Secret Vintage goes 1940s in St Ives

The Secret Vintage Fair is excited to announce they are once again taking part in the 1940s Music & Dance Weekend, at Burgess Hall, St Ives, PE27 6WU

Don't miss it! Saturday 6th February 2015, 10am - 4pm! Join the Facebook event here!

We are teaming up with Huntingdonshire District Council who are holding their annual 1940's music and dance weekend and we will be running our vintage fair on the Saturday! During Saturday afternoon a selection of dance workshops will be running alongside our vintage fair...it's going to be a great day so do come along!

Itinerary for the Day:

• Secret Vintage Fair • 10am to 4pm • Admission £2 per person

A vast array of vintage purveyors selling only the finest vintage and handmade, including clothing, hair, beauty, antiques, militaria to kitchenalia and furniture.

Renactors, homefront style and vintage vehicles.

Food and drink will be available throughout the day from the on site bar/cafe.

For stall enquiries- Click here!

• Swing Dance Workshops with Rug-Cutters 
-Lindyhop 1 • 1pm-2pm
-The Peabody & Polka • 2pm-3pm
-Solo Jazz steps • 3pm-4pm
-Lindyhop 2 • 4pm-5pm
£6 per person per workshop or £20 for all four.

Then in the evening....

Feeling like a boogie woogie? Get your tickets now for the 1940s swing dance!

• Galaxy Big Band • 7pm to Midnight • Tickets £17.50
Book both nights for £25.00
Tickets available from One Leisure St Ives on 01480 388500

Plus there's a dance on Fri 5th too with the Paper Moon! More details on the facebook page here.


Hey, psst, WANT TO SEE SOME MORE PHOTOS FROM LAST YEARS EVENT?
Click here to see some photo highlights from last year!


We look forward to seeing you there- come dressed in your vintage finest if you so wish!
With much vintage love,

The Secret Vintage Fair Team! xx

Lullabelle learns the Lindyhop!

Over the last few weeks Lullabelle from the secret vintage fair duo has given herself a new challenge..here she explains a little bit about her personal new found dance craze...THE LINDYHOP!

Lullabelle learns the Lindyhop…

Given the start of the new year and a slight change in personal circumstances and a relocation to Cambridgeshire (Don't worry folks in Suffolk/Essex, the fairs are continuing!) ..I came across Cambridgeshire based Lindyhop dance classes led by Paul and Fae from Rug Cutters (www.rug-cutters.co.uk). 

So, I have to admit here, dancing is not really my forte. And not something I thought i'd ever have lessons in. As someone who's suffered with bothersome back, leg and neck pain for the last 4 years I really didn't expect to find myself blogging about something so energetic with which I am really starting to take a shine to.. Apart from a tap dance class as a young girl, two salsa classes in my mid twenties, and oh ok, and many years of tom foolery on a variety of nightclub dance floors over the years, I've never had any kind of formal dance teaching...

And so it was that I came across the Rug Cutters dance classes. I suggested it to a friend who loved the idea. And we've been going for the last 4 weeks and absolutely loving it! I arrive home after my weekly class, full of energy and vitality, and looking forward to the next class already.

So far I've learnt just a few of the 190+ moves that I'm advised there are in Lindyhop(!)..a kick step, a rock step, the tripple step, the Charleston, and the lindy circle, to name just a few. And as the weeks progress I hope to learn many more! I am advised there is a particular type of dance called (younger readers might want to stop reading here!) “The Shag'..Hmmm sounds a bit too frisky for my liking but we'll see how that one turns out! 

My friend and I even went to our first social dance this weekend, "The Groove Lounge" a fantastic night out, for just £5, which included homemade cake, n tea, and was a delightful night of vintage tunes and the opportunity to be led around the dance floor by some very dashing men in braces and slacks, who are vastly experienced in the ways of swing dancing.. and such a secret thrill to be asked to dance in such a formal and polite manner.. Oh why oh why aren't normal nightclubs more like this nowadays! 

Anyway, next weekend we're off to our first 1940s music and dance weekend, complete with live bands playing 1940s classics from boogie woogie, western swing, 50s jump jazz and big band sounds, all at Burgess Hall in St Ives, PE27 6WU. Can't wait! 

If anyone is interested, Tickets are £11 Friday, £17.50 Saturday or £25 for both nights- available from One Leisure St Ives, www.burgesshall.net or by calling 01480 388500- and watch this space for more details on how I progress over the next few weeks! And if you're not based in or near Cambridgeshire, there are dance classes happening all over the place, so I recommend you find one happening near you too! A fabulous fun way to keep fit. 

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Calling all Cambridgeshire Vintage Traders!

If you are a vintage Stallholder in the Cambridgeshire area and want to be added to our approved secret vintage fair stallholder list then get in touch! Email stallholders@secretvintagefair.com with some blurb about what you sell, photos of your stock, and full contact and address details and we'll be in touch with more details about our next event! 

We only allow the finest vintage purveyors to trade at our fairs, so if you think you fit the bill then do get in touch! Just take a look at some of the publicity we've generated at some of our past fairs in Colchester: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.464784626885515.110015.402293029801342&type=1&l=a986d4ffbe

Ta ta for now!

Lullabelle xx