Mexborough and Swinton Times October 21, 1927

“Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee, jest and joyful jollity.”

Tonight the dancing season opens at the baths, and once again Wombwell will anticipate the trend of events as regards the “light fantastic” by introducing two new dances, the “Yale Blues”  and the “Cinderella Waltz.”

Verity, we lead, others follow. Mr Albert Leake, who has again been appointed professional dance instructor under the Wombwell UDC has been to some pains to explain these new dances.

He says they are “awfully simple” – which by the way was precisely his judgement of the Charleston. The feature of the Yale Blues, dance enthusiasts will be interested to know, is that there is a very determined movement of the body from the hips. The style is graceful and in no way exaggerated.

Presumably it involves the movement known to golfers as pivoting. The time is similar to that of the tango, the dance indeed being a blend of the Charleston, the “Black Bottom,” and the Tango.

A development of the “London Blues,” the “Yale Blues” has come into popularity at the resorts during the summer. The new “Cinderella Waltz,” says Mr Leake, is a revival of the simple form of rotary dancing, and is a concession to the popular demand for the reintroduction of the older dances. It is sort of “throwback” to the Victorian era. The waltz he says, is coming to its own again during the past few months.

Like many other dance experts Mr Leake cannot quite make up his mind whether we are going or coming back. The new dances will be taught both adults and children.