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Dancing Days - 4 Sisters

<p />Journaling Reads:The Aunties loved to go out dancing in the 40's. They were in the heart of the swing era and they saw all the big names: Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman were some of the favorites. Auntie Bea loved dancing the most and she would go out three times a week when she could. It cost $1.25 to get into the dances; most of a day's wages! But she paid and felt cheated if she missed even one dance! They loved to go to the Roseland Ballroom or the Arcadia to dance all the popular dances. Auntie Ellie was the best dancer–she always had someone to dance with! Uncle Jack had a different way of dancing and Auntie Bea couldn't dance with him at all—his steps were made just for Auntie Edna! Their favorite to dance together was the Lindy Hop.<p />One night Bea and her friend Sue went together to Harlem, where they heard it was dangerous but they wanted to go to the best club. They spent the night at the Cotton Club and had a great time. On their way home they stopped at a downstairs diner and they got to meet Count Basie! He was hanging out there and playing the piano. Bea said he was a very nice man. It took them a long time to get back home to Brooklyn, but the streets were safe back then, despite the warnings they had heard. Back then people in Brooklyn even left their doors unlocked and everyone knew each other.<p />Grandma didn't like to dance with everyone else. She was a bookworm and would rather stay home reading! They had to push her to go out or go on dates—she just didn't care to go. The only person she wanted to go on dates with was Grandpa! <p />Photo taken 1951 by my grandfather. Digi kit is Ronnie McCray's Mini Carni kit. Fonts are elephant and Fleurish Script. The small photo on the right is downloaded from the internet–it is a picture of Roseland Ballroom in its heyday.