Catalina Island, California

Here’s a few quick pics of me in Avalon (yes, like the song) on Catalina Island, for the Catalina Jazz Dance Festival in November 2010. The first is on the ferry over with the Casino Ballroom in the background, and the second with Miss Catalina 2010, on the slab. Round sunglasses are Top Shop, the aviator jacket is Zara, the dress is vintage 1950s from Eons in Pittsburgh, the yellow scarf from Thriftique in Pittsburgh, the cream scarf from a vintage market in Paris. I’m going back to the 2011 festival for sure! Beautiful weather, great bands, and the most beautiful ballroom I’ve ever been in in my life. And this time I’m bringing a vintage bathing suit and I’m going to strut my stuff for the Miss Catalina contest. Come on ladies, who else is in?

1950s vintage does well for my Cakewalk routine…

Well it’s far from historically accurate, but anyway I’ve been wearing an early 50’s tartan dress as a costume for my new Cakewalk number with Juan, so I thought I’d post up a photo. We do a lot of high kicks, so it was a nice opportunity to wear a frilly crinoline – again, completely historically inaccurate, but has a nice effect on stage. Yay, frills!

Sharon Davis & Juan Villafane