A word to any Maryland-or-vicinity Rixo folks:
I'm going to be precepting a Victorian Steampunk Ball in Baltimore this Saturday, January 23rd, 2010, as a fundraiser for research against Multiple Sclerosis. Dancing will be creatively Victorian, to a mix of Victorian and modern music. That means a mix of called set dances (contras and quadrilles) and couple dances (waltzes, polkas, schottisches). There will be ample instruction and the set dances in particular are very beginner-friendly. And yes, we will do my "Airship Pirates" quadrille in its beginner-friendly version!
For more information:
There's also a Facebook page, but damned if I can figure out how to link to it directly from outside Facebook. Color me clueless!
Any help spreading the word would be appreciated, and it would be great to see more friends there!
I can't help with links to Facebook pages, but I posted about the ball on my blog. I wish you a great time, Susan!
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2010 at 01:17 AM
we will do my "Airship Pirates" quadrille in its beginner-friendly version
That presumably mean that nobody will be hanging from the ceiling, unlike what we saw in that band's video.
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Nope, this is fairly sedate and merely involves walking in kaleidoscopic (gear-like) patterns.
Thanks for the signal boost; anyone else with a LJ or blog or who participates in one with a lot of traffic, feel free to do the same. I'm donating my time, so more people makes no difference financially to me, but the more people the better for MS fundraising!
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 21, 2010 at 12:50 PM
I'm hoping to be there. Still need to coordinate all the details, but I'm pretty sure I can make it. Should be fun.
Posted by: Bill G. | January 21, 2010 at 12:57 PM
You're welcome, Susan. I just posted a link to this on Facebook.
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2010 at 01:10 PM
...and I see that Tania Clucas posted my link on her own Facebook page.
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2010 at 02:46 PM
I just put a link to this post on Making Light, also pointing out that this was a fundraiser for research against MS.
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2010 at 08:13 PM
Well, I'm arriving in downtown Baltimore right now via SteamBoltBus (I love me my Boltbus!)
Probably AFK until late tonight or tomorrow.
Cross your fingers that the new and even more exciting version of the Airship Pirates quadrille goes well!
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 23, 2010 at 04:23 PM
Knock their socks off, Susan!
Just not while they're dancing.
Posted by: Serge | January 23, 2010 at 06:02 PM
Well, it's already late tonight, so I suppose it's too late for finger-crossing... but I hope it went well, and that much money was raised for MS research!
Posted by: AJ | January 24, 2010 at 12:35 AM
It went pretty well! Not as many people for dancing as I'd hoped, but we did a lot of it. Ended up doing more difficult version of Airship Pirates Quadrille, which went extremely well, but just for one set of experienced dancers. I got a few pictures, which I will process when I get home. I'll also be posting my playlist, since folks were interested.
My big red hat is a total pain to travel with. Just saying.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 24, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Ah yes, the giant Red Hat... By the way, do you have any photos of the two of us from after last year's Hugo Ceremonies, me wearing my steampunk-scientist outfit, and you with the aforementionned hat, which, when combined with the Repo boots, made you noticeably taller than me?
Posted by: Serge | January 24, 2010 at 11:09 AM