THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking,
Surrey.

9th April, 1952

Thank you very much for your letter. I think the whole trouble really comes from the fact that Douglas¹ and his opponents have different ideas of what good dancing means, and I do not see how we are ever going to get over that hedge, except, as I say, to have two different schools of thought within the same Society.
Yrs

RVW

Frank Howes, Esq.,
4 Ladbroke Terrace,
London, W.11

1. Douglas Kennedy, Director of the English Folk Dance Society. On the whole dispute and VW’s view on it see VWL2355.