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Rent parties or Skiffles as they were also known originated in
the South with Church socials designed to raise money. The rent
party was refined in Harlem to raise the funds to pay the rent.
By 1932, Harlem's landlord's were charging newcomers exorbitant
rents in their buildings during the depression and in order to
pay these high rents, rent parties were thrown and was a
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good cheap excuse to get together and socialize.
- The rent party was a place everyone
could let loose. Usually the rent party consisted of a stride
pianist, someone's home or Building, Alcohol and plenty of home
cooked food, such as "Hog Maws, Pickled Pigs Tails/ Feet,
Southern Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Chittlin's, Corn Bread,
Crab Soup, Red Beans & Rice, and sometimes Chinese dishes
such as Chop Suey. Much alcohol was supplied to these socials.
Dancers would dance in the living rooms to the music supplied
by the Musician (s). These played a major part in the development
in Jazz and Blues Music.
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