads stretching from Resolutions. Nadine Straith-Miller, president of the hosting the high Sierra in the east to the coastal range in the west. The Pasadena Folk Dance Co-Op, is Festival chairman. The pro- hub of this web would be Stockton where the Folk Fantasy gram includes an afternoon of new and old favorites inter- Federation Festival will be held in the Civic Auditorium on spersed with squares and exhibitions. Special attticuon will be January 16. Metropolitan Stockton covers some 20 square miles. the Moldavanetz, featuring five couples from the Yosemite To the south and east the mesh work would be the highways Workshop. leading to and from the Mother Lode area, and to the north Some of the suggested "resolutions" include: and west the 1,000 miles of waterways weaving through the Resolved—to know the history of our group. Pasadena Co-op rich delta farm lands. is one of the oldest groups in the southland, founded in 1941. Stockton, now an inland seaport, is one of California's oldest Its president, Allen Pelton, became the first Federation presi- settlements. The gold rush fever and the rich farm lands at- dent, South. tracted immigrants from many parts of the world. With this Resolved—to take an active part in the group of which we ancestral background the Stockton area has a natural environ- are a member. As a Co-op, Pasadena offers a variety of activ- ment for folklore. ities. There is the ten-member governing board for those inter- Perhaps the credit for folk dancing coming to Stockton in ested in the executive; the party nights whenever there is a the early 1940's goes to Lawton D. Harris, a former editor of fifth Friday in the month; the Co-op Workshop and program LET'S DANCE. It was through folk dance classes at the College planning section for those interested in programming and of the Pacific that he formed a nucleus that later helped him teaching dances. start group classes at the local YMCA. Many of these early Resolved—to know more about our city; to see how it and students were later to be found teaching Adult Education classes folk dancers can assist each other. The Pasadena Art Fair and throughout the city. In the Fall of 1943, Harris became senior Continued on Page 19 program secretary for the YMCA. Through this position, it was possible to inaugurate weekly folk dance classes. As an out- growth of these classes, the Polk-Y-Dots was founded in Jan- uary, 1946, and was the only folk dance club in Stockton for Cover for several years. It was also in 1946 that Harris experimented with the idea of bringing outstanding leaders from out-of-State to January teach groups of dancers. His first choice was the well-known Mary Ann Herman from New York. She conducted classes for To set the Italian theme of the Pacific Recreation Conference dancers. This is generally this issue, the spirited dancing regarded as the seed that later grew and developed into the couple was created especially for LET'S DANCE. The artist is, widely known Stockton Folk Dance Camp with its staff of top at this time, anonymous. If you leaders. The local schools took an interest in folk dancing and would like to see more of his the teachers requested classes both in the elementary and sec- work, write to the Editor and it ondary fields. From this beginning, the Y classes for the teachers might be arranged. and the general public were formed and organized. Many of Continued on Page 14

from Slavic Countries. Authentic dances, JAN. 29, SATURDAY and JAN. 30, SUNDAY Special Events music and costumes. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium JANUARY 8, SATURDAY Concord No admittance charge. in Oceanpark Sponsored by: Stanford University Com- National Guard Armory Anatol Joukowsky Institute sponsored by mittee on Public Exercises. Federation South. Benefit: March of Dimes. JANUARY 29, SATURDAY. San Francisco Everyone welcome 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 Hosts: The Pleasant Hill Folk Dancers. Gym of Central YMCA p.m. Sunday. Dancing: 8:00 to 12:00 p.m. 220 Golden Gate avenue Chairman: Vivian Myers. Hosts: Mission Dolores Belles & Beaux and FEBRUARY 19, SATURDAY. Oakland Portola Bailadores. Oakland Auditorium JANUARY I I, TUESDAY. Stanford University Sponsored by: San Francisco Council of Federation Pageant. Memorial Auditorium Folk Dance Groups. Theme: An International Cavalcade. Starting at 7:30 p.m. Purpose: Warm-up party for March Federa- Starting: 8:00 p.m. to be followed by Folk Anatol Joukowsky, Yania Wassilieva and tion Festival. Dancing for everyone. 80 dancers presented in Ethnic Dances Dancing: Starting 8:00 p.m. General Chairman: Jim DePaoli. JANUARY, 1955 Expresses Gaiety In Dance and Music

There is never the question of when to dance or sing. Every season brings good reason for traditional f estes, and the music is as light and bright as the costumes.

— Rod La Farge photo. MICHES" — I Confae/i'nf Danzanti, only fully costumed group in By JANE MOLINARI the U.S., in Tarentella Montevergme. T> _L) UON CAPPO D'ANNO" is the Italian way that as night descended on Shrove Tuesday, mark- sional dancers and dancing began to evolve. of saying "Happy New Year", and in Italy, as ing the end of Carnival, every masquerader would Meanwhile, the Medici court of crossed elsewhere, the greeting of the New Year is an parade through the streets with a lighted taper, to France and there developed a close association important time for merriment, fiestas, and of trying to blow out his neighbor's light but retain between the cultural life of Italy and France. course for dancing. his own. (See Miriam Lidster's article on Page 7). France Italy is rich in tradition and the holiday sea- The early Christians were revolted by the fes- claims the origin of the popular quadrille or son customarily extends from Christmas until the tivities and orgies of the decadent Roman courts, but it soon spread to Italy. An exam- and as they gained strength, they succeeded in beginning of Lent. The Italian New Year is much ple of these dances is the folk dance we call the suppressing most aspects of pagan life. The Roman the same as ours with the exception of one old Italian Quadrille. Danced to Italian music, it was theaters and professional entertainers—including custom wherein the children receive money gifts traditionally called in French. There were numer- dancers—were banished. However the Church from their parents, ous figures and no particular sequence was used. was more tolerant of folk customs and while it (Our own version of the Italian Quadrille has an The next big holiday is Epiphany which falls did not give outright approval, dancing was sub- established sequence and is not called). on the 1 2th day after Christmas — January 6. dued but certainly not eliminated. The rich musical are based Epiphany is an extremely important occasion in With the in the 1 Jth century, upon the love of the people for expressing them- the old world; whether the religious aspect pre- came the beginning of music as we know it selves in song and dance. There is no single "na- vails or the social "sweeping out of Christmas" today. Italy was not only the birthplace of opera tional" dance. Each region has its own traditional and the beginning of the carefree gaiety of Carni- and concert music but the recognized leader of dances. These vary from gay courtship dances to val season. One source has described Epiphany as the musical world for about 200 years. The first ritual sword dances, morescas, chain dances, and a "perfect Witches' Sabbath" in Italy, with cele- dancing masters were Italian and it became stylish processional and religious dances. brations typical of the noisy demonstrations usually to learn and perform elegant ballroom dances at As with the dances, the musical accompani- associated with Mardi Gras. But the really im- court. Eventually, the courts demanded profes- ment varies according to region. Musicians may portant event occurs on Epiphany Eve when "La play mandolins, guitars, a variety of pipes includ- Befana" — the Italian version of our Santa Claus ing the bagpipe, different types of drums, and makes her rounds. "La Befana" is the old woman nowadays most often the accordion. I have found who was too busy sweeping her house to accom- mention of dances to which the sole accompani- pany the Three Kings on their journey to Bethle- ment •?,''ui singing. Very frequently the musical hem. When she did set out to find the Christ accompaniment is made by the dancers themselves Child she could not find her way, and thus it is using , a small clanging drum-like instru- that each year she passes through Italy on Epip- ment with a rotating stick in the center, a rattle hany Eve, still searching for the Holy Infant. made of two wooden hammers, or the . And in her travels she leaves gifts for all the good We associate the tambourine with the Italian children but switches and charcoal for those who Tarantella but this ancient instrument of the have been bad. drum class ("tambour" is a Latin word meaning The home of the Early Christian church, Italy "to drum") has been known all over Europe, par- evidently was the birthplace of the Pre-Lenten ticularly in the southern countries. period known as Carnival, for not only is the Of the numerous Italian folk dances, those with name of Latin derivation (Carne-vale— "Farewell which we are most familiar are: The Italian flesh") , but the roots of the celebration are Danza, which was originally a sedate court dance found in ancient Roman festivals. is the performed by the nobility in . The traditional headquarters of the Carnival, although dance we know is an interpretation by the peas- there are distinctive customs in many regions of antry after observing the nobility and is distin- Italy. guished by its mimicry. While Carnival officially begins on January 17, Two old but still well-known dances in Italy the final three days are most widely celebrated. were evidentally closely related in origin. One is Everywhere are gay throngs of masqueraders cele- the Forlana, a couple dance of Northeastern Italy, brating with abandon. Dancing is still as impor- SORELLINA and the other is the Trescone which is performed tant as it was in the pagan festivals. We're told —Courtesy of Rod La Forge, Continued on Page 18

