Saturday, February 6, 2010
Location TBA
Doors Open 6:45 p.m.
Dance Lesson: 7:00 p.m.
Dancing Begins: 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by
January 30)
At the door: $20.00
New Orleans’ most
amusing hosts,
Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac, and their ward, Mlle.
Claudia,
invite you to a joyous Mardi Gras Ball in true Nineteenth century
ante-bellum
New Orleans style. Suggested attire is period costume, fantasy Mardi
Gras
costume, or a fanciful version of period costume (18th and 19th
century costume is especially fashionable for Mardi Gras but any
earlier
historical period costume works well, too). Modern evening dress is
perfectly
acceptable, however, and there is no dress code for the ball. To
protect your
reputation, masks are strongly recommended.
For the
festivities, our hosts
have engaged the celebrated French-American ensemble, the Baguette
Quartette,
to play an exquisite mix of waltzes, polkas, schottisches, mazurkas,
Les
Lanciers and other popular mid-Victorian couple and set dances (both
French and
English), as well as the ever-popular Congress of Vienna Waltz and the
new
South American imports Le Tango and La Samba. As usual, all set dances
will be
briefly taught or called at the ball, partners are not required. There
will be
a pre-ball vintage dance lesson at 7:00 pm, including 19th
century
rotary waltz and polka, vintage samba, and the turn of the century
one-step
tango.
Our charming host
promises to
entertain you at intermission with a short performance by the
celebrated Le
Theatre des Vampires - the most innovative theater company in
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