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    A Victorian Twelfth Night Ball (The Dickens Fair Reunion Ball)

    A Victorian Twelfth Night Ball (The Dickens Fair Reunion Ball)

    PEERS - Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation

    January 5, 2008

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    Dance, sing, feast and game at the season's loveliest old-fashioned holiday party - a 12th Night Ball hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Bangers and Mash, the Bay Area's most irresistible country dance band will play a variety of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, schottisches, reels, and country dances popular in the early and mid-19th century (As usual, all set dances will be taught or called and partners are not required. Introductions to partners will be cheerfully provided!). There will also be a pre-ball Victorian dance class at 7:00 pm. Intermission entertainment includes a short performance by the Peerless Music Hall - an audience-interactive entertainment including racy, romantic, and highly danceable popular songs of the day - and featuring the Peerless Beauty Chorus. Gamers may enjoy either an intellectual game of whist or a rollicking game of Wink, and the evening will conclude with a glorious Hallelujah Chorus sing-a-long. The ball's guest of honour is rumored to be none other than Mr. Charles Dickens himself. Suggested costume is evening or day dress from 1837 through 1870 (the heyday of Dickens' career), any class. Modern evening dress is, as always, a completely acceptable substitute for period costume and there is no dress code for the evening. Ladies, if you're wearing a ballgown or evening gown, please be sure to bring a wrap since the ballroom will be cold before the dancing starts. Once we start dancing, the ballroom warms up beautifully!

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: TBA

      Info Phone: 510-522-1731

    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      January 5, 2008

      Times:
      TBA

    • Venue Info

      San Mateo Masonic Lodge

      100 N. Ellsworth Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401

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