Let's Get Ready for the Rose Bowl Dance!

How to prepare for the dance

Find your tickets - View invitation

Ticket Purchases - Unfortunately, due to the capacity of the venue the Rose Bowl Dance is sold out. Please call the Larkspur Recreation Department at 927-6746 to register your name on the wait list for tickets.

Make dinner reservations - ask your friends to join you at one of the participating restaurants below

Left Bank Brasserie	927-3331
Ward Street Café	924-2493
Lark Creek Inn	924-7766
Picco Restaurant	924-0300
Yankee Pier	924-7676
D.J. Chinese Cuisine	924-0717
Ambrosia Pizza, Pasta & Wine	924-9292
Ristorante Fabrizio	924-3332

Sign up for dance lessons - View Announcement

Register at the Larkspur Recreation Department for one or more of our Thursday evening sessions, 927-6746. $15 per couple, $10 for singles, per session.

- August 28 - Hall Gym 7-8:30 PM
- September 4 - Hall Gym 7-8:30 PM
- September 11 - Neil Cummins Gym 7-8:30 PM

Lessons provided by Cynthia Glinka

Select your vintage outfit - pick an era to emulate

- Vintage Portraits Jude Mooney Photography will be on site to capture the moment
- Remember to pick sensible shoes for uneven landscape
- Coat check available to check your hats & gloves

- See photos and vintage websites
• Dress Making Research
• Fashion Era - Short reviews of each period
• Fashion Era - Costume History
• Costumers Manifesto - Links to period costumes
• Vintage Vixen - Facts & fads for each decade
• Head Over Heals - Emphasizes shoes and men's fashions
• Google: Vintage Clothing, Oxford Suit, Oxford Baggies, Fedora
• Uniforms - The Rose Bowl ran through WW I and WW II, so uniforms were standard attire on the dance floor

Read up on the history of the Rose Bowl Dance

Remember the Rose Bowl Story by Jerry Flamm
Rose Bowl Photographs
Larkspur Firehouse Museum

Transportation by San Francisco Trolleys

Travel from City Hall to the dance by trolley all night from 7:30 - 1:00 AM
Parking available at St. Patrick's church on Locust Avenue.
Parking also available at the corner or Magnolia & Bon Air Road.

At The Dance

Music by
Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
Dick Bright Orchestra
Ready Willing & Mabel


Food - Appetizers provided by Left Bank Brasserie

Drinks - Drink Tickets available; cash only

Sponsors for the Larkspur Centennial Celebration and Rose Bowl Dance

Escalle Winery
Mary Tiscornia for donating the use of the winery for this special evening

Mt. Tamalpais Sponsors
Bon Air Shopping Center
Dennis and Susan Gilardi
The Marin Independent Journal
The McLeran Family

Magnolia sponsors
The "M&M" team
Campus Property Group
Marin Sanitary Service
Lee and Eva Ceccotti & Eugene Ceccotti
The Left Bank
Supervisor Hal Brown & The County of Marin
In memory of Gil Slusher/Paul schaeffer

Madrone Sponsors
Skylark Apartments/Pell Family Foundation
Nancy Curley
Marin Airporter
Larkspur Hotels
Emporio Rulli
GPM, Printing, mailing Services
State of California/Recycling Grant

Redwood Sponsors
Monahan Pacific Co.
Larkspur Landing
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, LLP
Equity Office partners
Bill and Marian Howard
The Headlands Foundation
Helen Heitkamp
Red Robin Caterers

Eliseo Sponsors
Rose Bowl Apartments, the Peters Family
Donna and Chuck Huggins
Meyers Nave
Cost Plus Plaza
Marriott Hotel, Larkspur Landing
Gary T. Ragghianti
Henry Weinhards Root Beer
Madrone Canyon Parade Fund

Little King Mountain Sponsors
Brock and Mary Wagstaff
Bill and Sally Marshall
Lisa Lange & Kathleen Daly
Kaiser Permanente
Lapperts Ice Cream
The Tamalpais
Sharon Faccinto

Buckeye Sponsors
Sally Swanson
Burritoville, Larkspur

Lupine Sponsors
Hunan First Restaurant
Jay and Susan Gregg
Larkspur Landing Veterinary Hospital
GVC Financial Services
Guilio and Marian Boeri
Karin Hobbel
Robert Beadle
Mallory Co., CPA
Nancy Kaufman
Linda and Ted Chauncey
Karen Laffey
Peets Coffee and Tea