[Callers] New dance?

[Alan Winston via Callers]

In fact, MacArthur was considered a potential Republican presidential 
candidate and made some speeches, but it didn't work out.  So he was a 
politician, too.

-- Alan


On 3/28/16 9:42 AM, James Saxe via Callers wrote:
> 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?
> <snip>
>
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