A Scandalous Ball in Bohemia, New Haven, Connecticut (Saturday, March 27, 2010)

From the unpublished journals of J____ W______, M.D.

March 1, 188_

...after which unfortunate misadventure I arrived in his well-remembered chambers at a quarter to seven o'clock to find H_____ absent and an envelope to my address upon the mantel containing a  card of invitation for a most unusual ball:

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The honor of your presence is requested at

Eight o'clock P.M.
Saturday, March 27th
Pratt Hall

for an evening of Terpsichorean Delights in the company of

The most Bohemian citizens of London town, including 

EXPLORERS, Actors, Mesmerists, Gamblers, INVENTORS,
Artists, Opera-Dancers, WRITERS, Adventuresses,
Military Gentlemen, American Expatriates, and POETS. 

Fancy dress is Requested.

Absolute Discretion is assured to All in attendance.

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Coming up in just one short month: an 1880s Victorian Fancy Dress Ball in New Haven, Connecticut!  I will be precepting the ball to the lively music of expert dance band Spare Parts.  Dances will be a mix of popular couple dances of the 1880s (waltz, polka, galop, schottische) and period quadrilles and contra dances, with some cotillion figures (along these lines, though not that specific one) thrown in for fun.

This will be a fancy dress ball, meaning Victorian ball costumes -- not just evening dress, but dressing up as something/someone.  I'll be posting a bunch of information about Victorian fancy dress on the ball site and may repost some of it here as well.

Advance registration for the ball is $25.  $30 at the door, $15 for those 21 and under.

Full information about the ball is available on the ball website.  Registration opens March 1st.  As always, I'd be happy to see Kickery readers there!

Comments

[Wendy DiAngelis]

Can anyone tell me if there will be a lesson/workshop prior to the ball?

Thank you.

[Susan de Guardiola]

Hi Wendy,

Yes, there will be a pre-ball workshop at the same location from 3:00-5:00pm the afternoon of the ball.

[Kathleen Brzezinski]

Hi Susan,

Please post directions to Pratt Hall. Thank you.

Kathleen Brzezinski

[Susan de Guardiola]

Kathleen,
Directions to the ball are on the ball website linked in the post -- sorry you missed it!