Charleston Dance Oxford! A very debonair vintage hen party Charleston dance lesson!

Our latest flapper hen party group of flappers in training had a Charleston hen party in Oxford – well near Oxford, Charleston dance in Didcot to be precise, at the rather lovely dance studio there! They were after Charleston dance at home, or should I say at their holiday accommodation…

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How to put on a vintage tea dance: September’s 1920s Tea Dance at The Rising Sun

Oh, it was a lovely afternoon! Here’s a picture of me in September at Rising Sun Arts Centre‘s marvellous tea dance. So far these events are biannual, but I can’t wait until the next one! Are you thinking of staging a vintage tea dance? What makes a good one? Well, first…

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Am I finally a true flapper?

I went to the Age Concern intergenerational tea dance today at Shehnai in Reading. I’d been along to a research chat about the event with the organiser and a local lady who used to dance in Reading in the fifties. She told us that Shehnai used to be the Olympia Ballroom, where…

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