Folk dancers in costume exhibit an intricate dance step at the Sixth Annual Christmas Folk Dance Festival held at the Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium. The festivities are sponsored by the Santa Monica Recreation Department and the Folk Dance Federation of Southern California. Highlights of the five hourlong affair are the local Santa Monica Gandy Dancers and dancers from the Polonia Dancer Group of Los Angeles. Photo dated: Dec. 12, 1953.
Folk Dance Federation of Southern California Polonia Dancer Group of Los Angeles Santa Monica Gandy Dancers Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium Folk dancing--California--Santa Monica Folk festivals--California--Santa Monica Santa Monica (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Christmas Folk Dance Festival(6th :1953)
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