Newport Vintage Dance Week
August 14 - January 20, 2006
Portsmouth Abbey School
285 Cory's Lane
Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871
The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers invite you to the Newport Vintage Dance Week which takes place in August at the seaside campus of the Portsmouth Abbey School, Newport County, Rhode Island. The Newport Vintage Dance Week is an opportunity to combine vintage dance with the pleasures of Victorian summer life. Classes will offer instruction in 19th and early 20th Century ballroom dancing. Teaching staff will include Idy Codington, Patri J. Pugliese, Cathy Stephens and Hannelore Unfried, and special musical guest Ian Whitcomb.
Formal evening events will include an 1860's ball at the Rotunda Ballroom at Newport's First Beach Carousel; an 1890's ball at the elegant Astors' Beechwood Mansion; a formal dinner and ragtime ball at the Glen Manor estate; and a turn of the century fancy dress (masquerade) ball. Other social events will include formal teas, croquet games and Victorian amusements, tours of nearby historic Newport and a New England lobster feast.
Housing will be on the Portsmouth Abbey School campus, a private secondary school located near Newport, Rhode Island. All meals are included (Monday dinner through Sunday breakfast).
Contact:
Hannah Roberts Artuso
(781) 662-8344 (before 10pm Eastern Time)
http://www.vintagedancers.org/
Portsmouth Abbey School
285 Cory's Lane
Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871
The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers invite you to the Newport Vintage Dance Week which takes place in August at the seaside campus of the Portsmouth Abbey School, Newport County, Rhode Island. The Newport Vintage Dance Week is an opportunity to combine vintage dance with the pleasures of Victorian summer life. Classes will offer instruction in 19th and early 20th Century ballroom dancing. Teaching staff will include Idy Codington, Patri J. Pugliese, Cathy Stephens and Hannelore Unfried, and special musical guest Ian Whitcomb.
Formal evening events will include an 1860's ball at the Rotunda Ballroom at Newport's First Beach Carousel; an 1890's ball at the elegant Astors' Beechwood Mansion; a formal dinner and ragtime ball at the Glen Manor estate; and a turn of the century fancy dress (masquerade) ball. Other social events will include formal teas, croquet games and Victorian amusements, tours of nearby historic Newport and a New England lobster feast.
Housing will be on the Portsmouth Abbey School campus, a private secondary school located near Newport, Rhode Island. All meals are included (Monday dinner through Sunday breakfast).
Contact:
Hannah Roberts Artuso
(781) 662-8344 (before 10pm Eastern Time)
http://www.vintagedancers.org/