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CLOG-DANCING CONTEST

... CLOG-DANCING CONTEST. Sir John Suckling, who died somewhere about 1641, was an enthusiast about dancing evidently, but when he wrote She dances such a way, no sun upon an Easter day is half so fine a sight, it is fair to presume that he was speaking ...

Published: Saturday 02 July 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 790 | Page: 17 | Tags: News 

THE CLANG OF THE WOODEN SHOON

... judge between ladies; but clog-dancing was not like r pump dancing or step dinc ug, and the great secret of it t was the twizzle. 'This northicountrY term apparently describes very aptly a shaking of the foot, which every I clog dancer is anxious to acquire ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 829 | Page: 20 | Tags: News 

MUSIC HALL GOSSIP

... be pleased to dance her in clogs for £50 a-side-this sum having been deposited with the editor of The Era. Miss Dell also sends £5 for the purpose of starting a Ladies' Sweepstake, open to the ladies of the profession, to dance three dances :-Steps (schottische ...

Published: Saturday 05 February 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3316 | Page: 19 | Tags: News 

MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS

... Hawkins sang in admirable style the ballad Napolitaine. The second part inclded, among a variety of miscellaneous items, a clog-dance deftly executed by nine performers, preceded by some skilful drum-playing, anti followed by tableaux illustrative of many ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1881
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 952 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS

... burlesqued. Mr Harry Lennard was very successful in his Serpentine Dance, in which he cleverly imitated the graceful evolutions of Miss Jenny Joyce. He calls it a Jit de si&le dance, and it was heartily applauded by the audience. Another extremely comic ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1892
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1405 | Page: 15 | Tags: News 

THE BRIGHTON EMPIRE

... Southport Pier your correspondent mentions some clever clog- dancing by the Sisters Mara. Will you kindly correct this. It was by the Sisters St. Marx. Miss Daisy Marx got first prize in a ladies' competition for comic singing at the circus at Southport on Friday ...

Published: Saturday 20 August 1892
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1412 | Page: 15 | Tags: News 

THE SHOWMAN WORLD

... (seeing that clog dancing is getting ?? rtated) that could purchase the belt and put it up Ior competition, as all clog dancers would prize and thiik a it an honour to compete for the same. Just now, whe n there is such a boom in clog ...

Published: Saturday 11 June 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2771 | Page: 18 | Tags: News 

MOHAWK MINSTRELS

... company, in Dcvilshoof; Miss Lizzie Villiers, a spark- ling vocalist and expert clog dancer ; the Three Perles, wonderfully smart acrobats; Miss Nelly Collier, song rand dance artist; Miss Norrie Brandon, burlesque actress; Mr Hugh Dempsey, a funny Irish ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1892
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1912 | Page: 17 | Tags: News 

Advertisements & Notices

... Burns, who throughout was the dark horse h of the competition. It appears he has practised clog dancing r, for twenty years. I His dancing was a revelation. v His dancing was a revelation. His dancing was a ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 6011 | Page: 18 | Tags: News 

MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS

... infinite variety of the Moore and Burgess Minstrels. They do not care for the rivalry of pantomimes or any other form of competition. They have but to issue a new programme or migrate to the larger hall, and audiences come and fill up every corner. Boxing ...

Published: Saturday 11 January 1890
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1393 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... tuneful singing and peculiar style of dancing and marching and posing and-we must say it-kicking, caused immense amusement. Other additions to the Empire company since our last notice include the clever juvenile clog dancers Master and bliss Sindon. THE ...

Published: Saturday 18 January 1890
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7570 | Page: 16 | Tags: News 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... Russian dance, the Italian taran- tella, the Dutch clog dance, the Irish jig are each given with perfect facility ; but the talent of the little artist is exhibited to the best advantage in the final scarf dance of a prima ballerina. Dancing ...

Published: Saturday 12 November 1898
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7287 | Page: 20 | Tags: News