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Dance, sing, and play as we bring the holiday season to a close at a delightful old-fashioned Victorian party, in the style made famous in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.Greenwich Mean Time, the delightful dance band of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair,, 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!
Light refreshments and our usual excellent No Host (cash) bar will be available to guests.
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Alameda Elks Lodge #1015, 2255 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda, CA 94501-4416, United States
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