Murder at the Juice Joint

Men’s Fashion Flappers and Fashion Flapper Fashion (with makeup tutorial) Flapper Fantastic

Complete any outfit with a number of accessories that scream 1920s. You can find a number of these around the house or at your local thrift store or follow the links to order them online.
Boas Long beads Bobbed wig Headbands Fake Eyelashes Garter (gun optional) Fishnet leggings Fring on your dress Cigarette extension holder	Mustache Suit Vest Suspenders Tie Cigar Fedora Holster with Gun

1920’s Hairstyles

Check out these links to give you the best “do” of the time

The Earphone Hairstyle

A Recap of Hairstyles

Don’t have short hair? Check out this video on how to do a 1920s-30s hairdo for long hair.

Download this dictionary to brush up on your lingo and fit in as one of the Family.

The Charleston originated in the early 20’s in illegal drinking places during the time of prohibition.
The combination of a particular type of jazz music and the highly polished, slippery floors
of the Speakeasies gave rise to an in and out flicking of the feet which essentially
characterized the dance. Follow this link to learn how to Dance the Charleston.

A speakeasy is an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages illegally. The term “speakeasy” derived from the idea that people patronizing a speakeasy needed to stay quiet or “speak easy” to avoid detection.

In addition to offering alcohol, some speakeasies operated as night clubs with music, dance, gambling and other entertainments for guests. In order to avoid detection, you often had to enter a speakeasy by the back door and provide a password to enter. These restrictions were designed to admit only select elite clientele and used to keep government agents out.

Flapper in the 1920s was a term applied to a “new breed” of young Western women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms.

FIND MOREABOUT FLAPPER FASHION AND COSTUMES

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RAGTIME
An early type of jazz, in vogue from about 1895 to 1920, usually written out rather than improvised. Most ragtime was played on the piano. Scott Joplin was the most famous composer of ragtime. Find it here.

JAZZ
The jazz decade saw the emergence of many of the great figures who defined the music for the world. Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Jack Teagarden, Fletcher Henderson – these giants set the standards for blues singing, big band arrangements, and solo improvisation that are the foundations for jazz. Find it here.

DO THE CHARLESTON
Originated in the early 20’s in illegal drinking places during the time of prohibition. The combination of a particular type of jazz music and the highly polished, slippery floors of the Speakeasies gave rise to an in and out flicking of the feet which essentially characterized the dance. See downloadable instructions above.Find it here.

SWING
A form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s. Swing is distinguished by a strong rhythm section, medium to fast tempo, and the distinctive swing time rhythm that is common to many forms of jazz. Find it here.

FOR FREE MUSIC
Try your local library for a number of compilations from the time.

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There are a number of ways to “decorate” for your party, but the most authentic way would be to set up your space to resemble a speakeasy. In order to do this, there are a couple of things to pay attention to:

• Have the guests enter by the side door instead of the front–many speakeasies had secret or side entrances so as not to call attention to themselves.

• Use a peephole in the door before letting your guests in.

• Create a back alleyway using a brick wall scenesetter or making your own styrofoam wall (see below).
We created this “back entrance” to our Juice Joint and had people enter through the garage. We used a hung door which we purchased from a local hardware store and cut a peephole out of it. For the walls we painted some styrofoam insulation sheeting. Add in the crates we created (templates below) and we had a perfect entrance.

DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE YOUR OWN STYROFOAM WALL HERE

• Have the guests use a secret password to get in. If the guests do not know or can’t remember the password, make them do something (sing a silly tune, do jumping jacks, etc.) in order to gain entrance to your private club.

• Create your own crates (boxes) of bootlegged liquor. Included in theMurder at The Juice Joint mystery are 6 label designs. Simply download and print out these labels we’ve designed for you onto craft paper and paste them onto the sides of boxes. You can place the boxes on the outside or in of your speakeasy to help set the mood.

• Create “WANTED” posters for felons coming to the party – Southside Sal, Notorious Nick and Mugsy Malone – to name a few. (Included with the mystery when you orderMurder at The Juice Joint.)

