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Tea Dances

by Andrea on March 15th, 2008

I thought the Tea Dance was something that went out forever with my grandad’s generation.

But like many features of British culture of the past, it’s being revived. Rag Roof Theatre hosts tea dances at Finsbury Old Town Hall on a regular basis.  (Though occasionally the company takes itself off to Brighton where it also hosts dances.)

The music is 1920s to 1940s - think flappers, Charleston, big bands - or rhythm & blues and early jive.

And oh yes, there’s tea and cakes as well. What’s not to love - in a post-modern, ever-so-slightly ironic way, of course?

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