10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALAIS GLIDE»
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palais glide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
One Thousand Novelty and Fad Dances
Palais-Glide: A Novelty Fad Group- or Coupledance in vogue in South Africa in
the 1990s and 2000s. The following is from [www.geocities.com/danceinfosa/]: "
The Palais Glide can hardly be termed a dance; it is reminiscent of the Gallop ...
The dancers really let their hair down. By the time our two conspirators got home
they had a pretty good working knowledge of how to perform the “Palais Glide”
but pronounced by them, and ever after in our house, known as the “Pally Glide”
...
3
After the Ball: Pop Music from Rag to Rock
Community dances came to be an important part of palais life in the late thirties.
Everyone could join in these, even the most unappetizing of wall-flowers. First
invented was the palais glide — you all formed a chorus line, linked arms and ...
But it was on the dance floor that the Labor- ites had the most fun, kicking up their
heels in such outmoded steps as the "Palais Glide" (right). The convention
proceedings were fairly tame. Because of its tenuous majority in Commons the
party ...
5
A Rich Broth: Memoirs of a Canadian Diplomat
But she quietly disappeared and filled up her program minus Reece with
someone I angrily called a "gummy-eyed" Englishman. I found solace in teaching
two other American student visitors the "Palais Glide," a fashionable dance of the
time.
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
18706. Bowser (Buddy) See Bowser (M. P.) Bowser (Dolores) You are thrilling.
14090. Bowser (M. P.) You're simply divine. 32650. Bowsher (Stan) : Chestnut
tree. 33175. Gossamer. 2637. Morgenblatter. 1074. Original Palais glide. 18995.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1939
7
Doctor Donovan's Bequest: Tales from the Slagthorpe Archive
Yet, after two quicksteps, one slow foxtrot, a Palais Glide, and a Hokey Cokey,
Wendy was beginning to harbour doubts. Charon had tripped over his tail in the
quicksteps and the Mephistophelean mask seemed to inhibit him even more than
...
8
On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World
Partly in response to the efforts of the Imperial Society and others, they
introduced easy group dances such as the Lambeth Walk and the Palais Glide in
the 1930s in order to allow people to overcome any hesitation they might feel
about ...
9
Ten Days in May: The People's Story of VE Day
The dancing was lively, the veleta, waltzes, the palais glide, boomps-a-daisy and
jitterbugging by the Americans and from time to time a very long conga wound its
way round the square. 'This was the milling scene my friends and I surveyed, ...
Russell Miller, Renate Miller, 2011
On rare occasions; the bigger places would be really adventurous and toss in an
old-fashioned waltz, Palais Glide or other novelty dance. (No Jive; that was new
and not yet anglicized!) Boys and girls in roughly equal numbers stood around ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALAIS GLIDE»
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palais glide is used in the context of the following news items.
VE Day in George Square, one hundred years on
Liberty men from the Navy, in high spirits, performed dances popular at the time, like the palais glide, winding in long, joyous columns round ... «Glasgow Evening Times, May 15»
Malcolm Barker: A private moment of joy as the nation celebrated on …
The girls went on the swings in St James's Park, and then took part with many others in dancing the hokey cokey, palais glide and conga. «Yorkshire Post, May 15»
The day we celebrated peace: The unforgettable accounts of VE …
We danced the Military Two Step to Blaze Away and The Palais Glide to Poor Little Angeline while people let off Jumping Jack fireworks. «Express.co.uk, May 15»
Letters: As the election looms, each party must reveal how it will …
... part with hundreds of others in dancing the palais glide, conga and hokey-cokey, interspersed with raucous choruses and marching songs. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Stoke Bruerne plays host to Village at War Weekend later this month
Saturday evening festival goers can practice the Lambeth Walk, the Palais Glide and Lindy Hop at the Swing Dance (tickets in advance £15 pp ... «Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Sep 14»
Ashes 1954-55: Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson blows Australia away in …
Tyson did exactly that. Johnston went for his scoop, what Tyson called 'The Victorian palais glide'. All he got was an edge and Evans held on. «Cricket Country, Oct 13»
Bailed up in the art of Benalla
It seems that on any night you can join a group doing the palais glide, the pride of Erin, a quickstep or even the schottische. Ladies bring a plate ... «The Australian, Mar 13»
What happened to Oswaldkirk benefactor's money?
He had the floor specially mounted on coil springs to enable dancers to enjoy the Palais Glide. But it was later outlawed by the colonel because ... «Gazette & Herald, Jan 12»
