How to Throw the Ultimate Roaring 20's Theme Party - The Event Book (2023)

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How do you throw a Roaring 20s party? ›

Create a variety of sizes. And tape sporadically stack leather-bound books with vintage bottles

For a cocktail party, hors d'oeuvres like shrimp cocktail, crab cakes, stuffed mushrooms as well as cheese trays and finger sandwiches were popular 20s fare. When planning a sit-down dinner, salad or soup along with a main course of smoked ham or roasted turkey will please your guests while staying on theme.

Many event planners find that a theme can help add structure to the décor and activities as well as tie it all neatly together. They can be a great way for your attendees to get involved and it can be a fun participatory activity in itself, while creating plenty of photo opportunities.

You might see baked pork chops or meatloaf or roast chicken, bread or muffins and a vegetable or salad, plus, if you were lucky, cake or pie. You would probably drink fresh milk or water, or perhaps tea or coffee, with your meal.

More activities included playing board games, watching movies, listening to the radio, and reading. They played a lot of board games as families, like using the Ouija board and playing Hokum and Tiddledy Winks. They watched movies now because they started playing movies with sound that was made in 1923.

After he succeeded at reuniting with Daisy, in mid-August, the parties ended abruptly. A dozen parties that season would have cost no more than $150,000 or $2 million, adjusted for inflation.

Gatsby's party is almost unbelievably luxurious: guests marvel over his Rolls-Royce, his swimming pool, his beach, crates of fresh oranges and lemons, buffet tents in the gardens overflowing with a feast, and a live orchestra playing under the stars.

What is a Great Gatsby Party? Great Gatsby-themed parties bring glamour to the forefront of your celebration with Art Deco designs and golden décor elements. Expect live jazz ensembles, flapper performers, and sparkling Champagne towers.

What foods were invented in the 1920s? ›

Manufactured foods introduced in the 1920s include - Baby Ruth Candy Bar (1920). Wonder Bread (1920). Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink (1923). Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (1923).

Spiced Baked Hams: Served at Gatsby's party (chapter 3). Salads “of harlequin designs”: Served at Gatsby's party (chapter 3). Pastry Pigs and Turkeys: Served at Gatsby's party (chapter 3). Lemon Cakes: Nick served these when he had Daisy and Gatsby over for tea (chapter 5).

Jell-O, introduced in 1897, became a pantry staple, and by the 1920s was termed "America's most favorite dessert."

Charlie Chaplin -- "The most famous person who ever lived" (at least in the 1920s)

Hosts paraded out such popular culinary delights as lobster canapés, caviar rolls, crabmeat cocktails, shrimp patties, oyster toast, jellied anchovy molds, radish roses, devilled eggs and savory cheese balls. Sweet selections included fruit cocktail cups topped with powdered sugar or marshmallows.

To paraphrase Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, and sometimes it was the worst of times.” The 1920s was a decade of change, when many Americans owned cars, radios, and telephones for the first time. The cars brought the need for good roads. The radio brought the world closer to home.

Baked hams and roasted turkeys

Also on the buffet table at Gatsby's party were “spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.”

Lamm estimates that an estate like Gatsby's would cost $30 million today, even after the collapse of the housing market!

What food and beverages should be served at a luxurious party in the 1920's? ›

The Suit. Gatsby would have worn a well-fitting (not baggy) medium brown, grey, or light blue suit. Suits were always buttoned up high in 1920s fashion for men, so pick a jacket with 4-6 buttons, ideally with peak or notch lapels.

What irony does Nick notice at Gatsby's party? Although the party is rowdy and most people are drunk, Gatsby is reserved and never drinks alcohol.

Nick identifies Daisy's aura of wealth and privilege—her many clothes, perfect house, lack of fear or worry—as a central component of Gatsby's attraction to her. The reader has already seen that Gatsby idolizes both wealth and Daisy. Now it becomes clear that the two are intertwined in Gatsby's mind.

The name Gatsby is boy's name of German origin meaning "from Gaddesby". Gatsby is one of the most famous literary surnames, borne by the titular character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald offers up commentary on a variety of themes -- justice, power, greed, betrayal, the American dream, and so on. Of all the themes, perhaps none is more well developed than that of social stratification.

What are the different types of party? ›

Some of the most popular pastimes were classic games like checkers, jacks, and dominoes. Commercially manufactured toys (since most toys before that time were handmade) and gender specific toys were also favorites of children.

The Great Gatsby party theme leans heavily into jazz, dancing, and artistic flair. Complete your Art Deco party decor with music that'll have guests grooving all night long. Jazz, blues, swing, and Broadway music are all styles relevant to the decade.

Southerners sometimes called them necking parties. They were called mushing parties in the West; fussing parties in the Midwest and spooning everywhere, the United Press noted later in 1921. Eventually some flappers began referring to party-petting as snugglepupping.

The Roaring '20s brought kiddies the delight of items considered classics: Raggedy Ann, Teddy bears, Crayola crayons, chemistry sets, toy planes, trucks, tractors, buses, trains, circus toys, pedal cars, mini golf, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, yo-yo and Tiddlywinks, to name a few.

After he succeeded at reuniting with Daisy, in mid-August, the parties ended abruptly. A dozen parties that season would have cost no more than $150,000 or $2 million, adjusted for inflation.

The Suit. Gatsby would have worn a well-fitting (not baggy) medium brown, grey, or light blue suit. Suits were always buttoned up high in 1920s fashion for men, so pick a jacket with 4-6 buttons, ideally with peak or notch lapels.

The name Gatsby is boy's name of German origin meaning "from Gaddesby". Gatsby is one of the most famous literary surnames, borne by the titular character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

The inside of your speakeasy should be dimly lit, and its décor should be accentuated with lavish, extravagant touches, such as velvet, crystal, flowers, over-sized vases and art deco furniture. The glamour and ostentation should serve as a stark contrast from the club's gritty exterior.

What is a Speak Easy party? ›

During the 1920s when a law was passed prohibiting alcohol, which became known as the time of Prohibition. Many people didn't take too kindly to this new law, so the 'speakeasy' was born. Speakeasies were secret venues where illegal alcohol beverages were sold during the Prohibition.

People typically got hooch or giggle water – alcohol– from a barrel house or gin mill, which were distribution places, and maybe kept it in their hipflask (which is pretty self-explanatory).

All Wet - describes an erroneous idea or individual, as in, "he's all wet." And How - I strongly agree! Applesauce- an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in "Ah applesauce!" Attaboy - well done!; also Attagirl!

' to the idea that slang was for men. Have you heard the phrases the cat's pajamas or the bee's knees? Flappers, bent on enjoying social freedoms obtained by suffragists, coined them both.