LET'S DANCE —Robert H. Chevalier photo. Members of a Walnut Creek exhibition group take to the in an Italian dance Origins of Italian Dance Forms Historically speaking, Italy can trace its dance steps to the days of the , and even farther back, to the Greeks and Eastern Slavs. By LUCILE K. CZARNOWSKI Eastern elements brought in by the Vandals dance of a highly ceremonial type. It also comes T. ,RUE FOLK DANCE follows ethnological and the Arabs are traceable in the islands of Cor- from in the north. rather than political boundaries. This must be sicaj Sardinia and . In Sicily and southern Chain Dances In closed or open circles are also kept clearly in mind when tracing the history Italy a Spanish influence is noticeable. The Catho- ancient forms. In Cagliari in Sardinia, the Ballo of the folk dance in any country., lic Church has colored the rituals and dances of Tondo is danced on the Day of St. Efisio, the A peoples' origin, mores, physical environment, , and throughout the northwestern Patron of the City, and is performed in the city political and religious history are all reflected in regions sword dances and others are closely re- square with the men and women alternately form- their folk arts; and the dance, because it con- lated to those of Celtic and Teutonic peoples. ing a large single circle with fingers linked. Its sists of expressive human movement, portrays a However, the and the Romans before solemnity is enforced in the costumes—the black clearer image than any of its sister arts. them assimilated the dances of the people they and white of the men and the white veils of the Italy was particularly susceptible to invasion conquered or who invaded them and stamped women. Color is added by the embroideries on because of its geographical location. In northern them with their own distinctive style and rhy- the women's dresses, "When performed as a cere- thmic quality. Italy, the highly cultured Etruscans, who had monial dance at weddings, it starts in a formal art forms of Asiatic origin, were invaded in the Here is a brief survey of the Italian dances, mood but after many repetitions gets livelier and Jth century. B.C. by tribes who were descendants listed according to type classification and regional livelier. of early Aryan groups. Between the 5th century location: Couple Dances depicting courtship are varied B.C. and the 5th century A.D., Italian history Processional and Religious Dances and those which and abundant. Better known are , Fur- is made largely by rising Rome and the Roman have a ritual origin are some of the oldest dances lara, Trescone and . Empire. The Romans assimilated the artistic con- and adhere to a more proscribed form. They in- The Monferrina is seen chiefly in Piedmont and tributions of the early Greek Empire which they clude the Riattate, danced in Villafranca Sicula employs pantomime to tease and coax one's part- had subjugated. Traces of some of the rituals of in Sicily during the festival of the Madonna of ner. It is often accompanied by singing. the Greeks and Eastern Slavs can still be found the Myrtle, where the dancers weave branches of The Furlara belongs to northeastern Italy and in Italian festival dances and processions. laurel and myrtle in the course of its perform- is quite well known in this country. The Empire was broken up by barbarian in- ancej and the Taratata, a sword dance performed A dance of the fields dating back to the Middle vaders from Asia, Northern Europe and Africa. during the festival of the Invention of the Holy Ages is the Trescone. It is danced by four couples Italy itself was over-run by the Goths and then Cross at Casteltermini, Sicily. in a square. There are a number of variants as by the Lombards. It was not re-unified under one The Sword Dances^ 'Ndrezzata performed at it is performed in different parts of the country. king until 1861. , usually on St. John Baptists' Day or Easter The Saltarello of Central Italy is gay and con- Italy is made up of 19 regions. It has a. Monday and Bal del Saber danced in villages in tains- much flirtation and bargaining between cou- wealth of dances of many types, with many Piedmont, have symbolic elements and show rela- ples. It has developed different forms as well as variants within some of these types. This diver- tionships to European sword dances with ritual changes in name. sity is to be expected because of the historical origins. Of all the Italian couple dances, the Tarantella events mentioned. The ritualistic dances especially Italy also has fighting Sword Dances showing is the favorite. Its stimulating 3/8 or 6/8 rhy- reflect these events and the styles of dance vary incidents in which the Crusaders fought Mos- thmic beat has inspired such composers as Chopin, from region to region because of the past influence lems, and Turks,- The dance, Spadonari di of invading groups. San Giono (Swordsmen of St. George) is a sword Continued on Page 19

JANUARY, 1955

Nations", Oakland Civic Auditorium, February 19, 1955 8 p.m. A Designer's Paradise

Found! Italians in their original provincial costumes. Where ? Bight in San Francisco's Mission district.

By DOROTHY GODFREY

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LET'S DANCE Granddaddies of Dance Italy's early folk and court forms contributed to entire field of music and dance.

BY MIRIAM LIDSTER

dramas—entertainment pieces for the patrician LITALY ABOUNDS in a rich cultural heritage/ and plebian alike. is a land of great musicians, painters, architects And so it was the Troubadours and their Courts and theaters^ and was the essence of the Renais- of Dance, the dance-tune hymns of Martin Luth- sance of art that spread over Europe, but the er's Reformation in Germany, the dances from. dance of the was anything Italy that developed into -what we know as the . but great. dance of the courts, and the pre-classic dance Until the 15th century Italy was among the forms, all through a process of normal growth leading musical nations. At this time dance in- became our era of , as well as fluenced all music, but it was not until dance was providing many of the dance forms in our folk PAS DE BASQUE transported to France by the luxury-loving court dances. —Courtesy of Roc/ La Forge, The dances of the courts were many and some of Catherine de Medici that it fully developed grace: "After having turned for as many cadences of the most interesting were those from Italy. into a great art. as it pleases you, restore the damsel to her place, The Galliard (Italian, Gagliarda) was a vigorous, Catherine de Medici, daughter of Lorenzo de when she will feel, whatever good face she puts gay, strong dance, as in translation "galKard" was Medici, Duke of , married Henri, Due upon It, her brain confused., her head full of giddy a gay or dashing person. In Italy the Galliard d'Orleans, and as Queen of France introduced to whirlings, and you cannot feel in much better was known as the Romanesca and according to the French courts the same type of entertainment case. I leave you to consider if it be a proper some authorities its name came from "gigolane" as her father produced in Italy. Many dances thing for a young girl to make such large steps meaning "kicking". It was danced to a quick % were brought to France and used in such specta- and separations of the legs; and whether both meter. There were three forms of the Galliard. cles as "Ballet Comique de la Reine," which was honour and health are not concerned and threat- produced in 1581. Catherine de Medici loved The Tourdion, which according to Arbeau was ened," In spite of his moral concern, on the very "danced more quietly and with less violent actions" dance and even appeared in many of the pro- next page Arbeau gives his friend,' Capriol, a com- was for the more stately dancers, perhaps the ductions. plete description on how to dance the steps. "If older ones, and was done with a gliding step that An external but important influence on the you wish to dance the Volte, you should place remained close to the floor. The Galliard proper dance of the Renaissance was the invention of your right hand on the damsel's back and the was danced with more kicks, jumps and hops, and printing, together with great improvements in the left elbow below her bust, and, pushing her with the dancers danced as individuals with many vari- calligraphy of music and the initiation of the your right thigh beneath her rump, turn her." It ations, while in the Tourdion the lady was led first dance script. Up to this time the only is this very lack of refinement that may have by the hand. recording and preserving of the contemporary art caused the Volte to disappear quickly from the The third form, known as the Volte (turn) forms had been done in the monasteries and you dance scene and to be known as "an invention of was very popular around 1600. It has been stated •would hardly expect the monks to keep the rec- the devil". However, the ladies of this period did that it "was probably popular because of the ords of such profane arts as the dance and its a great deal about decorating their garters with rather indecent character of the dance—the lift- muSic. the most precious laces of gold and silver. ing 'of the woman high in the air." Reynold Scot, However, the first , and prob- All three were based on an outstand- in 1584, said that "night dansing witches brought ably still the most read and most accurate of ing rhythmic characteristic which also gave it the out of Italy unto France the danse which is called the time, was written in 1588 by a monk, Jehon name of Cinque Pas (Five Steps). This is also Tabourot. It is titled Orchesographie and was Lavolta," Arbeau suggested the vigor of the Volte written un'der the pen name of Thoinot Arbeau. and its departure from the usual refinement and Continued on Page 12 It is not strange that during the Middle Ages Folk dancing Is featured at the colorful folk arts fair held every September when the dances of the people were forbidden by at Bolzano, small metropolis of the Dolomites in northern Italy. holy decree, they would crop up in the form, of -£N/T Photo singing games and song-rounds. So with a strange mixture of game, song and dance the Italian Ren- aissance of dance moved to the French court to become a formal art and later to develop into the ballroom dance of today. The dance of the French court—-which was to effect the whole history of dance and music—• was a blend of the rich, gay brilliance of Italian life, the sombre, religious emotions of life in Spain, the rude intellectual vitality of the Nether- lands, and the quiet pastoral calmness of England. To all of this must be added the development of the art of the aristocratic poet-musicians, the Troubadours of the Middle Ages, who originated in the very northernmost part of Italy and in France and spread northward in the 12th cen- tury. These Troubadours presented in their poems a unique picture of high nobility devoting them- selves to the cultivation of poetry and music in a romantic service of chivalrous love. These poems were later to become the basis for many dance

LET'S DANCE , But Dolls!

