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Meanings of dance orchestra in English

A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing.

        Type of orchestras.

              Usage of dance orchestra in English
              1
              Wunsch played in the dance orchestra, tuned pianos, and gave lessons.
              The Song of the Lark
              2
              The tall thin one is Walter Kringström who runs a dance orchestra and plays the clarinet.
              A bridge to the stars
              3
              Fiddle advised him to write'some straightforward Hawaiian lyrics and it became part of the Ambassador dance orchestra's repertoire.
              The new yorker
              4
              He has conducted dance orchestras in the White House for Mr. Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, & Roosevelt.
              The new yorker
              5
              My agent Bernard Hunter started his career at 17 singing with Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra.
              The Guardian
              6
              There were some great British players, some of the northern dance orchestras and all of those that were on the variety shows.
              Life