THE LADIES OF SHELLAC
Be transported to an age of true glamour as our adorable female DJs in
immaculate Vintage Clothing treat your ears to a feast of music from
1920s-to 1950s on vintage 78rpm records all played on original 1920s
HMV wind up gramophones!Yes original WIND UP GRAMOPHONES!
For larger elaborate affairs the ladies have had unique electrical attachments
custom designed so that they can plug their grams into an amp and turn
up the volume!
For more intimate soirees the gramophones don't need any electricity
(just lots of wind-up action!) enabling them to play in parks and gardens
or just about anywhere you like!
Their vast collection of 78s covering all styles of music from the twenties
through to the fifties…
Music
ranges from:
Big band swing by Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters,
classics like Tea for Two and The Lambeth Walk, novelties by Noel Coward
and cheeky music hall acts, 1920s flapper favourites, Hollywood movie
classics from Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and Marlene Dietrich, jumping
jive by Cab Calloway and Louis Jordan, 1950s rock'n'roll from Elvis
and bombshell hits from Marilyn Monroe, latin exotics by Carmen Miranda
and Perez Prado… tea dancing foxtrots, quicksteps, blackbottoms and
cockney knees ups!
Some events of note are
Bestival, The Secret Garden Party, BBC's 1930s party at Simpsons, milliner
Stephen Jones' birthday party at The Dorchester Hotel Time Out Magazine
Christmas party and The Pigalle Club ...
