Word: ballroom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bertha Haas, 68, a Bronx widow, spent an evening with an elderly woman friend at the Avalon Ballroom, a kind of senior citizens' dance hall on Broadway that forbids liquor and jitterbugging, caters to older people looking for gentle companionship. Later, Mrs. Haas and her friend stopped at a cafeteria for a cup of tea and a bit of cheesecake, then took the subway to The Bronx and separated. Mrs. Haas walked home. Next morning a porter in Mrs. Haas's apartment building saw blood on the lobby floor. He followed a trail of bloody streaks...
Their Liverpoodle hairdos looking even doggier than ever in dinner jackets (three rented, one owner-worn), The Beatles were all poshed up for a fancy do at London's Empire Ballroom. Also present for the loudest cheers of the evening: the Duke of Edinburgh, who struck an I-want-to-hold-your-hand pose with Ringo while flashbulbs plopped like jelly beans. Then the talk turned to books. "I'll swap you one of mine for one of yours," said Author Philip (Seabirds in Southern Waters) to Author John Lennon (In His Own Write). Gulped Lennon: "Surely...
...going to be elegant, dammit," promised the organizers a month ago, and it was nothing if not elegant. All the girls wore floor-length dresses, the floors of Agassiz ballroom were polished up to a high sheen, and even the janitor had on a black tie (with his dark suit...
...wine and candlelight supper in the dormitories will be followed by dancing at Agassiz. Real flowers and open fires will decorate the ballroom, and the surrounding gallery will be open to spectators...
...wine and candlelight supper in the dormitories will be followed by dancing at Agassiz. Real flowers and open fires will decorate the ballroom, and the surrounding gallery will be open to spectators...