Word: ballrooms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dusk (not a single room was left and latecomers slept in the streets) fireworks crackled in the peaceful sky, and at the Casino there were sounds of snobbery by night: 40 British airmen who flew over for the occasion forgot their dress suits, and were turned away from the ballroom...
...ever like a pretty, highly eligible London girl of 20. She likes dancing, housework (especially washing-up), Errol Flynn, pink, the historical novels of Daphne du Maurier, medium-high heels, jazz (on a constantly playing bedroom radio), ginger beer (better than wine or liquor), hats. She is good at ballroom chatter; hasn't a car, but sometimes borrows father's; hands down dresses to sister Margaret Rose; takes it for granted that she will some day marry and have children. And she can cook...
...more: no more gratuitous comment from bandleaders. Said Bulotti: "It sounds ridiculous to have bandleaders commenting on world affairs, politics and the Russian situation.") He also ordered "all yelling and whistling at the opening and the closing" of Mutual broadcasts to be stopped pronto. "It [makes] the ballroom . . . sound like a noisy saloon filled with bawdy characters intent on drowning out the music...
...Orleans today are the aging old masters who came from there. In Los Angeles, jazz purists flock to hear the great tailgate trombonist, 56-year-old Edward ("Kid") Ory. New Yorkers until recently could seek out 66-year-old Trumpeter Willie ("Bunk") Johnson, playing in a Lower East Side ballroom...
...boys to a roadhouse in the hills back of Oakland, where they tried out the hoedowns, marches and blues of old New Orleans until dawn. By 1939 Waiters had his own twelve-piece band, playing the accepted mixture of sweet and swing. Soon they gave up playing regular ballroom dates. Says Walters: "It was ruining my lip, having to play soft. I wanted a jazz band or nothing...