{"id":7924,"date":"2018-05-18T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T15:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/?page_id=7924"},"modified":"2019-02-22T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T15:16:00","slug":"bal-a-bath-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/en\/bal-a-bath-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Chestnut\u2019s 10th annual Costume Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/bal-a-bath-en-mai-2017\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/bal-a-bath-en-mai-2017\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6975 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-1-300x180.png\" alt=\"logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-1-100x60.png 100w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-1-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-1-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo_100_transparent_vertchestnut2-1-600x361.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/bal-a-bath-2019\/logo-asso-partir-detente-3\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/bal-a-bath-2019\/logo-asso-partir-detente-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8668 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Logo-Asso-Partir-D\u00e9tente.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Logo-Asso-Partir-D\u00e9tente.png 104w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Logo-Asso-Partir-D\u00e9tente-100x90.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/bal-a-bath-2019\/logo-asso-partir-detente-3\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For the second time, Chestnut, the Paris-based company of English figure dances headed by C\u00e9cile Laye, has chosen the Bath <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/bath-assembly-rooms\">Assembly Rooms<\/a>\u00a0for:<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/en\/bal-a-bath-2019\/flyer-english-bath-2019\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8789 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flyer-English-Bath-2019-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flyer-English-Bath-2019-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flyer-English-Bath-2019-100x141.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flyer-English-Bath-2019-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flyer-English-Bath-2019-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flyer-English-Bath-2019-600x848.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flyer-English-Bath-2019.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Chestnut\u2019s 10th annual Costume Ball<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Presided over in a friendly manner \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>by\u00a0Hazel and Robert MOIR<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Friday, May 31, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"sum\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Summary<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#dp\">Programme of the day<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#orga\">Organisation and construction of the Chestnut&#8217;s costume ball<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#pb\">Programme of the ball<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#prepa\">Preparing for the ball<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#dc\">Dress code<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#mus\">Musicians<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#price\">Price<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#regi\">Registration<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#info\">Information<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#fly\">Flyer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5275\" style=\"width: 310px\"  class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/captures-vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5275 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/captures-vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"captures vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/captures-vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/captures-vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/captures-vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/captures-vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/captures-vlc2015-06-27-12h03m36s66.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Royal Crescent, Bath<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5273\" style=\"width: 310px\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WP_20150516_007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5273 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WP_20150516_007-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20150516_007\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WP_20150516_007-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WP_20150516_007-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WP_20150516_007-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WP_20150516_007-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Ballroom &#8211; Assembly Rooms, Bath<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5287\" style=\"width: 257px\"  class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bath-Historic-Georgian-Chandeliers-Receive-UO83WAVHOa6l.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5287\" src=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bath-Historic-Georgian-Chandeliers-Receive-UO83WAVHOa6l-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"La grande salle de bal vous attend !\" width=\"247\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bath-Historic-Georgian-Chandeliers-Receive-UO83WAVHOa6l-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bath-Historic-Georgian-Chandeliers-Receive-UO83WAVHOa6l-100x68.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bath-Historic-Georgian-Chandeliers-Receive-UO83WAVHOa6l.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The ballroom is ready for you !<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"dp\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">PROGRAMME of Friday, May 31 2019 Ball :<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">9.30 am \u2013 01.30 pm Rehearsal in the Assembly Rooms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">07.00 pm Opening of the Costume Ball<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">09.00 pm Buffet \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/searcys.co.uk\/venues\/assembly-rooms\/#.VvZeb2ThAvo\">Searcys<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">11.30 pm Conclusion of the Ball<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"orga\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">ORGANISATION and construction of Chestnut\u2019s Costume Ball:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The 10th Costume Ball organised by Chestnut will take place in the ball room of the upper Assembly Rooms in Bath (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.fr\/maps\/place\/Bath+Assembly+Rooms\/@51.386204,-2.3650316,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4871816b552b2657:0x97ccf667b29da75e!8m2!3d51.386204!4d-2.3628429\">upper\u00a0<strong>Assembly Rooms<\/strong><\/a>); the ballroom and the rest of the building were designed by John Wood the younger and inaugurated on September 30, 1771, five years before Jane Austen was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The May 31, 2019 ball will not be limited to dances of the Regency period<\/strong>. Rather, it is meant as a retrospective of English figure country dances, covering four historical periods and with dances graded from easy to advanced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Categories of dancers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In order to better satisfy all taking part in the ball &#8211; dancers and onlookers- the dances fall into three categories, each meant for a particular group of dancers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Persons who do not usually dance (the general public)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Beginners who have taken the monthly workshops or the intensive workshop for beginners<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dancers who have prepared the most difficult dances on the programme during the PCB half-day workshops or the intensive workshops for advanced dancers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The dances &#8211; Grade of difficulty<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">1<sup>st<\/sup>grade dances will be open to all (all three categories and the general public)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">2<sup>nd<\/sup>grade dances are meant for Beginners and Advanced dancers. The sets will have been built beforehand during the workshops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">3rd grade dances are open only to the Advanced category. For these dances the sets will have been built beforehand during the workshops.