The Archive · 1938

Dancing Competition

At the regular Sunday tea dance today at the Paramount Ballroom a programme of entertainment will be provided, for which music will be furnished by Gloria Andico's orchestra. Tomorrow night the third round in the waltz contests will be held. In both the first and second rounds contestants bested Chinese oncers and it is anticipated the competition will be keen with Chinese dancers out to win the final round.

The third round will be followed by the waltz finals, which in turn will be followed by the semi-finals for the entire contest, which embraces the waltz, blues and foxtrot. Through the efforts of Ray Nelson, master of ceremonies at the Paramount, the orchestra has obtained the music of Rudolph Friml's success from "The Firefly"—"The Donkey's Serenade," The band is stated {o be the only one in Shanghai playing this num-

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