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Dancing in the Daytime
A scene at the first ball of the season? The picture above looks like it, except for the num ber on the gentleman's back in the distance.
When this picture was taken, it was mid-afternoon on Easter Saturday. The occasion for these diurnal terpsichorean goings-on (translate that with a dictionary) was the Poverty Bay Ballroom Dancing Championships. Local competitors met with stiff opposition from visitors from Wellington, Hamilton, Napier, and other parts, so that three of the open titles were won by outsiders, but in a number of events they held their own against all comers.
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Miss P. Morgan and Mr J. Lamout, who won the Poverty Bay Championship.
Second equal: Miss G. Thomson and Mr T. Bai (left) and Miss J. Sheppard and Mr D. Rutherford
Miss M. Hickman and Mr B. Amor (third)
Miss B. Bain Mr R. Stewart
Miss J. Neale Mr J. Pardoe
Miss M. Meade Mr Ted Hugel
Miss Morgan & Mr Lamont dancing
Dancers on this page competed in the P. B. Championship. These were the judges: Mr and Mrs J. McCabe, Putaruru, Miss Y. Black & Mr R. Essex, Wellington.