SPANISH GYPSY FROM MADRID COUNTRY GIRL FROM SARDINIA Some Beauties in Miniature Folk Dancers' John Omizzolo says his 380 dolls from all over the world are QUIZ a habit, not a hobby. Hoiu good are you? W HEN JOHN OMIZZOLO is chatting with friends and they suddenly exclaim "What a doll!" 1-—-A feileadb beag is a (1) bonnet (2) sword nine times out of ten they are not referring to (3) kilt. female pulchritude strolling past their view, but 2-—-An Arabian dance is the (1) Pletyonka (2) are enthusing over one of the 380 dolls John has Debka Rafiakh (3) Joropo. collected during the past 30 years. 3—The Pohanje is a (1) dance (2) part of a O'mizzolo has one of the most outstanding doll costume (3) pastry. collections in the State. They are housed in five 4-—-The Second Annual Federation Pageant will large show cases and sundry shadow boxes in the be held in (1) Sacramento (2) Oakland (3) , Omizzolo's restaurant at Bay and Mason San Francisco. streets in San Francisco. The collection started quite by accident. On Omizzolo's first trip to •>—The Gato is a dance of (1) Guatemala (2) Europe, some 30 years ago, he picked up some Venezuela (3) Argentina. character dolls "because they looked interesting." 6—The Diamond Dancers are a Federation Dance Later, he put them on display at the restaurant. group in (1) Oakland (2) Fresno (3) Mer- Customers lavished so much attention and admira- ced. tion on the dolls, that when Omizzolo made a sec- LiNCE DOLL FROM 7-—-The Taratata is a (1) sword dance (2) court- ond trip to Europe, he brought back some more. ing dance (3) chain dance. He has added to his collection with every trip. There are pretty dolls, ugly dolls. Some are fat, 8—The correct spelling of a Danish dance is And friends have brought dolls from the Far East some are thin, some are large, some are small. (1) Svenning Kontra (2) Svenninge Kontre to add to the display. • There are the dowagers and the peasants, the dolls (3) Svenninge Kontra. Folk dancers in search of costume ideas would of exquisite design and dolls of crude construction. do well to visit the dolls and take note of the $—The Sheetia is a (1) square dance (2) circle All wear hand-made clothes. All have their place authentic styles, the intricate handwork and the dance (3) a favorite Polish dish. in the collection, all are worthy of study. exquisite detail that go into the makeup of the 10—Among the bodices of various European coun- wardrobes. Practically every nation in the world Since LET'S DANCE features Italy this month, tries, the Nowy Targ is from (1) Russia has its doll representative on display. And every Omizzolo offered photos of his Italian beauties. (2) Poland (3) Yugoslavia. type of doll contruction is represented. There are Each doll pictured represents a different way of Answers on Page 17. the period dolls, Chinese dolls, Japanese dolls. Dolls life, a different part of Italy. from Central America, Mexico, Sweden, France. "If I had to pick a favorite among my dolls," There is a toreador. There is Marie Antoinette. said Omizzolo, "She would be the Spanish doll, She may have lost her head in real life, but in my Senorita Gypsy. She has the most life, the Velveeta Omizzolo's display, she is a regal and delicate most personality, the most sparkle, I think." And beauty, Marie Antoinette is the most expensive so Senorita Gypsy's photograph has been included. Sounds cheesy? It is! See Paul Erfer's doll in the collection. Omizzolo claims his doll collection is not a There are the dolls with china heads and kid hobby-—-just a habit. A very worthwhile and column on Page 16. bodies, waxen dolls, wooden dolls, cloth dolls. pleasant habit, Veneto patrons agree,

8 LET'S DANCE Second Ari|bal Federation Folk Dance Pageant, "Cavalcade A Do-It-Yourself for Dance Groups A Fresno club gives the recipe for making mobiles to decorate your meeting place.

By EDITH BYXBE Illustration by DEEBE DEARING

_L HE CENTRAL FOLKDANCERS of Fresno were bitten by the "do-it-yourself" craze that's sweeping the country. So they made themselves a mobile that catches the spontaneity, gaiety and fun that IS folk dancing. Here is the recipe, step- by-step: FIRST STEP Take a folk dance group that would like to decorate its meeting place. Stir well until you find a couple who will throw open their house one evening a week-—and will have work materials ready and welcome crayons, cardboard, paint, glit- ter and left-over coffee cups the next day. A group of eight faithfuls and any number of occa- sionals can whip up a large mobile in two or three meetings. SECOND STEP Head couple gets to work at the library, look- ing through books for costumes in color, (Dances of Bulgaria, Denmark, etc.. Crown Publishing Co. of New York is excellent). Find, if possible, a pantograph or opaque projector. Arrange to go with: large paper, and color plates and trace. Re- member hair, hands, lips and eye details. If the projector is not available, try freehand drawing or work by "squares". THIRD STEP Assemble ingredients with many a spare part, For 12 figures and 12 other pieces including notes and instruments you'll need: !•—-Two sheets of tagboard for musical instru- ments and characters. 2—Fifteen unpainted pieces of cardboard, (Dis- carded boxes from a store*) 3—Four or six pieces of piano wire (Hobby HERE'S HOW—Balance dancers on A and B bars first because they are shop). at the bottom of your mobile. Tie A and B bars with thread to C. Find 4-—-Poster paints, wet type preferred. Six colors spot on C that will bring A, B, and C in balance. Tie a thread there and and black and white. run up to D. Tie other figures to D. Find spot on D that brings all of 5-—-Crayons, large size. Include a flesh-colored A, B, C, and D to a balance. Tie a thread here and fasten it experimen- one for arms and legs. 6-—-Black Hnen thread, string or nylon string. tally to your main bar H. Balance your other series E, F, and G. Balance 7—Paint brushes. Two small, two large (onfe E and F as you did your first ABC series. Balance E and tie to F. Balance inch) a minimum. Ask crew to borrow F and tie to H. Balance G and tie to H. Now balance your main bar. extras. Each paint pot should have two brushes, in these fields.) Start tracing. Pass figure to cou- To assemble: First decide on height and width. 8—Scissors, pliers, scotch tape. ple armed with crayons. They outline heavily in Lay figures an floor in approximate position and ^•—Glitter, in several colors and gold (Hobby black from head to toes. Now on to cutters, then work from BOTTOM UP. shop). to painters. Make V's in piano wire with pliers where 10—Tracing paper, pencils, stapler, card tables.. threads are suspended so threads won't slip. Now 11—Several wooden laths, gaily painted, to be FIFTH STEP Coff.ee break. ' it's a matter of experimenting and balancing ... used as bars on which to hang the mobile. a good time for the men to take over while the FOURTH STEP SIXTH STEP women stand back and say "that would look bet- Now join workers with ingredients. Set a defi- As soon as everyone refuses a "second cup1' ter over there", or "this place is bare*'. nite time and day. Seven to ten in the evening throw dishes in the sink and resume work. Some- When the mobile is assembled and hanging to can include children. They're the life of the party one with imagination has worked on the instru- the satisfaction of the majority, and everyone has and can start things going. Divide into tracers, ments. Fantastically shaped and painted? All the been served with deserving compliments, blow on cutters and painters. (A little child can lead them better. Sprinkle glitter while paint is wet. the mobile. Now, back njjl 'AdmireI

JANUARY, 1955 Nations", Oakland Civic Auditorium, February 19, 1955 B p.m. TO STOCKTON

Home of FOLK SUNDAY, JANUARY 16—CIVIC AUDITORIUM Afternoon Program Evening Program

Square Royal Empress Tango DANCE Hava Nagilla Ranchera Ladies Whim Senftenberger Mexican Schottische Yarsouvienne Oklahoma Mixer Shuddel Bux CAMP Cumberland Square Squares Squares Meitzi Putz Di College of the Pacific Caballito Blanco Neapolitan Tarantella Hopak Corrido Doris Waltz Brandiswalzer Snurrebocken Korobushka July 25-30 Zillertaler Laendler Squares Yo Sadu Squares Dreisteyrer Aug. 1-6,1954 Exhibitions riambo La Chulita Tango Glow Worm Hambo Italian Quadrille Registrations now being received Makedonka Squares Polish Mazur Marklander for another big season Dodi Li Tsiganochka Schuplattler Skaters Waltz Square's Milanovo Kolo Exhibitions La Mesticita Joropo Squares Kohanochka Mayim Compliments Fandango Espana St. Bernard Waltz Polyanka Tuljac SHOWER'S PARK-IN Gerakina Laces and Graces DerWolgaster Bialy Mazur California's Squares Squares Most Beautiful Rhungo Two Hand Reel Scandinavian Polka Tango Porque HAMBURGERS Maxixe Russian Peasant BAR-B-9 Jablochko Amanor Waltz Mexican Mixer Beautiful Ohio Blue Pacific Waltz 6111 Pacific Avenue

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JANUARY, 1955 Meet a Girl Who Lives Folk Dancing The rewards are many and varied, says Pearl Preston, first in a series of personalities to be profiled in LET'S DANCE.

