A Vintage Etiquette Class with Auntie Maude!

This Charleston hen party in Cheltenham followed their dance class with a Vintage Etiquette Class 1920s style, deportment lessons under the strict guidance of Aunt Maude! Best dressed 1920s hen for March so far is the lady on the left! Look at that gorgeous beaded gown! Shimmy-lin approves! 1920s Charleston and…

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Mad Hatters Tea Party!

A new dressing up box and suitcase are all packed and ready to go, for something rather fun is afoot… Charleston Dance & Vintage Hen Parties is now offering a most marvellous pop up Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, with some wonderful flavours and Alice inspired goodies – in fact a whole mad…

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Charleston Dance in the Telegraph!

Our website is featured in this article in the Telegraph! From flapper to cocktails: a step-by-step guide to arranging a 1920s speakeasy-style-party: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10404483/How-to-throw-a-1920s-cocktail-party.html It’s by Lulu from our friends Betty Blythe, who we work with on our vintage hen parties! We were also featured in her recent book, Style Me…

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Vintage Photoshoot Hen Parties – New Pictures!

Looking for fantastic hen party ideas? Fancy a trip back to the Roaring Twenties?  Look no further than our vintage photoshoot party.  Here are some pictures from our latest party in London this October: [slideshow] To start with, Aileen and her friends had a Charleston Dance Class and then used our…

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New vintage hen party pictures

The latest lovely ladies to learn Charleston dance for their vintage hen party! Check out our many other vintage activities for hen parties…

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Music theatre hen parties

Yes, we all know that there are lots of singing and dancing and musical theatre hen parties out there – but Charleston Dance is now offering vintage musicals hen parties with the choice of a live musician rather than soundtrack! As an added bonus, a vintage musician – a jazz…

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Jewellry making workshops for hen parties

I’m pleased to be able to tell you about another creative vintage activity. We will now be offering jewellry making sessions led by a professional jewellry design artist, for hen parties. It’s great to be able to offer this, and they are now available over the summer. Jewellry making  Working with beads…

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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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