Book Description

Excerpt from Complete Quadrille Call Book and Dancing Master: Containing a Full List of Calls for All the Latest Square Dances, Including Many of the Old Ones, With Measures of Time and Steps Required; Also a Complete Instructor and Guide to Every Known Round Dance, Figures for the German, Etiquette of the Ballroom In arranging this little volume the author has been prompted by gratitude for past favors, and a desire to fill a long felt want, without expectation, however, that these few leaves, penned with that which can be obtained in Terpsichore's vineyard, by penetrating every accessible recourse, and a compilation from the most able writers on the subject, together with original matter, can fill the entire niche in Terpsichore's temple. At your feet, generous votaries of Terpsichore, is thrown the author's petit bouquet, many buds of which have been gathered through long years of unremitting toil in the chosen profession If their tints have been blended not to harmonize at all times, your kind forbearance and pardon is asked. Dancing, although subject to much abuse and determined opposition, has flourished for annumbered centuries, from the remotest ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.