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Leather Daddy Disco Tea Dance

Sat, Mar 07

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The Fred

with DJ Cody Hare from Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Leather Daddy Disco Tea Dance
Leather Daddy Disco Tea Dance

Time & Location

Mar 07, 2020, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

The Fred, 605 Strand St, Frederiksted, St Croix 00840, USVI

About the Event

A tea dance, also called a thé dansant (French for "dancing tea"), was a dance held in the summer or autumn in the English countryside, a garden party sometimes preceded the dance.  Historically, tea was served in the afternoon, either with snacks (“low tea”) or with a full meal (“high tea” or “meat tea”). High Tea eventually moved earlier in the day, sometimes replacing the midday “luncheon” and settled around 11 o’clock, becoming the forerunner of what we know as “brunch”.

While tea dances enjoyed a revival in America after the Great War, The Great Depression of the 30’s wiped them out. Tea consumption was in steady decline in America anyways and by the 50’s, tea was largely thought of as something “your grandmother drinks”. Also, nightlife was moving later and younger. Working men and women were too busy building the American Dream to socialize so it was left to…

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