Music/Dance
Whatever your age, at some point in your life you will have experienced some sort of music scene, and been involved in dance in some way, shape or form. The music and dance scene has changed dramatically over the years, but one thing about it remains the same, that although everyone’s taste differs, there is always someone willing to listen and take it in.
In the war years music was one of the aspects of life that kept the soldiers going, great stars such as Vera Lynn who wrote and sung we’ll meet again. From there the songs progressed through the 1940’s with singers such as Jill Daniels who was an entertainer and a singer. The 1950’s saw a new kind of music and generation, the rock and roll generation. Musicians such as Bill Haley and Elvis Presley made this era a fantastic one to be involved in. Not only was the music something people had never heard before, but it set the trend for a whole new generation of people, who wanted to rock around the clock on the dance floor. The guys dressed in their teddy boy suits and the ladies turning heads with their fabulous netted skirts, behive hair do’s and fabulous killer heels.
The next generation of music was more chilled out, the hippy look was in and women took to burning their bra’s in the name of liberation. Yes it was the swinging 60’s, when the Beatles were at the top of the charts and Cliff Richard ruled the world. Fans would flock from miles to scream at the Beatles – Ringo, George, Paul and John were the fabulous four and could do no wrong when it came to the popular charts.
The 1970’s saw the era Rolling Stones. The 1980’s was the new romantic era, and saw groups such as Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran topping the charts. But it was in 1983 when everyone made the choice to choose life and follow Andrew Ridgley and George Michael as Wham, that the ladies were seen in their white stiletto heels with luminous pink and green socks to match their white skirts. There was no real dance scene at this point, the rock and roll era had faded into the back ground and music was the dance of the moment.