[Callers] New dance?

[James Saxe via Callers]

This isn't exactly a case of naming a dance after a politician
(in the sense of someone seeking or holding elective government
office), but the description of "Monadnock Reel" in the syllabus
from the 2011 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend includes the
following comment:

     Dudley [Laufman] added, "[Ralph] Page originally named the
     dance MacArthur's Reel after General Douglas MacArthur, but
     when the boys came home to Keene after the war, Ralph found
     that many of them did not share a love for the general. So
     he changed the name to Monadnock Reel."

--Jim

On Monday, March 28, 2016 9:41 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Let me rephrase:
> Is there a precedent for naming a dance after a living politician?
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