The Pleasure of your Company
is cordially requested at the
Holiday Ball
of the
Jane Austen Society of North America
Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter
Sunday, December 7, 2003
1 o’clock
Terrace Room, University of Portland
Tea Menu
Sherry, tea sandwiches, fruit, cheese and crackers, strawberry cream cake, coffee and tea
Announcements
Welcome: Karen Vaught-Alexander, Co-coordinator
Reading Group: Patricia Fulbright
Chapter Business and Introductions: Susan Schwartz, Co-coordinator
Holiday Ball
Members of the Portland Country Dance Community will open the ball with a demonstration of one of the dances used in the 1996 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice, after which they will invite as many as will to join them in learning and doing some of the dances of Jane Austen’s time, as taught by our own Dancing Master and accompanied by three musicians. Regency dress or your holiday best - and comfortable dancing shoes - will make this an especially fun and festive occasion. It is rumored that Miss Jane Austen is to attend this birthday event.
Raffle for a Holiday Gift Basket
Designed for the Particular interests of a JASNA Member.
DANCING MASTER*
Mary Devlin
DANCERS*
| Brian Carlson | Patricia Fulbright |
| Karsten Kelly | Sylvia Giustina |
| Mike Lassner | Molly Libby |
| Andy Peterson | Linda Mattson |
| Rick Rust | Elinor Preston |
| Jim Seagraves | Anna Quillen |
| Dave Vogl | Bernice Rust |
| Robert Wade | Annette Wade |
MUSICIANS*
Paula Hamlin, flute
Sue Songer, piano
Kathleen Towers, violin
*Members of the Portland Country Dance Community
DANCES
Demonstration:
Mr. Beveridge’s Maggott (c. 1700), a dance used in the 1996 BBC film version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. (Here “Maggott” means “whim” or “fancy.”)
For all:
Half Hannikin (1651)
Christchurch Bells (1728)
Miss Pultney’s Fancy (1791)
Black Jack (1731)
Sellenger’s Round (1670)