Word: cancanned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...society pianists belted out Rodgers and Hart show tunes and one of the guests-those present swore to conceal her identity-performed an acceptable cancan. Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth loved it. That party was staged in Manhattan more than a decade ago. This year's birthday celebration, "a biggish affair with family and close friends," according to the palace's description, will be one fully befitting a royal septuagenarian. Seventy is stately and sugary, according to Cecil Beaton's official photo portrait, which shows the smiling Queen Mother in diamonds and pearls against a backdrop...