Word: smilax
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, Virginia, "the old dominion," contributed to the contemporary scene a revival from its best days, its long-ago, pre-war (Civil War) days. Virginia revived its oldtime Governor's Ball in the Grays' Armory at Richmond. Everything was done, including smilax, minuets and no admission for whippersnappers until after the grand march, to make the affair savor of a vanishing grand manner...
...Whittemore '29 during the supper intermission will feature this year's festivity. Programs for the event are already in the mail, and the decorating is well under way. The platform for the orchestra is being put up, and the walls are being decorated with Southern smilax. Bert Lowe's 20 piece orchestra will play ten card dances between the start of the dance at 10 o'clock and the supper interval at 12.30 o'clock, each dance consisting of a five-minute fixed dance and two encores, each of two minutes' duration, during which cutting-in will be permitted. After...
...final decoration of boxes is going forward today. Cedars will be placed before every box, and the walls are decorated with Southern smilax. Punch bowls are being placed at either end of the hall...