Due to some altered circumstances, our original callers, Emily & Jennifer Duff from Old Dominion Dance, will no longer be able to join us for our ball. While we will miss them, we are also looking forward to having the talent of Mr. Thomas Senior in calling our ball. Tara and I danced under Mr. Senior's tutelage at a dance back in May and had a marvelous time. He'll be bringing us some new dances which I know everyone will enjoy!
We're still looking for RSVP's from over half of our invitees! Pleeeeeeease (with sugar and a cherry on top) RSVP if you have not already.
Anybody making outfits? We got the fabric for ours, and then fell ill with the flu for over a week so it's all sitting in bags waiting to be transformed...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
You can still RSVP!
The RSVP date is past, but we are still accepting RSVPs, so please let us know if you are, or are not coming to the ball! We haven't heard from many of you, and we'd like to know if you are planning on attending or not! It doesn't take that long to fill out the form, or send an email, or make a phone call! :)
Saturday, January 14, 2012
A few more details!
Alright, everyone, some more news concerning the most elegant and enjoyable event of the year. :-)
Most importantly, we have secured our dance caller...s. :-) Misses Emily and Jennifer Duff, of Old Dominion Dance, will be traveling all the way from Omaha for our ball! The Miss Duffs are accomplished dancers and dance callers and we are looking forward to benefiting from their expertise. Of course that does mean we are adding another lady to the number dancing, and so...
...please RSVP! As of this moment we only have 14 people who are RSVP'd (including all of us hosts and hostesses). And that's 9 ladies and 5 gentlemen, and though I'm sure we'd still have fun, we don't really want to shell out tons of $$$ if that's all that shows up. :-) Tomorrow is the official RSVP date, so please send in your RSVP's as soon as possible!
Most importantly, we have secured our dance caller...s. :-) Misses Emily and Jennifer Duff, of Old Dominion Dance, will be traveling all the way from Omaha for our ball! The Miss Duffs are accomplished dancers and dance callers and we are looking forward to benefiting from their expertise. Of course that does mean we are adding another lady to the number dancing, and so...
...please RSVP! As of this moment we only have 14 people who are RSVP'd (including all of us hosts and hostesses). And that's 9 ladies and 5 gentlemen, and though I'm sure we'd still have fun, we don't really want to shell out tons of $$$ if that's all that shows up. :-) Tomorrow is the official RSVP date, so please send in your RSVP's as soon as possible!
Kitty: And Mr. Bingley is to bring six ladies and four gentlemen to the ball.
Lydia: No, it was twelve ladies and seven gentlemen.
Elizabeth: Too many ladies.
A&E Pride & Prejudice
Friday, January 6, 2012
The Dancing
A few people have asked what kind of dancing we will be doing, since it's a 1912 themed ball. Though it may not technically be correct for the period, here we'll be deviating from "authentic as possible" and we will be doing our usual English Country dancing. Just for the record, we're not big fans of the Patty-Cake Polka. :-) We're still figuring out details of the dance caller and what dances we will actually do, but as we get that figured out we'll try to post what dances we'll be doing with some tutorials so you can be prepared ahead of time - and we can spend less time learning the dances at the ball and more time actually DANCING!
*Edit: I just found out from a gentleman we are considering for a dance caller, and he mentioned that with the beginning of the jazz age at this period, and more "jazzy" dancing, English Country dancing was actually revived in response to that! I thought that was interesting!
*Edit: I just found out from a gentleman we are considering for a dance caller, and he mentioned that with the beginning of the jazz age at this period, and more "jazzy" dancing, English Country dancing was actually revived in response to that! I thought that was interesting!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Titanic Ball Details!
If you are visiting this blog you have probably received an invitation to the Titanic Ball commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Here are the details of the ball, just in case you accidentally threw away your invitation and need them. :-) (And just in case any strangers stumble on this, you do have to be invited to attend. Sorry!).
Saturday, April 21, 2012
6:30 p.m.
at the Park Place Post Hall
406 W. Woodstock Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
1912 period attire is encouraged. We'll be posting more about this later here on the blog.
Dancing will begin promptly at 7:00p.m. and
will conclude at 11:00p.m.
Beverages and light refreshments will be served.
There is no charge to attend the ball, though we would very much appreciate a contribution to help us with the cost of the facility, edibles, dance caller, etc., if you are able.
The favor of a reply is requested by January 15, 2012.
You can RSVP by either:
Calling: 815-578-9023
Emailing: titanicball(at)gmail.com
This event is for ages 14 and up.
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