Sharp diary 1918 page 63. Friday 1 March 1918 - Detroit
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Friday 1st of March 1918
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Took first class of Recreation people myself. Maud rather fagged — Taught them Newcastle which they did quite well. We together did second class & taught Bo-peep, Sweet Kate, Butterfly & the 2 Processionals — much the same in the afternoon to the Education people. Miss Perrin called at 8.45 and took us to inspect an El[mentary] school. The children did queer things, called "Stunts", acrobatic tricks, standing on their heads, frog dance etc but practically nothing of any artistic worth. Schoolteachers looked nice women & children beautifully clean and fresh looking. The work very poor merely] because they have so little knowledge of what to do. Talked to Miss P[errin] to this effect. Miss P lunched with us. We dined together at St John’s Arbour. The afternoon class went very well, taught much the same as in the morning but Peascods & Sellengers Round in place of Butterfly. We dined at St John’s & then went round to conference at Miss Ligget’s meeting Mrs Armstrong, Miss Cass Mrs Liggett and Mr Alexander the musician. I talked about May Day Celebrations the folk-lore of the dances etc and advised generally about the music etc of the school. Mrs Liggett wanted to give me a cheque in return for my professional assistance which was kind & generous of her but which of course I could not accept!Location
USA : Michigan : Detroit [42.331427,-83.0457538]
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