The document provides details for a 1930s-themed dinner party including descriptions of the table setting, decorations, guest gifts, menu, cocktails, music, and films from the 1930s that would be referenced. Napkins, plates, and other items used in the table setting are intended to evoke the period. Backdrops and props will be rented to further set the scene. Guest gifts will be homemade flipbooks of songs, drinks, and food from the 1930s. The menu includes both hot and cold appetizers along with drink options that were popular in 1933.

1. 1930’S SPEAK EASY SOIREE
October 2012, Midterm Tablescape project
by Leanne Parshalle
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2. 1930’S TABLE-SETTING
C o ve r i s f r o m t h e p e r i o d . B o t t o m Na m e - c a r d s a r e v i n t a g e h a n d -
glass dinner plate is patterned and made Bridge Luncheon tally's.
in-relief. A clear glass salad plate is
o n - t o p . Na p k i n i s f r o m 19 3 0 - 19 4 9 .
Ta b l e - c l o t h i s c o n t e mp o r a r y. T h e
n a p k i n r i n g i s a m o t i f - l a d e n my s t e r y.
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3. Cover is 1.5 inches from the edge of table. Flowers are in a classic
“Penguin motif” ice bucket. Vintage ice-cream ware is being used for
the water and wine glasses. Candle votive is in a circa-1930’s glass
sundae cup .
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4. Backdrops will be rented from MKE Props Unlimited to evoke the glamour
and the danger of what immortalized the 1930’s after the Great Depression…
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5. GUEST GIFTS
To remember the EVENT
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6. ver’s
Lea nne & Oli ee
Soir
Speakeasy
In-keeping with the decade, guests will receive a hand-made “4x6”
flip book highlighting the song, drink and food of the decade…
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7. MENU
HOT EATS: COLD EATS:
Chicken & Bacon Blankets
Smoked Salmon
Crabmeat Canapés
Stuffed Crabmeat
Cocktail Meatballs
Caviar Sandwiches
Ham & Steak Sandwiches
Cream Cheese Crusts
Chicken Croquettes
Rolled Sandwiches
Mini Chicken Pies
Seafood Cocktails
Meatloaf & Mashed Parsnips
Fresh Fruit Platters
Vegetable Hash
Assorted Smoked Meat
Repeal Day Chowder
& Cheese Plates
Parker House Rolls
(Inspired in part by the vintage; Metropolitan Life Cook Book which
had no publishing date, but does refer to an Ice Box. )
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8. COCKTAILS OF 1933
“Remember the Maine”
a classic from
Charles S. Baker (Rye/
Vermouth/Absinthe)
The Martinez
(Gin/Vermouth and Maraschino
Liqueur)
Whiskey Old-Fashioned
Manhattan
Barbary Coast
Colony Cocktail
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9. THE MUSIC OF THE 1930’s
Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson Band
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra,
Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters, Fats Waller,
Lester Young, Art Tatum and Count Basie
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10. FILMS OF 1933
Text
Dinner at Eight
Duck Soup
42nd Street
Gold Diggers of 1933
I’m No Angel
King Kong
Little Women
Morning Glory
She Done Him Wrong
Sons of the Desert
The Invisible Man
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11. A special art glass coaster to
inaugurate the first of many
vintage decade theme dinners.
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13. WORKS CITED
Adventures in Cocktails. Remember the Maine: A Classic 1933 Classic Cocktail From Charles H.
Baker. AIC, 2010. Web. 18 December, 2010. http://www.adventuresincocktails.com
American Movie Classics and Tim Dirks. AMC Film site: The Greatest Films of 1933. AMC, 2010.
Web. 18 December, 2010. http://www.filmsite.org
*Broderbund Software Inc. Click Art 65,000.: Disc 5. 1987-1997.
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. Celebrate the Repeal of Prohibition: Prohibition Era
Cocktails.
DSCUS, 2010. Web. 18 December, 2010. http://www.prohibitionrepeal.com
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Metropolitan Cook Book. (circa 1920-1930 or later? Or
later?)
Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns. JAZZ: A History of America’s Music. Alfred A Knopf//Random
House:
New York,
000-2005. Print.
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Altered with digital media, October 2012: A 1978 Shalimar by Guerlain perfume ad. (for coaster)
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