“It is such happiness when good people get together--and they always do.”
-- Jane Austen, Emma
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We at the OR & SW Washington
Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) have 5 reading
group meetings and 2 special programs each year. The reading groups are
free, fun, lively, informal discussions held in a member's home with tea
and light refreshments (although we always manage to make lunch of it).
The spring and winter programs usually have a keynote speaker and other
interesting activities.
Our annual December program celebrates both Jane's birthday (December 16, 1775) and the holiday season. For December 2003 we are enjoying a Regency Ball with a Dance Master and presentation of English Country dancing. For December 2002 we had a speaker on "Jane Austen and the Royal Navy" (in full dress uniform). Our region does not charge any dues,
but to remain on our mailing list, we ask that you become a member of the
National organization. That would entitle you to the newsletter, the
journal Persuasions, and attendance at the Annual General Meeting,
as well as a place on our list for all local announcements. We sometimes
send out notices of other Jane-related activities in the area and have
been known to get together as a group for a movie, play, or concert that
we know our members would enjoy. Susan Schwartz, Co-Coordinator |