{"id":3060,"date":"2014-04-07T06:03:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T14:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2014-04-07T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T14:13:00","slug":"thoroughly-modern-at-sea-04062014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3060","title":{"rendered":"Thoroughly Modern \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [04\/06\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"flapper_mirror1\"<\/a>There are those I suppose, think we\u2019re mad
\nHeaven knows the world has gone to wrack and to ruin
\nWhat we think is chic unique and quite adorable
\nThey think is odd and Sodom and Gomorra-able
\nBut the fact is everything today is thoroughly modern
\nCheck your personality
\nEverything today makes yesterday slow
\nBetter face reality
\nMen say, it\u2019s criminal what women\u2019ll do
\nWhat they\u2019re forgetting is this is 1922!<\/i><\/p>\n

Despite the fact that we\u2019re always prepared for it, the last Grand Ball of the season always seems to come much faster than any of us expect. And this season\u2019s was a doozy. While we stayed with the traditional black and gold theme, we layered an element on top of it that turned the show room into a gala event full of fringes, feathers and swinging beads\u2026<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Great Gatsby.<\/p>\n

Five o\u2019clock in the afternoon found the team assembled en force inflating balloons, hanging curtains and dressing up all the statues and balcony supports in the main show lounge. Gradually transforming the everyday theatre into a space that was a cross between a ballroom and a speakeasy. By the time we were finished you almost expected someone to come up and tap you on the shoulder and ask where we kept the bathtub gin\u2026<\/p>\n

It should come as no surprise that I\u2019ve been looking forward to this one. Of all my costumes (and yes, I know there are many) there are only two that I do to complete perfection \u2013 one is Maid Marion, who made her appearance for medieval night months ago, the other is \u201cMillie\u201d (so nicknamed because of Thoroughly Modern Millie<\/i> for those who aren\u2019t Broadway followers). My father has run a 1920s Dance Orchestra since I was about 10 years old, when I was a teenager I was something of a mascot, perched alongside my Mum at the CD table. There were occasionally people who would complain that we got to go to all the gigs for free, to which my father would curtly respond: \u201cthey\u2019re working, just like we are.\u201d At any rate, the band meant I learned a lot about the time period in question, the slang, the music, and yes, the clothes.<\/p>\n

I own two flapper dresses. One is standard black, and neatly matches the ones the rest of the team\u2019s. The other I\u2019ve had since I was a lot younger, is snow white, with matching shoes, boa, gloves and headdress.<\/p>\n

Standing at the entrance way handing out raffle tickets, people I see every day<\/i>, including some of my closest friends among the service staff onboard\u2026didn\u2019t recognise me. Not even a flicker\u2026<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s that?!<\/i><\/p>\n

That\u2019s Shaughnessy of course\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got<\/span> to be kidding me?<\/i><\/p>\n

Yeah, I was born in the wrong decade<\/i>\u2026<\/p>\n

Of course I was far from the only one in costume, the rest of the team glimmered in their fringed gold and black, the guys in pinstripes and suspenders, and most of the guests wore headdresses and pearls that had been given out to them by the dining room.<\/p>\n

The night went off without a hitch, at least as far as I could tell; smiles everywhere despite the fact that set up did<\/i> cause us to be a minute or so late opening the doors \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Of course once it was all over, we all responded to a silent bell that had us clambering over chairs and onto tables to take all those lovely decorations down. One of these days I will have to get pictures of the tear-down process, as it\u2019s hard to believe how quickly it goes. It takes at least two hours, sometimes more, to dress the ballroom, and less than 20 minutes to clear it back to its every-day state.<\/p>\n

Once tear down was complete we did all traipse up to the after-party, though admittedly none of us stayed for long. By that point the guests were having such a good time on their own that it was hardly noticed when we silently slipped out the back way and within minutes \u2013 at least in my case \u2013 had hung the feathers, beads and fringe away for another season\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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