How it all began...
The first Stage Door Canteen dance was set up and run by Deborah (Mrs.D) with her team of doughnut dollies at the War and Peace Show in 1998 in a small marquee with a tea urn, a few tables and chairs but lots of friends coming along for a cuppa in that hot Beltring sun! Tickets for the jump jive dance in the evening were for selected guests only and that fantastic night was to prompt many more in the following years.
Volunteers and Doughnut Dollies of the only Stage Door Canteen that took place at the War and Peace Show, 1998.
The Stage Door Canteen’s very first sign,
painted by Deborah and her son Lee in 1998.
Jump jiving at the Stage Door Canteen, 1998.
Staff rehearsing for the evening’s entertainment.
2010
12 years down the road we are delighted to say we are still here and have now given the Stage Door Canteen a BIGGER spring in its step to go on for many years to come!
DJ ‘Swing Shift’ Chris Reynolds
Katie, Laura and Siani, our Doughnut Dollies
Mike waiting on guests
Mr & Mrs. D outside Pratts Bottom Village Hall with the Stage Door Canteen car
Mrs. D. welcoming guests
Stage Door Canteen staff
Looking forward to greeting you at our next dance!