• Have a bouncer ‘frisk’ your guests at the door– gun check!

• Set up an actual gun check.

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• These printable designs (and more) are included in your Murder at The Juice Joint packet when you order. Simply print them out to make signs for your Juice Joint.

• Shower your walls with bullethole (clings)to to remind your guests of past events that have gone down at The Juice Joint.

• Chill your beverages in the bathtub (bathtub gin).

• One elegant addition may be a juice fountain for some of your “juice” or champagne cocktails.

• Tea lights placed around your home are an easy way to create atmosphere. Don’t forget a few flickering flames out on the patio, but make sure they’re secure in a votive glass.

• Flapper accessories, feathers and shiny beads, can also be used for decoration. Maintaining black and white is best.

• Set up an intimate nightclub atmosphere. This can also be created outside by using white table covers, hanging lights, candles.

• Have a small dance floor and tiny stage with a bandstand– you could even hire a jazz band! Or create your own.

• Have a fog machine– to fill the speakeasy with “smoke”.

• Play silent and/or black & white movies on the wall– This is the era of the silver screen. Some suggestions include: Al Capone, Bugsy Siegel, The Great Gatsby.

• Set up tables for gambling– since the Juice Joint IS where Notorious Nick runs some of his gambling rackets out of!

• Set out oak barrels.

• Create a bar stocked with “old” liquor bottles.

(1) Save empty bottles.
(2) Print out old liquor labels (included with Murder at The Juice Joint mystery packet)
(3) Cut labels out and paste them to your bottles.
Tip: Ask a local bar to save empty bottle for you on a busy night.

• Stage a midnight raid– by Elliot Ness and his prohibition agents.

• Have a Charleston Contest-–instructions here.

• Take “mug shots” of your guests. See how some of our customers have done this in the past:

DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN LINE-UP BOARD HERE~ allows you to enter in your own party date!

• Post pictures of gangsters— Have them sign “To Rosie–…love, Al’ for instance on Al Capone’s pict. NINE autographed pictures are included in Your Murder at the Juice Joint mystery party when you purchase! (pictured below)

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SERVE IT UP

• Drinks were often served in coffee mugs or tea cups so that if a raid were to ensue, it would be less conspicuous.

• BATHTUB GIN — Instead of a cooler, use a bathtub to chill your drinks in.

COCKTAILS OR MOCKTAILS?
With the advent of cheaply-made illegal alcohol during Prohibition, they quickly became popular, often to cover the taste of the inferior alcohol. Fashionable parties with fashionable drinks.

Not sure what to serve at your Juice Joint? Here’s where we found some great recipes for cocktails from that time period.

• Prohibition Era Cocktails
• Cocktails of the 1920s
• Classic Cocktails
• Blackberry Bramble
• Gin Fizz
• Bees Knees

If alcohol isn’t on the menu, consider the popular beverages of the time:

• Soft drinks garnished with fruit & fruit juices (ginger ale with maraschino cherry juice, decorated with cherries)
• Ginger Ale
• Coca-Cola
• Kool-Aid
• Lemonade
• Punch
• Orange Pekoe Tea

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RAGTIME
An early type of jazz, in vogue from about 1895 to 1920, usually written out rather than improvised. Most ragtime was played on the piano. Scott Joplin was the most famous composer of ragtime. Find it here.

JAZZ
The jazz decade saw the emergence of many of the great figures who defined the music for the world. Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Jack Teagarden, Fletcher Henderson – these giants set the standards for blues singing, big band arrangements, and solo improvisation that are the foundations for jazz. Find it here.

DO THE CHARLESTON
Originated in the early 20’s in illegal drinking places during the time of prohibition. The combination of a particular type of jazz music and the highly polished, slippery floors of the Speakeasies gave rise to an in and out flicking of the feet which essentially characterized the dance. See downloadable instructions above.Find it here.

SWING
A form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s. Swing is distinguished by a strong rhythm section, medium to fast tempo, and the distinctive swing time rhythm that is common to many forms of jazz. Find it here.

FOR FREE MUSIC
Try your local library for a number of compilations from the time.

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