THE RIVENDELL REVELS



The Lord of the Rings Ball

Saturday, February 2, 2013
Masonic Lodge of San Mateo
Doors Open: 6:45p.m.
Dance Lesson: 7:00 p.m.
Dancing Begins: 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $20.00 at the door


The Road goes ever on and on,
down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
and I must follow, if I can!
Pursuing it with eager feet,
until it joins some larger way,
where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.


Elves, wizards, hobbits, dwarves, and humans alike are welcome at Lord Elrond's grand ball at Rivendell in our tribute to "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" with glorious dance music - some of it Tolkien-inspired - by Celtic Fusion and Renaissance rock band Avalon Rising.

Dance waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, reels, set dances, and country dances, and such favourite Middle Earth dances as "The Congress of Rivendell Waltz," "The Merry Old Inn" (Bilbo's Polka), Gandalf's Spiral Dance, and "Sir Bard de Coverley." Some of the dances will be highly choreographed and will be taught and called at the ball, but others are open to improvisation and creativity. Avalon Rising's dance music varies from extremely elegant to wildly abandoned and is irresistibly danceable!

If you need a brush-up on your Middle Earth dance style, there will be a pre-ball dance class at 7:00pm. Formal dancing begins at 8.

Suggested attire is Medieval, Renaissance, Middle-Eastern, or even Victorian costume (for those of you who favor Hobbit style), and, of course, fantasy costumes inspired by "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" are admired but not required. Modern evening dress is perfectly acceptable and there is no dress code for the ball. If you are planning to dance, please do plan to wear shoes or boots that you can actually dance comfortably in (and that includes Hobbits. We'd seriously advise against dancing barefoot at such a popular event!). For everyone's safety, including the wearers, weapons should, of course, be peace-bonded.

For costume inspiration and as background information for the ball, we suggest Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The actual setting of the ball is Rivendell during Bilbo's party's first visit in "The Hobbit."

A no-host bar and a light Elvish snack buffet will be served (Our host would ordinarily offer complimentary drinks but, hearing that there would be as many as 13 dwarves present at the ball, Lord Elrond finds it necessary to charge a modest fee for drinks!). Our host graciously welcomes your potluck contributions to his table. Even the resources of the Last Homely House, the gifts of our co-hostess Lady Galadriel, and the magic of Gandalf can be strained by a well-attended ball!



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