Sharp diary 1916 page 191. Tuesday 20 June 1916 - New York
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Tuesday 20th of June 1916
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Gilman School. Met M. Gee a Frenchman there who was very interested in our work. AlsoMr Bingham the "Dobbs" musician. Lunched with Maud at Henri’s. Dined at Algonquin very hurriedly and then went to St Agatha’s school for general meeting of N[ew] Y[ork] Centre. Spoke to the meeting & then was presented with "gold" medal & decorated there & then! Afterwards a huge crowd of dancers assembled and I taught them Oranges & Lemons & Picking up sticks, Maud doing a Jig and she, I, Rabold & Miss Burchenal doing C[ountry] D[ance] fours, in between the two dances & after the second. Any number of dancing masters present. A most successful meeting on the whole. It showed that the interest in our dances is steadily & surely growing apace.Location
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