Civilian Re-Enacting
If someone wants to get dressed up in a uniform, and march around playing "bang you're dead", it is generally not too difficult to find some kindred spirits to play with.
However, for those who are more interested in the more peaceful aspects of history, it is sometimes a bit harder.
Venetian Aristocrats at the Biltmore
We provided 18th Century Venetian Aristocrats to support a Los Angeles Master Chorale gala fundraiser at the Biltmore in 1992
What Makes a Good Living History Costume
Historical correctness, simplicity and appropriateness are what make a good costume for a living history interpreter.
Historical Correctness
In terms of historical correctness, it should, of course, be cut in a manner that is right for the time and place being portrayed. That should go without saying, but I have seen too many hoop skirts in 1880s portrayals and bustles lurking about the Civil War.
The Jane Austen Evening
A large scale annual event (every January) featuring tea and Regency era English Country Dance. From the Society for Manners & Merriment.
Social Daunce Irregulars Victorian Grand Ball
The largest and most successful Victorian dance group in Southern California. They have been staging Victorian balls in Pasadena for over 20 years.
How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide
How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and general useful information for dancers. (1878)
Dancing and its relations to education and social life
Dancing and its relations to education and social life, with a new method of instruction:
Prof. Clendenen's fashionable quadrille book and guide to etiquette.
Quoting extensively from L.H. Elmwell's 1892 dance manual, this treatise is aimed at prompters of quadrilles. The Manual includes a brief explanation of quadrille figures and etiquette (with emphasis on etiquette while performing quadrilles). Quadrille figures are included with appropriate calls for the prompter.
