ItB次元官网网址檚 8:30 p.m. on a Tuesday night at the Victoria Events Centre (VEC) when a man with slicked back hair, slacks and suspenders climbs the steps to the front desk.
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Lavender, wearing a striped shirt, cat-eye glasses and a bowler hat, hands him a ticket and he heads toward the sound of a smooth saxophone and spunky percussion.
The guest has come for the weekly speakeasy night at the local venue, where a 1920s drink menu and a jazz band playing under the soft, muted lighting of an B次元官网网址渦ndergroundB次元官网网址� bar, launches visitors into another era.
With smoked bourbon warming their lips and the sleek, old-timey tunes of local jazz band Flying Saucers thumping through the room, couples drag one another onto the dance floor and slide back in time with the dips and dives of the 1920sB次元官网网址�-era Lindy Hop dance style.
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B次元官网网址淚f you wanted to know what it was like in the 1920s, this is pretty close,B次元官网网址� said Lavender, who is also a co-organizer of the speakeasy. B次元官网网址淵ou donB次元官网网址檛 have to know how to dance, you donB次元官网网址檛 have to like jazz music, you can just come here and really enjoy yourself.
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In order to get the free drink ticket that comes with the $10 entry fee, guests need to know that weekB次元官网网址檚 1920sB次元官网网址� slang password such as frogB次元官网网址檚 eyebrows (nice or fine), catB次元官网网址檚 meow (splendid or stylish) or hotsy totsy (pleasing).
And if you donB次元官网网址檛 know the password but want in on the free giggle water (1920sB次元官网网址� slang for alcohol) you have to enter your email address on the Underwood and wait for the B次元官网网址榳ord of mouthB次元官网网址� to hit your inbox.
Once inside, guests can grab a Juniper Rickey or Django Manhattan at the bar and B次元官网网址渕ake whoopeeB次元官网网址� on the dance floor.
| Jazz band Flying Saucers provided some smooth, upbeat jazz for Lindy Hop dancers at the Victoria Event Centre's Speakeasy night on Tuesday. (Nina Grossman/B次元官网网址 Staff) |
DonB次元官网网址檛 know how to dance? The VEC takes care of that too, with quick swing dance lessons each night before the event, and once a month at the feature night B次元官网网址� where visitors also enjoy a number of music and dance performances.
Plus thereB次元官网网址檚 always a Brown Derby if you need the liquid courage to cut up the dance floor with the others.
B次元官网网址淚 think with the live music and the creativity of the bartenders and the drinks they come up with, and the dancing, itB次元官网网址檚 all very magical,B次元官网网址� Lavender said.
For more information on the weekly speakeasy, visit .
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