"In lege and a reserve in the Air Force. And there is J? OLK DANCING TEACHES many things," Gary, 14, a student at Riordan High School. says Pearl Preston, one of the Federation's most Hand-in-hand with Mrs. Preston's folk-dance avid dancers. "It teaches patience, tolerance and activities is her penchant for folk-dance costumes. neighborliness as well as developing the artistic Perhaps her most outstanding dress is the Italian nature and improving physical coordination.'1 costume a friend brought from Italy. The outfit, Mrs. Preston literally lives folk dancing. She made especially for Mrs. Preston, "was designed has classes in four of San Francisco's parochial after a purse-doll costume. schools as well as dance groups five evenings a The full skirt is burnt orange taffeta with two week. Her Monday night teen-age folk dance rows of double rick-rack (blue and white) and a group has a registration of 80 students. On the row of gold braid trim. The white organdy blouse Primary and grade school level, Mrs. Preston has white flower embroidery on the puff sleeves. teaches at St. Thomas Moore, St. Phillips, St. The bodice is black with ribbons to match the Paul's and Epiphany. In addition to her classes, skirt. The apron is green and black taffeta with Mrs. Preston has taught at Institute, is on the felt flower applique. To complete the costume Mrs. research committee and is the San Francisco Coun- Preston wears a headdress made to duplicate the cil representative for promoting LET'S DANCE. apron color scheme with the lining of the burnt "Just think," said Mrs. Preston. "A dozen orange taffeta. Of course Mrs. Preston carries her years ago, I didn't know what the word folk purse doll when she wears the costume. dancing meant." To complete statistics on Mrs, Preston, she is a That was before a group of friends persuaded native San Franciscan and her parents came from her to attend a YLI folk dance group. . northern Italy. She can talk "shop" any day of "From that night on, I couldn't stay away the week to her sisters, Rita Fanucchi and Angela from folk dancing," Mrs. Preston exclaimed. Shea. Rita has folk dance classes three nights a What did she do before folk dancing came into week and Angela •—• although she doesn't teach COSTUME FROM ITALY—Pearl Preston her life? dancing—enjoys kicking up her heels at a folk- models costume made especially for her in "Well," said Mrs. Preston, hesitating just an , •—-Anne Alexander. Italy. It was designed after a purse doll. instant. "I used to be pretty good at surf casting." "Pretty good" means a collection of medals— and achieving Woman's World Championship in surf casting 17 years ago. The Granddaddies of Dance During the hours Mrs. Preston is away from folk dancing she takes care of her house and two Continued from Page 7 The most interesting development of the Cour- sons. There is Bob, 21, a graduate of State Col- the step pattern characteristic of the dance—five ante is the change in metric structure. Music that steps on the floor and a little or big jump into the had been consistently % meter was changed so air. The fifth count was always in the air—on that two measures of % was now one measure of PEASA1NT GIRL—This smiling Italian peas- the fifth count the dancers always executed either 6/4. Interesting rhythmic changes to music that ant girl on the Isle of Capri displays her a little or a big jump and finished in cadent posi- had heretofore been dull were effected by writing spools of wool and silken threads with tion on the count of six. In the Tourdion the some measures with a pulse or accent on 1 and 4 which she handlooms handsome shawls. —EN/T phofo. jump was small, the jump for the Galliard was (1 2 3 4 5" 6) and some with a pulse or accent big, and in the Volte, the man lifted his partner on 1, 3 and J. There was no rule as to when these on the count of five and perhaps with a turn changes were to occur, and a different rhythmic brought her down on count six. This same style scheme may be found in each written Courante. of lift is found today in our Landler and at the So not only does the dance form of the Courante, finish of many fast % meter dances. In England but also the instrumental form of the Courante at the time of the Volte, the jump or leap was hold an important place in music and about 1620 called a "caper", and as such can be found in it became the second movement of the four-part many of Shakespear's writings—"I can cut a classic suite. caper", from Twelfth Night, Probably an old, though not the gayest, Gal- The Gigue Is a very old dance form and prob- Hard tune is "God Save the King" ("My Country ably belongs to many countries. The form best . *Tis of Thee.") Musically the Galliard is of great known, however, is the one that developed from importance as it became the gay dance following the 16th century Irish or English . In music the. slow Pavane, and so the Suite was born. the Italian giga is much quicker than the French Other important court forms of Italian origin form with quick running passages over a har- are the Courante and the Gigue. It has been monic basis, very similar to the Courante. noted on good authority that the Courante is of And so Italy, through these dances and musical two origins: Italy and the French province of forms of the Baroque period, contributed to the Poiton. Both sources are probably correct. The first entire field of music—m the birth of the Suite. form was called Corrente (from the Latin word It was from this same Suite that the most im- "curro", meaning "to run"), and this form was portant musical form of the entire classic period said to have come from Italy. It is In quick triple was developed, the Sonata form. This developmen- time, sometimes % and sometimes %. Catherine tal period was one in which all great music was de Medici undoubtedly brought this dance directly , and one in which Italy served the from Italy, and with the exception of the Minuet whole picture of dance not only with its folk no other dance sustained such popularity in the songs and folk dance music, but also with its court (mo-mo). court dances and court music.

LET'S Committee: Pearl Preston, Larry Miller and TARANTELLA VILLAGG/0 Dorothy Tamburini. (Italian)

This dance comes from Rod La Farge of New Jersey, editor of "Rosin the Bow", America's oldest Folk and Square . The dance, one of the very few Italian mixer dances, was done ar the Festas in and around New Jersey, by a group of Italians who come from the town of Grattaglia, south of Bari, in Pug lia Province. It is a very lively, happy and flirtatious dance and in Bari, where it is done as a straight couple dance, it is known as "Tarantella Barese". To avoid confusion, Rod La Farge has tagged this mixer version "Village Tarantella" or "Tarantella Villaggio".

MUSIC: Record: Harmonia H 3050B "Quadriglia Siciliana" FORMATION: Circle of couples, all facing center, W on M R. STEPS: Leap*, Walk*, Polka*, Pas de basque*.

.MUSIC 6/8 PATTERN

Measures 4 meas. INTRODUCTION Sway in place. I. TO CENTER AND BACK, VISIT AND RETURN 1-2 (a) With a leap onto R and bending fwd., W walk 4 steps twd. center of circle, swinging arms bwd., upwd., fwd. and dnwd. in a sweeping windmill motion, snap- ping fingers to the rhythm of the music. 3-4 W walk bwd. to place with 4 steps, gradually straightening body and raising arms overhead with continued finger snapping. During action of meas. 1-4, M step in place while snapping fingers overhead. 5-8 M perform action of meas. 1-4 while W step in place. 1-2 (b) Face partner and, with hands on hips, dance 2 polka steps fwd. (M CCW, W (repeated) CW), passing partner by R shoulder. 3-4 Face next person in line, raise arms overhead and dance 2 pas de basque steps (start by stepping with L and swinging R ft. over L), snapping fingers to the rhythm of the music as the up-raised arms are swayed from side to side. 5-8 Continue the up-raised arm motion and finger snapping, and at the same time flirt with partner by looking back over R shoulder, as partners return again to face with 4 mincing polka steps, turning in CW semi-circle around each other. This maneuver should be done with much exaggerated flirtation. II. POLKA GRAND RIGHT AND LEFT, COUPLES POLKA 9-16 (a) Partners facing (M CCW, W CW), dance 8 polka steps doing a grand right and left. (Keep hands at shoulder height during progression.) As new partner is met on the eighth polka step (meas. 16) assume closed ballroom position. 9-16 (b) Dance 8 polka steps turning CW and progressing CCW (LOD). (repeated)

