Nightlighters Dance: A Nineteen Twenties Evening

Census year in which urban population surpassed rural population: 1920

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Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015


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Peggy and Dean Aronis
Abe and Eileen Brownstein
Walter and Bobbie Bugreeff
Kyle and Jodine Catterlin
Jeff and Maria Kabakoff
Henri and Irene Nicot
Bernard and Andrea White
Jerry and Clancy Zerg
David and Vickie Zertuche

 

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
We double checked... They were not here this evening!

Table By Table

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015

Terms Used In The 1920's:

Four-flusher: someone who mooches off the money of others in order to feign wealth

Gasper: cigarette, "fag" (also of the 1920s)

Giggle water: liquor, alcoholic beverage

"Go chase yourself!": "Get out of here!"

Handcuff: engagement ring

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Nancy and Tom Cuda (Thank You for a beautiful evening)

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Michael and Linda Pan

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Cliff and China Schott

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Jenny and Jeff Durling

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Kathy and James Kulczycki

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015

Terms Used In The 1920's:

"Applesauce!": "Horsefeathers!"

"Bank's closed!": what you tell someone to stop making out

Bearcat: a lively, spirited woman, possibly with a fiery streak

Berries: like "bee's knees," denotes that something is good, desirable or pleasing. "That sounds like berries to me!"

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015 Paul Westmoreland and Elaine Alexander

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Paul and June Pitman

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Angela and Jean Blondeau

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
"Dear! I think the champagne bottle just spoke to you!"

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
James Mramor and Edie Askew

 

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015

Terms Used In The 1920's:

Sinker: a doughnut

Sockdollager: an event or action of great importance

Spifflicated: inebriated

"Tell it to Sweeney!": what you say when you believe something to be untrue; "Tell it to someone who would buy that!"

Tomato: a woman. "She is a real tomato"

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Gary and Marion Gray

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Bruce and Dottie Acker

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Remember when photo's looked like this?

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Larry and Penny Guentherman


Chuck and Susan Johnson

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015

Terms Used In The 1920's:

On a toot: on a bender

Ossified: drunk

Quilt: an alcoholic beverage that keeps you warm

Panther piss: whiskey, particularly homemade whiskey

Petting pantry: a cinema or movie theatre

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Bill and Darlene Scalzo

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Jean Paul Zimmerman and Jeanine Blanchett

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Cesar and Laurette Muniz

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Someone gots the giggles!

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Ben and Angel Bealieu

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015

Terms Used In The 1920's:

Half-seas over: extremely drunk

Hayburner: a car with poor gas-mileage, a guzzler

Hotsy-totsy: attractive, pleasing to the eye

Icy mitt: rejection from the object of one's affection, as in: "He got the icy mitt."

Iron one's shoelaces: to excuse oneself for the restroom

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015 Clayton Larson and July Hoewisch

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Ludwin and Nancy Fraines

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
Thomas and Loretta Hanson

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
The handsome devil!

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
William and Doreen Dean

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
What is he up too?

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015
There is a reason we kept photos of Sue and Paul Liles in the albums!

Rondeliers remembering the dancing and music of the 1920's January 8th 2015

Sound: Sweet Georgia Brown

Did You Know? - "Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics).

Reportedly Ben Bernie came up with the concept for the song's lyrics - although he is not the accredited lyricist - after meeting Dr. George Thaddeus Brown in New York City: Dr. Brown, a longtime member of the State House of Representatives for Georgia, told Bernie about Dr. Brown's daughter Georgia Brown and how subsequent to the baby girl's birth on August 11, 1911 the Georgia General Assembly had issued a declaration that she was to be named Georgia after the state, an anecdote which would be directly referenced by the song's lyric: "Georgia claimed her - Georgia named her."

The tune was first recorded on March 19, 1925 by bandleader Ben Bernie, resulting in a five-week No. 1 for Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra.

Rondeliers Dance Club August 2013 Page 1 - Meet and Greet | Page 2 - Who Was Here???
Page 3 - Dancing In Earnest | Page 4 - A Comical View
Rondeliers Dance Club August 2013