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1998 Poster (designed by Karen Tierney)

Saturday November 7
9 PM to 1 AM
Roble Dance Studio

   with live dance music by
        The Swing Solutions Big Band
             Paul Price's Society Orchestra
                 in two ballrooms
                     and swing dance exhibitions by
                         The Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble
                             Michael & Persephone
Tickets $25, Students $15
Proceeds benefit student scholarships

Tickets will be available in White Plaza between noon and 1 pm
October 28 and 29     November 4 and 5

Sponsors
Nomadic Shoe Store
Su Hong
Florentine's
Pizz'a Chicago
The GAP
Jamba Juice
 		Gordon Biersch Brewing
Armadillo Willy's
Buca Di Beppos
Peninsula Fountain & Grill
Bon Appetit

The Directors

 Ken Jung, chair
Kim Cooper
Yee Doung
Alice Ganier
Anne Hamilton
Deb Henigson
Michael Hicks
Kathy Huang
Aiko Komori
Vanessa Ngo
Alexandru Protopopescu
Sangeetha Ramanujam
Jeremy Sugerman
Donna Sy
Ardavan Tehrani
Thai Tran
Oriana Welch

Advisor: Richard Powers


Special Thanks To

 Anthony Kramer
Marcella Stauber




Schedule of Events

10:00
Costume Contest at the Dance Studio

10:15
Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble
Lindy Hop and Swing Exhibition at the Dance Studio

11:00
Swing Contest at the Gymnasium

11:15
Michael Marangio and Persephone
Lindy Hop and St. Louis Shag Exhibition at the Dance Studio

12:00
Castle Walk Contest at the Dance Studio

Everyone is welcome to compete in the contests. Prizes donated by the
sponsors of the Ragtime Ball and Jitterbug Jam will be awarded!





FAQ: What should I wear to the Ball?

Three possibilities come to mind:

  1. Just dress up a little, whatever strikes you as elegant or classy.

  2. Retro 1930s, plus or minus a decade.

  3. The ultimate: The Ragtime Ball & Jitterbug Jam is the weekend after Halloween and this year's theme is STARS OF THE SILVER SCREEN. So if you think you might like to dress up, here are some suggestions from the 1920s and 30s.

STARS:
Fred & Ginger, the Marx Brothers, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Mae West, W.C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Basil Rathbone, Jean Harlow, Tyrone Power, Jimmy Stewart, Carmen Miranda, John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Fay Wray, Laurel & Hardy, Rudolph Valentino and Shirley Temple.

FILMS:
The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, The Three Little Pigs, The Little Rascals/Our Gang, King Kong, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Werewolf, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Invisible Man, Busby Berkeley musicals, Cleopatra, The Mark of Zorro, Nosferatu and Metropolis.

If you absolutely need appropriate music for your persona, Paul Price's Society Orchestra will play dance music from THE WIZARD OF OZ, KING KONG (Dance music?! Yes!), THE THREE LITTLE PIGS (a polka, of course), ON WITH THE SHOW, plus a Shirley Temple film and four Fred and Ginger films!



Last updated on November 1, 1998. Please contact Thai Tran with any questions or comments.