Wurlitzer Tea Dance with Elizabeth Harrison

Elizabeth Harrison brings a Wurlitzer tea dance to Assembly Hall on Saturday 9 January, starting at 14:00. It's an afternoon session rather than an evening one, and it runs for two and a half hours, so you'll be out well before dinner.

If you're not familiar with the name, Harrison is a concert organist who's played across Great Britain. She started on the organ as a child and won the junior section of the North West Organist of the Year competition when she was just 14, and her style comes from the great tradition of theatre organ music. That's the kind of sound that fits a tea dance: lively, expressive, and varied, with plenty of room to get up and move if that's your thing.

One of the things that sets her apart is how she works. She plays by ear and performs without sheet music, drawing on a wide repertoire she's committed to memory. She's equally at home on electronic and pipe organs, and this is a Wurlitzer afternoon, so the sound will be that distinct theatre organ tone. It's a session that's as much about the dancing as it is about the music, with the organ providing the live soundtrack for the whole thing.

It's at Assembly Hall on Stoke Abbott Road, BN11 1HQ, in Worthing. Tickets start from £17, and the whole thing kicks off at 14:00 on Saturday 9 January.