An exhibition of Tarantella Per Cinque by the Twin City Twirlers in the Marysville Auditorium —Philip Moron photo. FLOORS Fresnotes - - Neius from the Valley The unique and wonderful spirit of the Christ- too much of the new there is a happy compro- RUN mastlde seems to linger among the folk dancers a mise which we folk dancers must find if the little longer than with other folk. So Fresno folk movement is to develop. It would be regretful if dancers are still reminiscing about the reunions we voluntarily kept ourselves from dipping a lit- DOWN??? and the gay festivities of last month. The Coun- tle more into the rich folk dance tradition of the cil "Workshop party on December 16 had a Swed- peoples of the world and yet we don't want to Call HOward 2-1629 ish theme carried out in the foods served, the discourage our beginners and others who for many decor, the Santa Lucia girl with her lighted candle reasons cannot devote much time to dancing and JAMES T. BROWN crown, and the program. The men presented the so have little opportunity to acquaint themselves Oxdansen with plenty of Scandinavian folk spirit with a large repertoire, —Mffry Spring. 2061 Bishop and fun. Stockton, Calif. Lester and Sally Fiuren are teaching a class in advanced beginner dances. They are donating their American Standard S.E. Crane services in the interests of that forgotten group, HOOSIER CAFE those who have a knowledge of the beginning folk BENTZ PLUMBING dances but are not ready for the intermediate and HEATING Famous for Food and Service Council-sponsored group. The dances include such favorites as Corrido, Mexican Schottische, Amanor "Call Us For Free Estimates" 1537 N. Wilson Way Stockton, Calif. Waltz, etc. Someone may ask, aren't these inter- Phone HO 3-0271 mediate dances? Which brings up the much-dis- PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTORS CHARLES & CHARLOTTE DYER, Props. cussed topic of old dances versus new, a topic to be approached cautiously but fools rush in . , ,! Telephone 8-0776 It is the observation of this correspondent1 that 225 South Stockton Street HOME WIRING CO. the majority of dancers In Fresno enjoy learning LODI, CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS new dances and enlarging their vista in the folk- dance field. It is an adventure, for example, to 615 W. Fremont Street discover the strange rhythms of the Caribbean, HO 4-9414 • Stockton, Calif It is this desire to widen the scope of their dances LUCKY'S MILK and •—without devoting the time and energy for cos- tumes and exhibition work demanded of the "Work- ICE CREAM CO. shop —• which caused the intermediate class to "None Fresher" DELTA PAINT & SUPPLY CO. develop into a group where new dances of inter- mediate difficulty are taught rather than the old 530 E. Charter Way E. A. "ERNIE" PYNCHON ones in this category. This same desire "for learn- Stockton 1225 E. Harding Way • Phone 5-9121 ing is evident in the clubs, most of which incor- porate in their programs teaching of the new Stockton, California After the Dance . . . dances offered at the Stockton camp. TRY OUR DO-NUTS "We do hear many arguments for staying with the old dances but found from experience that Carl Senn, Owner Phone HO 4-9006 clubs which devoted too much time to courting YOSEMITE MEAT MARKET ROOSEVELT MEAT MARKET beginners and perennial beginners with a teaching H. T. Stevens & Sons program for them, using only the old favorites, Choice and Fancy Cuts Our Your Sari'sfactfon Guaranteed have found it increasingly difficult to keep their Specialty Quality Meat, Fish, Poultry regular members and these have in some cases fallen by the wayside and dance no more. So 915 N. Yosemite Street- 3310 East Main Street Stockton, Calif. somewhere between doing only the old and doing Stockton For the Best in Drugs Dial 2-5143 Stockton Festival PAPERS PHARMACY Prescription Specialists FORTY-NINE DRUG CO. Continued, from Page 3 CHARLES P. MICHELOTT1 these teachers in turn taught night folk dance Harding Way Medical-Dental Center classes in the. Adult Education program. Through 645 W. Hardirvg Way, Stockton 901 N. Yosemite St. cor. Poplar the efforts of these people and otherSj folk danc- FREE DELIVERY SERVICE Phone HO 2-5143 Stockton 10, Calif. ing spread throughout Stockton and the sur- HO 4-5673 rounding metropolitan area. The Stockton area now has nightly folk and square dance sessions HO 2-0461 Free Delivery GAINES MARKETS sponsored by local recreation departments.' The organization of a number of clubs led to Krein's Bakery 2244 Sharps Lane HO 6-6714 the formation of a regional council. Through the Decorated Cakes - Pies - Bread Alpine & Delaware Streets HO 6-9513 efforts of Helen Gill, a bulletin was circulated to Specialties 4115 N. El Dorado Street HO 4-7793 all folk and square dance clubs in the Stockton Complete Line of Bakery Prod-nets STOCKTON area. An initial meeting was held on February 83 939 N. Yosemite Street Stockton, Calif. 1953, and the council was officially formed July 1, 19 5"3j with 12 charter members representing clubs in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and "Let's Get Associated" Calaveras counties. Since the formation of the GARIBALDIS ASSOCIATED council a closer relationship has been established ons between the folk dance and square clubs in the SERVICE area and through their combined efforts they have 1273 N. Wilson Way gained recognition and cooperation of various STOCKTON Stockton, Calif. • Phone 2-9987 civic agencies.

14 LET'S DANCE Second Annual Federation Folk Dance Pageant, "Cavalcade The Cavalcade lettlt Of Nations' Plans Shaping Up for Spectacular By PEG ALLMOND Pageant of Folk Dancing in THE SINGLE SWINGERS, Oakland, square _ By DAN MCDONALD _ Oakland February 19 dance group, will sponsor a monthly dance at the El Rancho School in Richmond. The dancing will 4356 18th street, San Francisco 14 "An International Cavalcade" is the title of the be at a walk-through level for beginning and Second Annual Folk Dance Pageant to be pre- intermediate level square dancers. The night? The "Hello again . . . Where'd the year go? , . . sented on Saturday, February 19, at 8 p.m. in third Saturday of each month. Go—you'll be So-queek." A new year stars with many old the Oakland Auditorium by the Folk Dance Fed- welcome. friends and a firm resolve to be worthy of them eration of California (North) in cooperation with «• * * and to try our very best to help as many new the Oakland Folk Dance Council. THE DAISY CHAINS, a square dance group, ones learn to enjoy folk dancing by teaching them sponsored a -wonderful Sunday of ilancing Norcm- the basic groundwork in a systematic manner. The program will include a colorful series of more than 16 exhibitions by outstanding dance ber 21 in the Richmond Recreation Center, There Many things have gone under the bridge in groups from Northern California and will be fol- was dancing all afternoon and evening to the call- the past dozen years and a load is about all the lowed by general folk dancing until 11:30 p.m. ing of Sill Fowler and Tex Dehoney. There wen' structure can stand — be ye teacher or pupil, Dances of many nations will be presented in native prizes and lots of fun for everyone, The Folk Dance Federation of California has costumes by the participating groups with special it * * given us Volumes A, B, and C and will (we lighting effects and decorations. MEXICO CITY has square dancing, too! Under hope) publish Volume D this year. They contain General Chairman James A. DePaoli of Oak- the guiding hands of Win and Ed Edgerton, for- about 100 tried and true folk dances, approved land will be assisted by the following committee merly of Carmel, Calif, beginner's group No. 2 of by folk dancers, which go to make up at least sub-chairmen: Bob and Eleanor Elsocht, art; Jim the Tenochtitlan Square Dance Club, received half of regular party and festival programs. The Crank, stage and floor management; Henry Mar- diplomas and were welcomed into the club. The Volumes are designed to help the TYRO as well as ion, sound; Millie Von Konsky, exhibitions, and dance was held in the Rotary Club November 4th. please die ERUDITE ... so eventually, Any Body Dr. Arthur B. Emmes, publicity. Radio Commen- The party rated three pictures and a long story Can Dance . . . Truly the ABC of Folk Dancing tator John K. Chapel will be the narrator. Dr. in the Mexico City News. Of interest is the item . . . Some of our newer teachers could have real Glenn Stubblefield will represent the Oakland that square dancing is so popular that Edgerton fun reviewing dances Any Body Can Do (and do Council and former Federation presidents Leonard has started a "Callers Class" and three of the do) at parties and festivals. Murphy and Danny McDonald have been ap- students called at the graduation session. If you The foregoing is a pitch to hold the TENDER- pointed special advisers. are looking for a square dance in Mexico City, FOOT'S interest, and not to condemn the FANCY On Sunday, February 20, the two-day event telephone Ed or Win. They are listed in the FOOTERS, without whom the whole structure will be completed with the regular monthly Fed- directory. would fall, but if there were some way to con- eration-sponsored Folk Dance Festival which will & * » trol the beginner classes, perhaps through Area be held by the Oakland Folk Dance Council in Council guidance, with COMPETENT, PATIENT Fifteen Couples from the Santa Vcnetia Spin- the Oakland Auditorium from 1:30 to 10:30 ning Spurs danced with the Square Cuttfrs at Instructors who would stick to their ABCs, I, be- p.m. with dance exhibitions by participants in lieve it would put new life into the movement . . . McKay's Square Dance Center December 2. The the Saturday Pageant program. Both the Pageant hall fairly popped at the seams with the crowd They could be called Area Beginner Classes and and the Festival are open free to the public. the pupils could be channeled into organized clubs and enthusiastic dancing. to enjoy themselves by being prepared to learn the harder dances which are the pride and back- CALLERS ASSOCIATION MEETING in No- bone of every club. . . T'would be nice to have vember was held at the Dan and Madeline Allen these classes arranged in quarterly (13-week) home in Larkspur. Sixty adults turned up with series, starting at intervals in a manner which 14 small fry. New material was presented, and a will always leave a spot for those first timers and business meeting presided over by President Ruth keep the others from what may hold them back, Graham was followed by a pot luck supper. Next once the bug has bitten. meeting will be held January 23—place to be The Council could hold Teacher sessions for announced. reviews, as many new teachers are not familiar * * tt with some of the easier dances and this could also be very healthy for all concerned. The dances, BILL BALL made those clever plastic badges the if taught as they appear in the pages could serve HUG'N SWINGERS are wearing. The Hug'n as a progressive guide to save the confusion that Swingers held their second party December 1 in now exists and makes for the comment so often the Lakeview School, Oakland. Ken Samuels is heard, "What's happened to folk, dancing?" the leader. The refreshment committee furnished home-made cakes—-and they were super! Dancers Speaking of dances, if'n you would like to' meet some very nice young people who dance and from the Single Swingers and Wagon Wheelers were among the guests'—-Ed Ferrario and Peg All- teach only Scandinavian dances (many included mond. in A, B, and C) , heigh yourself any Wednesday «-«•«• night to the Mission Community Center at 362 Capp street, around the corner from 18th and BOYS, shine your boots and line up your fancy Mission streets. The dances are easy and loads of dancing clothes—and girls, get all that yardage fun to do and everybody can do them . . . The starched and ironed and ready to twirl in—Fresno Scandinavian Folk Dancers are one of the oldest will be the scene of a two-day affair—to be known clubs in the San Francisco Area and have stuck to OROVILIE CAPERS—Danny McDonald as the Second Annual California Square Dance the true folk dances of their nation. They have turned on the charm for Bess Redd of Sac- Convention February 19 and 20. Jack Barbour a very fine teacher and you are more than wel- ramento at the Golden CoOntry Folk Fes- will furnish the LIVE music and many popular come to dance with this friendly group of happy tival in Oroville. The couple at right are callers will be on hand. Watch for more details dancers who know what they're dancing, Cookie and Lee Reeves of the host city. in your mail box.

