See Also: Sadie Hawkins Day(dictionary)
Sadie Hawkins(dictionary)
Romberg, Sigmund(encyclopedia)
Freud, Sigmund(dictionary)
Freud, Sigmund(encyclopedia)
Merkel, Friedrich Sigmund(medicine)
Romberg(dictionary)
Romberg's disease(medicine)
Romberg's sign(medicine)
Hawkins (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Sadie Hawkins Day (oh) and Romberg, Sigmund (sh)


Sadie Hawkins Day (oh)



a day when, according to an old US custom, women can ask men to go out with them to start a romantic relationship, or women can ask men to Dance with them at an event called a Sadie Hawkins Dance. Sadie Hawkins Day is usually in November, and it is based on an imaginary character who first appeared in the US cartoon strip (=a set of drawings that tell a funny story in a newspaper or magazine) L'il Abner in the 1930s.

Romberg, Sigmund (sh)




born July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary
died Nov. 9, 1951, New York, N.Y., U.S.

Hungarian-born U.S. composer.

Romberg studied engineering and composition in Vienna, becoming a skilled violinist and organist. In 1909 he went to New York City, where he conducted a restaurant orchestra and played piano in cafes. As staff composer for the impresario Jacob Shubert (see Shubert Brothers), Romberg prepared scores for about 40 musical shows. His first notable operetta, Maytime (1917), was followed in the 1920s by Blossom Time (1921), The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926), and The New Moon (1928). His last Success was Up in Central Park (1945). In all he wrote almost 80 stage shows.