1920s party decor ideas

If you’re planning a 1920s party, hen party, tea dance, or even a low budget village hall wedding or dry hire 1920s wedding, what do you do for decor? We’ve been running Charleston Dance and Vintage Hen Parties since 2010, and so I’ve picked up a lot of roaring twenties…

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Pop Up 1920s Afternoon Tea Dance in Reading – A vintage tea party for hens with a difference

Ooh… I’m very excited that we’ve a booking for a new hen party in Reading in July, for a group of hens. It’s a 1920s pop up tea dance especially for them (and I’m told that Mum and Gran will be at this one too, before the Bright Young Things go…

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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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