April is going to be fun! I'll be heading to Chicago to run dance workshops and a ball for a Regency-themed LARP and an evening of 18th and 19th century French dance, to Massachusetts for the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA), and then down to Staten Island (NYC) for an 1824 Lafayette Ball. I don't put library days on my schedule, but I'll have time this month at both the New York Public Library and the Newberry. In between I'll try to keep catching up on cataloguing material from previous library trips!
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Sunday, April 7th ~ ONLINE (Chicago-based)
Lies & Liability pre-LARP webinar for Grimmoire Productions
4:00-5:00pm Central time. Private event for attendees of the Lies & Liability LARP (registration is closed).
Friday-Sunday, April 12-14th ~ Racine, Wisconsin (Chicago area)
Lies & Liability (Grimmoire Productions)
A weekend of live-action role-playing set in 1803! I will be giving dance lessons and conducting the ball (recorded music) on Saturday night. Registration for this event is closed.
Sunday, April 14th ~ Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Chicago area)
Dance in France for Chicagoland English Country Dance and Alliance Française DuPage
6:00-9:00pm. Historic dances from 18th and 19th century France as part of a weekend of French-themed dance including a Bal Folk evening on the 13th. $15 per person per evening. No reservation needed, pay at the door. More information at the event website.
Friday-Sunday, April 19th-21st ~ Massachusetts
The New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA) Festival
Large folk festival with all kinds of music and dance. The hopefully-final schedule is up. Barring any last-minute changes, I am going to be teaching 1910s foxtrot on Sunday at 10:00am and nineteenth-century galopades of various kinds on Sunday at 1:30pm. I expect to be around on Saturday as well, enjoying the dance and music. Tickets are now on sale!
Saturday, April 27th ~ Staten Island, NY (New York City)
Lafayette Bicentennial Ball for Historic Richmond Town
7:30-10:30pm. 1824 ball celebrating Lafayette's first stop in the USA on his tour as Our National Guest: Staten Island! I will be teaching and calling the dances to recorded music. Period costume encouraged but not required. Tickets $50, or $40 for members for members of Historic Richmond Town, available from their website. Do not delay; event is expected to sell out!
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I am available to travel for in-person dance teaching, lecturing, and ball precepting. I am also still available for private or group online lessons and talks via Skype or Zoom (or your videoconferencing software of choice). Please email me directly if you would like to schedule an event or workshop!
Coming in May: a folk festival in the UK and a Bridgerton-style fantasy-Regency ball in Connecticut! (The latter has been canceled.)
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