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October, 19 I 9
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Country Dancing
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Sunday E:rprtll.
Weat Kent 1-A.A.S.
Country Dancing at Boyton, Essex
had a
W r mmmer.
real " Corn!', la ,:,es and ladll " affair here this
Tho 1st E!iliOX Cadets '"ore ln 'camp In the barns,
a nd as most of them camo from London and wore, as we knew,
experts at tho mOdem dAnces, wo girls thought it was up to us
to how thorn whO.t country dancin~t could be lUre. l:!o one
ncn!ng tho Offioors and Cadets gathered round tho lawn In a
hoUow sqUAre and by the light of a huge full moon, '"hich quite
f'Cllpw'd tho two gutU!ring candles on the piano, " we danced
and danocu and danced trll tho gunpowder ran out of tho heels
of our boot~." as the ~t says. Gathering Pcascods, Goddesses,
Blac-k Xatt and Jrnn~· Pluck Pt>nn; followed on each other with
much tnergy and 1 lt rs only fair to add, much applause, for the
white dn·•'l('l of tnr dancct11 made ca<'h mo\-ement quite plAin in
t~ brilllant moonll~ht, anti tbP audienre qoon wanted to join in.
t:o f'a('h wh it~-clad g1rl found a khaki-clad partne r and, with a few
f ~,PIIlnatioll!l, mad" qulte 1\ good attempt at the Ribbon Dance,
W!Jnll rf'd, "hiU> anti blu11 ribbon'. ThP f:n·ourlte dance pro,·ed
to hr " We won't go home till morning,'' but the N .C.O.'s saw
to it that 1t was not taken literally, and the "Fall m" went all
too <~oon. 1 think it was a thoroughly jolly eYemng for e\eryon<' •
and certainly to us girls it seemed a reward for the dark and often
wet wintN nights \\'hen we had met to learn and Jlracti~e the
danOI'~.
Hertford
" p EACE DAY " stamd be times for some member:; of the
!.And Anny. 'l'he milk had to be brought to town to catch
an extra early train and the milkers were up at 3.15 to get through
the work properly. At 10.50 a .m. all tho members of tho L.R.A.S.
within reach of Hertford assembled In the Castle Ground:. to take
part In the loeal pageant. With them were Pompey, the Staple·
ford liostel bulldog; Peter, the tame rabbit; Bobs, a silvcr·grey
flhcep dog, led by the tallest "Lass" tn Herts ; and Sele, ~llss
Beck's black retrle'\--er. Tbe party was joined by five black bens,
warmnted quiet In traffic, all a