JANUARY, 1955 15 ations", Oakland Civic Auditoriu y 19, 1955 8 p.m. Folk Dance Records The Record Finder Phone KEIIogg 4-4246 Revjewed by PAUL ERFER for FREE CATALOG The fallowing are personal opinions of the Record Specializing In Mail Order Service Editor—not of the Folk Dance Federation, Being a well-rounded folk dancer presupposes Slav-Art Music (Fruitvale Record Shop) a knowledge of geography, music, costume de- sign and, above all, languages. Pronunciations of 3257 E. 14th St. Oakland, Calif. some of the foreign dance titles come in for a (Listen to our program on KLOK—10 a.m. Try These Record Shops terrible beating, but the spellings thereof suffer even more. "As one involved in the selling and reviewing of records, we hear about some "lulus" we would like to pass along. FRESNO Ait & Metha's Most abused is "Mitzi Pitzi" and other subtle but funny variants on our favorite Swiss schot- RECORD CHEST SCHILLING MUSIC CO. tische. A request for a dance that sounds like Folk and Square Dance Records 1239 Fulton Street Phone 3-3517 "Faded Blanket" has us guessing until the familiar strains of Fado Blanquita are played resulting in 730 N.W. 21st Avenue near N.W. Johnson Street stamping of feet in joyous recognition. The Dance Center of LOS ANGELES Some dances have a wine flavor; others suggest PORTLAND, OREGON Jewish doughnuts such as Baglaens Kontra; even PAUL ERFER'S FOLK ARTS BAZAAR the Hambo is made to sound "hammy". Rather Operated by 625 Shatto Place DU 8-5265 than risk mouthing Yablotchko, people will ask ART & METHA GIBBS for The Apple; and Polyanka comes out as if Dance Instructors addressing a parrot; or Tancuj is made to rhyme THE DANCER MAGAZINE MERCED with chop suey. And we have even seen a pro- Only $1.50 for 12 issues gram appropriately conclude an excellent table RECORD RENDEZVOUS d'hote with a fine cheesy waltz, the Velveeta! 356 Seventeenth St. Phone 375 We shall gracefully pass over the sorry attempts at some of the jawbreaking names of the Slavic dances, particularly Kolos. An inquiry for a rec- PHIL MARON'S OAKLAND ord called Fancy Michigan turns out to be the Mexican Fantasia Michoacana. And then there are FOLK SHOP PHIL MARON'S FOLK SHOP foreign-speaking people who confuse their own 1517 Clay Street TWinoaks 3-754 I language with that of another country. A Span- ish-speaking individual writes for the Israeli dance Specializing in RADIO MARGO "Havana Guila". Polish seems to be an extra- Folk and Square Dance 7415 MacArthur Blvd. LO 2-1551 ordinarily difficult tongue for non-Poles, but it is irksome to hear some folk dancer ask for the Records and Books SLAY ARTS MUSIC "Bailey Mazoor". Dreisteyrer sounds to one writer MAILORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY 3257 East 14th St. KE 4-4246 simply as "Dry Stire". The prize goes to the enthusiast who gaily an- 1517 Clay Street TWinoaks 3-7541 nounces that he learned a new German dance last OAKLAND 12, CALIFORNIA RICHMOND night called "At the End"! The END.

RUTH'S RECORD SHOP 401 10th Street BEacon 2-3684 The records for two very popular dances cre- Dance in Authentic Costume! ated by Anatol Joukowsky have up to now been hard to get. Columbia has made available Gera- kina on 78 rpm which matches the same song on SACRAMENTO Folkways FP 814 (LP) to which the original was created. Ask for Columbia TOWER RECORD MART 10073. Yablofchko is now out on Stinson 3410. 16th and Broadway Gl 2-4916 This is quite satisfactory to dance to until a bet- ter record is produced. The long-awaited Kiss Waltz for roundancing SAN FRANCISCO is released by both Windsor and Sets in Order simultaneously. On Windsor 7526, it is backed ED KREMERS1 FOLK SHOP with Neapolitan Waltz (Neapolitan Nights), and 262 O'Farrell St., No. 301 SU 1-7294 on Sets in Order 3017 you have Peggy O'Neil. MODERN RADIO CO. Imported Lederliosen, Bodices, Hats 1475 Haight St. UNderhill 1-4751 For the statistical record (if anybody cares) we have compiled the following number of rec- folk arts bazaar ords reviewed during 19J4: Seventy-one folk 625 Shatto Place Los Angeles 5 dance records (including albums) ; 44 new round SAN MATEO dances and 56 squares of various types, Let's see what 1SSJ will'bring in the way of recordings Folk and Square Dance Records PENINSULA MUSIC CENTER for our favorite sport, dancing for fun. Happy Mailed Anywhere El Camino Real at 24th Fl 5-2310 New Year! Send for Catalog

