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Bop ‘Til You Drop: BobLo Ballroom 1920s
The new music and dances were fast paced and energetic, like the optimistic 1920s themselves. They were an escape from the horror of war, and an opportunity to release pent up emotions created by the restricted lifestyles forced on the … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 5 cents, Albert Kahn, amusement, balcony, Boblo Island, Bois Blanc, bop, bopping, Charleston, close, craze, dance, Fox trot, hugging, Jazz, observers, pavilion, Ragtime, rides, Roaring Twenties, Rudolf Valentino, scandalize, Tango, The Blues, Victorian, Waltz
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