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Set building<\/strong>: the composition of all sets will have been determined before the Ball for some of the 2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>grade dances and all of the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u00a0grade ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"pb\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Programme of the ball:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Arrival in a procession of all costumed dancers to Assembly Rooms<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Welcome by the Presidency<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Beginning of the ball\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Part I: In the Beginning\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Drive the Cold Winter away\u00a0(1<sup>st\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Argeers (3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Northern Nancy\u00a0(1<sup>st<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Adson\u2019s Saraband\u00a0(3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Demonstration:\u00a0\u00a0The Merry Milkmaids<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Part II:\u00a0After the monopoly<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The Round (2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The Humours of the Age\u00a0(3<sup>rd\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The Cuckoo\u00a0(2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>3-time sequel (Mr Beveridge\u2019s Maggot \/ Mr Isaac\u2019s Maggot)\u00a0(3<sup>rd\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Sicilian Circle sequel (La Pantomime and Market Day)\u00a0(1<sup>st<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Pause : buffet <\/strong>(prepared by <a href=\"http:\/\/searcys.co.uk\/venues\/assembly-rooms\/#.VvZeb2ThAvo\">Searcys<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Part III:\u00a0From Jane to Victoria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>La Fille du Pasteur\u00a0(1<sup>st<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Ramsgate Assembly\u00a0(2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Demonstration:\u00a0A variation on summer<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>________________________________________\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Lady Caroline Bertie\u00a0(1<sup>st<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Cotillon Les Ombres Chinoises\u00a0(3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>La Galopade, a mixer\u00a0(1<sup>st<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>La R\u00e9volution de la France\u00a0(3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Part IV:\u00a0The New Choreographers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Haste to the Wedding\u00a0(1<sup>st\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Elspeth\u00a0(3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Heidenr\u00f6slein\u00a0(2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Celui qui Chantait\u00a0(1<sup>st<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Demonstration: Boadicea (choregraphy by C\u00e9cile Laye)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Quite Carried Away (2<sup>nd<\/sup>grade)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Westminster Hall\u00a0(3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The Slip\u00a0(2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>grade)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">End of the Ball<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"dc\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">DRESS CODE:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>All dancers in Regency dress, as fitting in such a superb ballroom. Onlookers to dress formally.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"mus\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">MUSICIANS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Music for the ball will be played by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marionferme.net\/early_music\/the_theater_of_music\/\">The Theater of Music<\/a>\u2013 Marion Ferm\u00e9\u00a0(4 musicians) :<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8374\" style=\"width: 310px\"  class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marionferme.net\/early_music\/the_theater_of_music\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8374 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4922-300x199-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4922-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4922-300x199-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Theater of Music &#8211; Marion Ferm\u00e9&#8217;s musicians<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8373\" style=\"width: 233px\"  class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marionferme.net\/early_music\/the_theater_of_music\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8373 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frontpage_hauptbild-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frontpage_hauptbild-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frontpage_hauptbild-100x135.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frontpage_hauptbild.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Marion Ferm\u00e9 &#8211; The Theater of Music<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marionferme.net\/early_music\/the_theater_of_music\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8372\" src=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cd_2_theater.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cd_2_theater.jpg 260w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cd_2_theater-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chestnut.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cd_2_theater-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"prepa\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">PREPARING for the Costume Ball, for our British friends: <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Depending on the number of British dancers proposing to attend the Ball, a workshop led by Robert Moir may be arranged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:rhmoir@icloud.com\">rhmoir@icloud.com<\/a>or 01594 510276.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>For your information, here is how Chestnut members and dancers are preparing for this Ball: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Half-day monthly workshops of Preparation for the Costume Ball (PCB) for advanced dancers, on Satutday afternoons (14:30-17:30 \/<strong><u>Venue B, Paris 12<\/u><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/tarifs-2018-2019\/\"><strong>Prices<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong>\u00a0 and workshops for beginners the following day (Sunday 10:30-16:30 \/ (<a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/lieux\/#lieua\"><strong>Venue A, Paris 14 \/\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/tarifs-2018-2019\/\"><strong>Prices<\/strong><\/a><strong>), on\u00a0<\/strong><u>September<\/u>\u00a029-30 \/\u00a0<u>November<\/u>\u00a010-11 \/\u00a0<u>D\u00e9cember<\/u>\u00a08-9 \/\u00a0<u>January<\/u>12-13 \/\u00a0<u>February<\/u><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>9-10 \/\u00a0<u>March<\/u>\u00a0 16-17 \/\u00a0<u>April<\/u>\u00a0 6-7 \/\u00a0<u>May<\/u>\u00a0 18-19<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Intensive workshops over several days (for beginners, intermediate and advanced dancers) to be held during the Easter Holidays (<a href=\"http:\/\/chestnut.fr\/lieux\/#lieua\"><strong>Venue A, Paris 14)<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0PCB for beginners: April 22-23-24, 2019 \/\u00a0PCB for advanced dancers\u00a0: April 25-28, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"price\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">SPECIAL PRICE for our British friends: \u00a348 per dancer<\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Including\u00a0:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8211; Friday morning rehearsal (May 31, 2019 from 9:30 to 13:30)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8211; the Costume Ball (4 musicians)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8211; the buffet \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/searcys.co.uk\/venues\/assembly-rooms\/#.VvZeb2ThAvo\">Searcys<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Please note it does NOT include :<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>&#8211; lodgings <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>&#8211; Friday lunch \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"regi\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">REGISTRATION: <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">in Great Britain, registration and payment (\u00a348) should be made with Hazel and Robert Moir, with a cheque to Wye Valley Folk Dance Group or a bank transfer.\u00a0Contact: <a href=\"mailto:rhmoir@icloud.com\">rhmoir@icloud.com<\/a> or 01594 510276.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"info\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">INFORMATION: <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rhmoir@icloud.com\">rhmoir@icloud.com<\/a> or 01594 510276.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"fly\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">FLYER: <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chestnut.fr\/bal-a-bath-2019\/flyer-english-bath-2019-2\/\">Flyer Chestnut Bath 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#sum\">Summary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; For the second time, Chestnut, the Paris-based company of English figure dances headed by C\u00e9cile Laye, has chosen the Bath Assembly Rooms\u00a0for: Chestnut\u2019s 10th annual Costume Ball Presided over in a friendly manner \u00a0 by\u00a0Hazel and Robert MOIR &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Friday, May 31, 2019 Summary Programme of the day 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