16 LET'S DANCE tf? Second Annual Federation Folk Dance Pageant, "Cavalcade o The federation President Introduces the New Editor As we ring in the New Year, we are happy to now editor of the Peninsula section and a news and at the last class reunion were awarded a prize introduce our new editor of LIST'S DANCE. editor of the Sunday and Monday papers. for the "oldest" romance started on the campus Editor for the past two years, Bob Chevalier, His wife, Anne, who will co-operate in his edi- (1932). has resigned to take up more pressing duties at torial endeavors for LET'S DANCE, is a free-lance The Alexanders were charter members of the his sport shop. writer for national magazines, and writes a weekly Vagabond dance group of Burlingame, where they Taking over the reins for '55 is Charles Alex- newspaper column in the Advance Star of Burlin- reside. ander of the San Francisco Chronicle editorial game. Among the magazines in which her articles staff. Alexander has spent most of his life at They come to LET'S DANCE with new ideas, and stories appear are Parents', the Instructor, fresh enthusiasm. newspaper work. A graduate of Mission High Child Life, Playmate, Highlights for Children, School in San Francisco, he started his newspaper Hi and Personal Romance. She has had her first We of the Federation wish them many manu- career at 16, working part time as junior reporter book accepted by the Doubleday & Company scripts and happy editing. and copy boy in the Chronicle sports department. Junior Books department. Let's show them our support and good wishes When he attended College of San Mateo he was Charles is a third generation San Franciscan. by each and every one of our readers sendiing in editor of the college paper. At the Chronicle he Anne was born in Shanghai. They have three a new subscription to LET'S DANCE. has been successively reporter, radio editor, Sun- daughters and two grandchildren. They met, in- Happy New Year to All. day magazine editor and 'Women's editor, and is cidentally, on the College of San Mateo campus —Bill Sorensen. Report from the Southland By PAUL PRITCHARD the Circle 8 Club. The weekly instruction and Hi, everybody! Seems as though we're going to once-a-month parties continue, but at the moment, the prime subject of interest is the big annual get this brand new 1955 off to a flying start, with festival scheduled for February 5 in Harvey Audi- quite a bit of news from all over the Southland. torium. They expect dancers anrl exhibition groups Let us do a sort of round-up of the clubs, with from the length of California, and we're pretty rfreir actrVrtfes, recent and proposed. sure they won't be disappointed, To start fairly close to' home, and befitting the *• «• * time of year, we'll take notice of the traditional New Year's Party, held by Griffith Park Folk Not too far away laterally, yet vertically some Dancers, this time on their "home base", with distance, we find the Pot Luck Promenaders. This appropriate refreshments and decorations and en- group of mountaineers hails from Big Bear, which tertainment. As was expected, a large turnout was at this time of year is a swell place for dancing on hand, and dancing was extended well past usual on ice-skates or skis. Anyhow their leader, an old closing time in order to let the celebrants wel- hand at the art of beating out a jig to the tune come in the year a-borning, of a , apparently enjoys gallivantin' around «• * * this land of ours. Last I heard, he was back in Some hundred plus miles up Highway 99 is the other land of sunshine, Florida, where big Bakersfield, home of our northernmost member, shindigs are afoot. * * «• Answers to Quiz on Page S Two of the acknowledged leaders in Whittier and the Orange county region are Ozzie and Mar- 1—A feileadh beag is a kilt, according to Ann gie Stout. For the sixth year, they led the Annual "I think I like progressive dances Conference of Methodist Youth Fellowship at Hughes in her Scottish clans and dress arti- better. Don't you! . . ." cle. (3) is correct. Long Beach Auditorium. Some 1JOO to 2000 dancers 2—Sure, the "kh" ending gave it away. (2) An of high school and college age from all over Arabian dance. Southern California and Arizona participated in in hosting the regular monthly Festival of the 3—-As light as a dancer, (3) is correct. Pohanje the simpler folk and square dancing. The Stouts South, The usual Saturday night party is planned, is a Slovanian pastry. have done a great deal for the encouragement of as well as trips across the border to the land of 4-—-Let's all head to (2) Oakland on February healthy youth activities in this region, manana, and Holtville's hospitality is well-known. 19 for the Second Annual Pageant. !}• «• It All who can are urged to support the revival of 5—From rural Catamarca, Argentina, comes the A very important member of our Federation is folk dancing at festivals in this area by scooting graceful Gato. (3) is correct. the group of children's clubs led by Lou Price down for a very enjoyable week end, February 6-—-The East Bay is "home" for the Diamond and known as the Junior Federation. These kids 5 and 6. Dancers, (1) is correct, are booked up solid until Mothers Day and Easter 7-—-The Tarafaia is a ceremonial sword dance, a parties. Each of the clublets had a Christmas A group of young folks, many single and un- main feature of the festival of the Invention party, too. Plans at the moment, as they go into attached (anybody listenin'?), dance every Thurs- of the Holy Cross at Castelermini in Italy. their third year, are for a night festival at San day evening at Long Beach City College. Presided (1) is correct. Gabriel Recreation Center on February 5. over by Phyllis Lovelace, they are the Long Beach » * «• 8—An "A" for spelling if you checked (3) Co-op Dancers. Well, not all are single, because Svenninge Kontra. Still among the young people, we go to Ojai just recently two of 'em, to wit, Genette Howard 9-—-The Sheena is a Russian quadrille. (1) is where David Young is schooling a new group of and Michael McCrackin, figured that two could correct. kids in the gentle arts of prysiadkas, and if we Hopak as cheaply as one, so up and got tuned 10-—Of black velvet, narrowly edged with bright can use the past as a measure for the future, for wedding bells. Congratulations and a long red or orange and laced with red or orange sometime around April 1 we'll see the Happy Val- life and a happy one, kids. ley School burst forth with a breathtaking Ukran- cord, the Nowy Targ is a Polish bodice. * * * (2) is correct. ian Wedding Dance, Give yourself a score of one for each correct * * «• And so for this month, let us say, etaoin shrdlu, answer. If you have 9 or 10, you're a quiz whiz; About as far as you can go southeast and still or is it thirty? I know it's something like that. 7 or 8, you belong to the smart set; 5 or 6, stay in California, is Holtville, where Faye Manly P.S. Should anyone else believe that stuff about you'd better start digging; under that? What's is leading her newly formed Carrotville Dancers two being able to Hopak as cheaply as one, I under your hat? in a joint project with the nearby B-LO-C Dancers have news for you, brethren!

JANUARY, 1955 17 ations", Oakland Civic Auditorium, February 19, 1955 8 p.m. Italy's Gaiety Continued from Page 4 by four couples in a square. Known since the Middle Ages, it is a genuine folk dance of the fields, still performed at agricultural and wedding festivities. By ED FERRAR1O In central Italy the most famous couple dance SEVEN STARS BREAK OR INTRODUCTION is the Salfarelloj which derives its name from the Italian word "saltare" which means "to leap". In By HARRY MANN By SAM GERSH its characteristic leaping steps, it shows direct One and three go forward and back Four ladies star across the ring descent from some of the Greek choric dances. Forward again and pass through Turn the opposite gent with a left hand The name "saltarello" was first given to a dance Split the ring go around one Chain right back on the same old track of the 16th century but the term has also been (After passing through the set, head couples Turn 'em boys 'til you're facing out used to denote leaping steps in other dances. walk around one person to stand between the side Then circle right with the sunny side out. The dance which foreigners consider to be the couples.) national dance of Italy but which is native only (Everyone's back is to the center of the set, It's four in line you stand to the southern provinces is the Tarantella. There circling right.) Now forward eight and back you go is much controversy regarding the origin of the Break with the left, pull the right lady thru The right one high, and the left one low Tarantella. Some insist that the name comes from Corner by the left, here's what you do: (Just the end people go under, then stand as the town of ""j while folk-belief tells (Drop left hands, raise right arms gent turns Couples at the Head positions.) that the dance is a desperate attempt to ward off the lady under, walks on by her, and turns the Twirl 'em over and don't be slow the effects of the bite of the poisonous next one with a left forearm turn.) New head couples go forward and back spider. Most historians conclude that in its early Head couples star in the center of the town Forward again and pass through form it was a frantic, hysterical and compulsive Pick up your corner with an arm around Split the ring and go around one dance, and probably Italy's version of a dance (Texas Star style.) It's four in line you stand mania which swept Europe in the Middle Ages, a Forward eight and back you go cousin to the St. Vitus dance. Star promenade with the one you found Right one high and the left one low Not only the form of the dance, but the instru- Now the outside four roll back one Twirl *em over and don't be slow. ments used to accompany the Tarantella have Promenade again, let's have some fun. (Everybody is home with original partner) numerous regional variations. The tambourine is (To roll back, outside four turn out away from Allemande left, etc. not always used as an accompaniment, but when partners, make a complete turn in place to rejoin used it is typically played only by women. the Texas Star, man with man, lady with lady.) And so we see Italy today as a gay, carefree The hub roll away with a half sashay K.O. land of wine and song where no occasion—be it The rim star right in the same old way. By KEN OBURN a marriage, baptism, church or civil festival—is (The Hubs are the inside people of the star. First and third you bow and swing adequately celebrated without dancing. Those four roll across in front of their partners Up to the middle and back to the ring with a left shoulder roll and hook on Texas Star Forward again and opposites swing style. All you've done is exchanged places.) Face the sides and circle four The rim roll back one for a left hand swing (The Head gents have their opposite ladies. Casa Mafitza (Rims are the outside people of the star,) After a swing they face the side couple nearest Side couples star in the center of the ring. them and circle four.) Artistic &: colorful international costumes. (Original sides.) Go once around and not any more Mexican, Spanish, Cuban, Hawaiian blouses, Pick up your corner with an arm around (Be sure to circle full around.) skirts, sarongs, stoles, shoes. Shirts for men. (Original corner. You mustn't forget who she is.) Right and left through, across you go Complete folk and sdquare dance outfits. Star promenade with the one you found. Right and left back, and don't be slow Reasonable prices for sale or rent.. Now the outside four roll back one (Remember to turn the ladies around on each Promenade again let's have a little fun. right and left through.) 1434 CALIFORNIA STREET The hub roll away with a half sashay Same four circle four SAN FRANCISCO 9, CALIF. The rim star right in the same old way Head gents break and form two lines The rim roll back for a left allemande Open 12 noon to 8 p.m. (Closest to Home position, head gents.) (Original partner*) Forward and back, you're doing fine ORdway 3-J133 Partners right, go right and left grand. Forward again and box the gnat. (That's right hands, turning lady under and exchanging places.) FOLK DANCE DESCRIPTIONS To an eight hand star just like that. Corrections (Don't even drop the ladies' hand after Box 10c each plus postage FOLK & SQUARE DANCE NOTES In the German foods column on page 10 of last the Gnat, but go right into a right hand star.) SQUARE DANCE NAPKINS month's LET'S DANCE, the six raw potatoes and Turn that star but not too far ROSEMONT LETTER SHOP ten slices of bread really should not have been Girls reach back with your left hand 176 Duboce Ave. HEmlock 1-0817 served with Potato pancakes, but should have been Allemande left and aright and left grand. San Francisco 3, Calif, ingredients in the Kartoffel Kloehse recipe a cou- (Ladies reach lefts back, float out to a half ple of paragraphs below. turn for right and left grand. Head gents have right hand lady, side gents have corner.) On Page 17 of the November issue, the first VIRGIL MORTON explanation in the square Skedattel should read: (Lady crosses to her own left in front of the GRACE FERRYMAN'S pioneer leader and teacher of California man, he goes to the right behind the lady, after PLEASANT PEASANT DANCING folk dancing . . . for your club or group doing a regular pass through.) Beginners Fridays, 7:30 to 9 p.m. write to Advanced Mondays, 8:30-10:30 p.m. On Page 8 of November issue, in breakdown of 109-A Douglass Street Collingwood Hall, Scottish steps, last paragraph of right-hand col- 18th & Collingwood, S.F. San Francisco 14, Calif. umn, fourth line should read "foot close and (One block off Market near Twin Peaks Tunnel]) over (not under) R.F* on count two with L,"

