The island's primary schools have also been involved in anniversary celebrations, with assemblies, a tea dance and poetry, poster and art competitions.

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The Mayor's Tea Dance is a monthly initiative and will take place in different communities across the city all year.

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Margaret Danes is a regular tea dance goer.

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Elsewhere, 32 towns and cities will host 200 hours of festivities including an aerial tightrope walk in Coventry, a world record sing-a-long attempt in Manchester and the UK's biggest tea dance in Plymouth.

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When we owned and operated a fried chicken franchise, one of our promotions involved 800 gallons of iced tea, 20, 000 nickels, and a couple of dozen high school cheerleaders and dance team members.

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