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AMUSEMENTS IN GLASGOW

... respects admirable. BRITANNIA Music HALL.-Lessee and Manager, Air W. Kean.-One of the big features this week is a clog- dancing competition for a championship belt, the audience being constituted judges of the contest. The company includes the Pocket Asheroft ...

Published: Saturday 26 January 1895
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 472 | Page: 22 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC HALL GOSSIP

... the Stowaway. MISS BEELA PERMSAN, of the Perman Trio, from Australia, who was unable to take part in the clog- dancing contest, would like to dance the winner, Miss Minnie Ray, or any other lady who may lay claim to the title of champion, for 100 a-side ...

Published: Saturday 07 May 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2628 | Page: 19 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC HALL GOSSIP

... Monday evening, Dec. 7th, the cause of death being the bursting of a blood-vessel. Mr Sullivan was well known as a clog-dancer, having danced second to the late J. H. Haslam for the championship of the world. Mr Sullivan and his wife were better known by ...

Published: Saturday 21 December 1895
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4035 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LONDON MUSIC HAL

... usual quaint manner. La Roland. in her extremely clever and effective fire dance, entitled She, introduces effects which are astonish- ing as well as charming, the lady dancing on a sheet of glass while various coloured lights are thrown on her from ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1899
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5009 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC HALL GOSSIP

... Stowaway. M MIss BELLA PERMAN, of the Perman Trio, from a Australia, who was unable to take part in the clog- D dancing contest, would like to dance the winner, Miss a Minnie Ray. or any other lady who may lay claim to r the title of champion, for £100 ...

Published: Saturday 07 May 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2753 | Page: 19 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... whimsi- cal pantomimic duet and their clever and eccentric dancing, being followed with good effect by the Sisters Milanlin, serio-comics and dancers. BPr Fred. Storey, as usual, delights with his dancing, but should be called severely to order for part of the ...

Published: Saturday 16 September 1893
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3604 | Page: 16 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... a good selection of topical songs; Bliss Minnie Bingham dances aud renders her serio songs effectively ; and Mr J. P. Curlett secures applause by his rendering of Irish songs and by his dancing. ST. GEOeiiiE'S HALL.-Under the Management of Mr Walter Holmes ...

Published: Saturday 28 January 1893
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 14562 | Page: 20 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... WVest bV storm with the perfection of her dancing. Be it the chic and abandon of a prima donna assoluta in a tee solo, the conventional steps of a Dutch clog dancer, or the pats boedissaint of a French dancing master-of all these examples of the Terpsichorean ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1893
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3321 | Page: 16 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

The Music Halls

... flourishing. MIr. J. L:. W~ood informs us that a, contest for the clog-dancing champion- shlip will take place next January at theQ Empire, Bow. Mr. Wtood was the organiser of the competition held in Leeds in 1880, at wxhich M~r. Dan Leno won the Qrst prize ...

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... to the stage attired with a long face and a big burdensome belt-and other neces- sary articles biea entendu-to perform a clog dance-a most funereal proceeding. But there is no public quicker than the frequenters of variety establishments to discern humour ...

Published: Saturday 04 June 1892
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2960 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE SHOWMAN WORLD

... (seeing that clog dancing is getting resueci- tated) that could Purchase the belt and put it up for competition, as all clog dancers would prize and think it an honour to compete for the same. Just now, when there is such a boom in clog ...

Published: Saturday 11 June 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2581 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture