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I looked all over the forums and couldn't find any dedicated to vintage dance. So I'm posting here. Don't tell me there are no Jitterbuggers or FoxTrotters or Tangoisto/as out there! I was raised by a father who thought Glen Miller was god and Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey were his prophets. ;) But my love of Big Band music is really about what you can dance to. Any lovers of the old time jazz like Satchmo out there? Or ragtime enthusiasts?

I love, love, love old time jazz.

What a wonderful world....

Oh and talking of vintage dance, did you see my 'Downton Disco' thread at Brit TV, Kass? I wondered what you would make of the Downton Dollies - though maybe you don't watch Downton Abbey.

This is the link to all the female cast rigged up in glitter and glam for a Marie Claire UK photo spread -

Downton Disco Dollies

Hee hee hee! I saw the link, but I'm trying not to look at any spoilers for Season Two because we won't get it over here until January 2012. But if it's a photo shoot for Marie Claire, I'll have to look! Thanks!

God, it's hard to believe it's the same people in those clothes! LOL I saw the girl who wanted to be a typist from the first season in an episode of Case Histories and I didn't recognize her at all! People look so different when they aren't in historical dress, don't they? We people who dress up in historical clothing, when we see our dress-up friends on the street often say, "I didn't recognize you not in your clothes!" HA HA HA!

Fancy coming over to the thread at some point so we can work out who is who in that piccie?

As you say - they look SO different!! And how do they look better - Edwardian prim and proper v Disco Glam?

jazz is so beautiful. I love it so much.