The historic events immerse people in history and include music, dress, manners and dance. Here is an excerpt of why include dance:
Historic dance gives us an opportunity to learn about the people, manners, and thinking of the past and perhaps experience the joy of recovering aspects of our wonderful (but often ignored or forgotten) cultural heritage. Historic dance is clean fun, good exercise and we believe a valuable asset in learning proper attitudes toward other ladies and gentlemen, particularly members of the opposite sex. Young (as well as older) persons are put in a framework of looking upon the other gender not as mere objects but as real persons worthy of grace, respect and honorable treatment. Since historic dances were multi-generational events, they are wonderful family activities and a good tool for connecting age groups who might otherwise have little interaction with one another. Historic dance also gives the opportunity for all of us to polish our manners. The pleasant, cheerful formality of such an evening stands as an enjoyable contrast to what is often experienced in our modern culture at large. Last but not least, historic dance makes people happy.
I would have loved to go to this 2006 Pride and Prejudice Ball!
