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Saturday, January 6, 2024
Alameda Elks Lodge
2255
Santa Clara Ave, Alameda
Doors Open: 6:30 p.m.
Dance Lesson: 7:00 p.m.
Dancing Begins: 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $30 (Sold in Advance Only)
This event has sold out. There are no more tickets available, and tickets will not be sold at the door.
Dance, sing, and play at the season's loveliest old-fashioned
party hosted by Mr. Fezziwig from Charles Dickens'
A Christmas Carol.
Greenwich Mean Time, the Bay Area's most irresistible country dance band, will play a
variety of Viennese and rotary waltzes, polkas, mazurka waltzes,
schottisches, reels, and other set dances popular in the early
and mid-19th century. As usual, all set dances will be taught or called.
There will be an introductory dance class in
Victorian ballroom dance at 7 pm followed by formal dancing from 8pm to midnight
Suggested costume is evening or day dress from 1837 through 1870
(the heyday of Dickens' literary 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. If
you're wearing a ball gown 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!
Note: Children under 12 have free admission to the ball but, for their own
safety, must be supervised and MUST have an adult partner on the dance floor.