LET'S DANCE Second Annual Federation Folk Dance Pageant, "Cavalcade of THE ORIGINS OF NORTH BAY ITALIAN DANCE FORMS Sacramento Area COUNCIL NOTES Continued from Page 5 Valentine dance February 13 will Parties and elections have taken the foreground of dancing clubs in the North Bay area. Guests Mendelssohn and Liszt, and wherever it is heard be warmup for Fiesta Del Oro it starts fingers snapping and toes tingling. of the St. Helena Gamboieers are still talking This ancient dance lives primarily in southern The Circle Square folk dancers of Sacramento about the terrific Halloween party given at Tucker Italy and in Sardinia and Sicily, The Nuorese dis- are sponsoring a Valentine Festival Dance in Gov- Farm Center-—every year this gets better. And the trict in Sardinia is credited as the locale of its ernor's Hall on the State Fairgrounds on Sunday, annual Sadie Hawkins Party given by the Vallejo origin. The Tarantella is a lively courtship dance February 13. Marvin Jerue, general chairman, said Folk Dancers hit a new high also, featuring guest and throughout the years it has acquired many that afternoon dancing will begin at 1:30 and callers Stan Valentine and Harvard Hicks. Cos- styles. In it is called the Tarandla and is continue until J:30 o'clock. An evening session tumes were more outlandish than usual, and a danced at agricultural festes, and in featuring square dancing will start at 7:30 and capacity crowd filled the Community Building. there is a variant called Pecovara or Pasturara run to 10:30 o'clock. si- si- st which is a shepherd's dance. Admission tickets will be available at the door Another couple have announced that certain In common - with other European countries, or may be obtained from club representatives. day—Betty Atkinson and Don McKee of Bustles Italy has her Quadriglia, Cotillion, Contradanza This warmup dance was planned to help finance and Boots Folk Dancers will be married soon. and Valse, each with its own distinct quality. the Fiesta Del Oro Festival. Sacramento will be «• «• it Italian ethnic dances in general are simple in host city for the 19 JJ state-wide Fiesta Del Oro Sonoma Valley of the Moon Swingers are enjoy- form, and pattern. The dancers perform easily and Festival May 27, 28, 29 and 30. General Chair- ing good attendance at their Wednesday night freely, except In mountainous areas and when man John Moore said many pleasant surprises are classes which are now conducted by Virgil Mor- dancing the ritual sword dances, when more pre- being planned for festival time. ton of San Francisco. The parties held the first cision is shown. Simple skips, hops and heel-toe * * «• Saturday night of ezch month draw large crowds steps are used with certain identifying steps of Classes sponsored by the Sacramento Recreation from Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Martinez, Fairfield the different dances. Pantomime is a definite part Department and the Council of Folk Dance Clubs and Vacaville. —-Sue Lcmmon. of the courting dances and Is used in a very ended their first six-week session on October 26. natural manner with opportunity given for im- Instructors for the first session held a party for Pasadena's Resolutions provisation. the combined groups on October 30. The second Visitors to Italy relate that an organization, six-week session closed December 14. Another Continued from Page ) Dopolavoro, which was fostered by Benlto Mus- session will start January 4. Spring sessions will local organizations, entertainment programs offer solini, did considerable damage to the folk dance be completed by the last of May. opportunities for folk dance help. by making exhibition pieces out of the best known ff * si- Resolved—to enjoy folk dancing more. An easy dances in order to attract tourists? As in many Sacramento Council of Folk Dance Clubs held way is to join the Pasadena dances every Friday European countries, the original folk forms are its business meeting and teachers institute Decem- from 8 to 11 p.m. at Lincoln School, Lincoln becoming increasingly hard to find. ber 12 at the Arcade School. Instructors were and Peoria. It's a chance for those not in a regu- Harry Case,. Omega Graham and Carol Squires. lar group to make a host of friends, dance a The next institute will be February 6. variety of dances. Those in another group might * * * like to visit and exchange ideas. And enjoy folk The Editor Speaks Sacramento Merry Mixers November 6 party dancing more. —Alice R. Scott. was a Mexican Fiesta at the Newton Booth School. In the preparation of this issue your new edi- On the committee were Senors and Senoras Del tor has sought to present material with appeal to Foster and John Moore. the thousands of dance enthusiasts In our area as * * * well as to the leaders and active members of the patri Whirl-A-' first party of the fall season was Federation and Councils who comprise the back- school of bone of the folk dance movement, a "Deer Season" held in the Donner School. Guests In so doing, we are not embarking on a new were from Tahoe Swingers, Merry Mixers, Sutter ART venture but continuing to build upon a firm Strutters and West Sacramento Folk Dancers. FUNDAMENTALS foundation built by our predecessor, Bob Cheva- si- * «• Specializes in Teaching Absolute Beginners lier, and by a series of other able editors before Olivehurst Tango-ettes held their monthly party •figure drawing him, at Ella School in Olivehurst on November 27. sculpture The present issue introduces some new features After dancing a pot-luck supper was enjoyed by .painting and marks the return of some old favorites. There the members and guests from Sacramento Circle composition are also some changes in the manner of presen- Square, Mavericks, Triple S and Centen- basic design tation. The editor does not regard the result as a nial Swingers. —Carmen Schweers. goal achieved but as the beginning of a new 473 Jackson St., S.F. YU 6-6193 chapter in the life of LET'S DANCE, For future guidance he must depend on reaction and sug- DESIGNER'S PARADISE gestions from the readers. The address of the Continued from Page 6 PEG ALLMOND editorial office will be found on Page 2 of this came around well over her hips and tied in front DANCE SHOES magazine and criticism will be as welcome as with a ribbon. At the bottom was a full ruffle NFWI NEWI NEW1 now you can get laced words of praise. some five or six inches deep. The stripes were ballerinas—full soles and pleated soles "Whenever your Club does something a little red, soft brown and olive on a gold-colored back- in Peg Allmond Quality — $7.50 bit different-—-something that other Clubs might ground. A teal blue bodice with no lacing held 470 23rd Avenue • San Francisco, Calif. SKyline 1-4188 like to try-—-please send the idea along to the edi- up a simple white blouse with full sleeves, gath- tor as the basis of a feature article. Good photo- ered at wrists and neckline. She had wound a graphs of dancing and other activities will always double row of large coral beads around her neck be welcome. and on her head was a typical Italian square head Annabelle's Without the cooperation of the many won- piece of purple material hanging down her back SUNSET folk dance STUDIO derful people who gave so freely of their time to just below her shoulders. 4117 Judah St. San Francisco and talents in the preparation of this issue, the Once again I grabbed up crayons, paper, trying CLASSES AND CLUB GROUPS editor's job would have been impossible. So to all to capture the beauty of coloring, the illusive Parties Every Third Saturday of Month of them and all of you, Happy New Year and charm. You do not have to travel to get that SEabright 1-4237 after 6:00 p.m. Happy Dancing. •—Charles E. Alexander. "old world" atmosphere*

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