On Sunday, September 13, the Art Deco Society of California will host its Annual Gatsby Summer Afternoon at the historic Dunsmuir House in Oakland California.

Now in its 24rd year, the Gatsby Afternoon lets several hundred aficionados of the 1920s and 30s step back to a time when elegance was a way of life and the Charleston and fox trot were all the rage.

This is not a spectator event. From 1-6PM the panoramic Dunsmuir front lawn becomes a stage on which all participants picnic, dance and sip champagne, reminiscent of a scene from The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel of 1925.  There is something for everyone, including:

• Dancing to the Authentic Twenties Jazz Rhythms of Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra with Song Stylists Carla Normand and Frederick Hodges

• The Great Gatsby Bathing Beauty Revue by the Deco Belles, including the crowning of the new Miss Art Deco

• Grand Vintage Motorcar Display, with dozens of Art Deco Era automobiles throughout the grounds

• A Fashion Parade at which you can show off your sense of style in a promenade before our stage!

• Dance Demos featuring your favorites like the Foxtrot, Charleston or Lindy

• Prizes Awarded for best Auto, Fashions, Dance contestants, and Picnic

If you know of any other picture galleries online, blogs, flicker albums, websites, etc. that have pictures of our event, please share it with us! We would gladly share the link and photo credits! Thanks!

 

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Re-live the Days of the ‘Jazz Age’ of the 1920s

The Art Deco Society of California Hosts its Annual Gatsby Picnic
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