An evening out, circa 1920

14 years ago

Scenes from the Gatsby Ball at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

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Aroostook Republican photo/Natalie Bazinet
It wouldn’t be a Gatsby Ball without a couple of flappers doing the Charleston — Patrick Blackstone, Alex Jimenez and Bethany Hartley didn’t miss a single stride in the dance that was quite sensational in the 1920s.

 

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Aroostook Republican photo/Natalie Bazinet
Imogen Page and Peter Taddeo put their newly-learned traditional dance moves to good use as they made their way around the Gatsby Ball dance floor.

 

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Photo by Jessica Baker
Ben St. Lauren and Margaret Ho were dressed to the nines … or rather, the 1920s … for the Gatsby Ball.

 

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Aroostook Republican photo/Natalie Bazinet
Kasey-Jo Sancers and Amory Write had the form and footwork of 1920s dancing spot-on, thanks to the dance lessons taught the day before the ball by English Teacher Jessica Baker.