Channeling the 50's

This past weekend I went 'home' to Iowa. It was a super short visit, but a good one. I saw nobody but my family and my parent's clients. The reason I went home, you ask? Some of you may not know that my parents teach dance. It's my mom's full-time job and my dad helps out with group lessons and the occasional private lesson. They teach couples dancing - ballroom, latin, night-club, and some country western. Enough about that. Ask me for more info if you're actually interested in that stuff. It's just not the focus of this entry.....

Sooooo this weekend was the 1950's prom themed dance out at 'the barn' (where my mom teaches) and that's what I went back to Iowa for. So basically I got all dolled up like Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's and helped out. Sam and Jared were mostly in charge of the pictures with the '56 T-Bird (pictures of that will be on facebook as soon as I get ahold of the rest of them) and I helped out here and there. It was really fun and the spiked punch was a huge hit.

Lots of people actually recognized me as Holly, from the movie. I was very pleased about that. Oh how I adore Audrey Hepburn. And the 50's in general. If I could have picked a year to be born, it would have been in the mid 20's. That way I could be in my late 20's/early 30's in the 50's. perfection.

Being around during even part of the roaring 20's to see the birth of jazz and all of the dance music, the boost of the economy from WW1.....what an amazing experience. Sure, I'd have to live through WW2 if I was born in the 20's, but look at how strong people are from going through that.

Fast forward to the 50's. By far my favorite decade. I adore the Rockabilly style. I would dress that way in an ideal world. I think the style and culture just suits me. There was so much glamor in Hollywood, amazingly classic, danceable music, beautiful people, innovation......

definitely my kind of decade. Def my scene.....I think my wedding should be 50's themed. How cool would that be?!?! I should start plotting it out. of course, that means I will have to find a different dress. The one I want is huge and blue, full of pick-ups. So pretty, but not 50's at all! I spose I can work it out :) I just can't give-up the 50's hair-do.