Record #:

15370

Author(s):

Ivey, Pete

Abstract:

June German referred to an organized dance which coincided with the Rocky Mount fair. Thomas H. Battle and Dr. M. R. Braswell organized the first June German in the 1880s. The Rocky Mount event started as a fall tradition but the date was later moved from October to June.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 3, June 1935, p2, il

Subject(s):

German (Dance)--Rocky Mount