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Last updated 7 june 2009
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NEWPORT 2009 PLANS ARE BEING FINALIZED!!
We are pleased to announce that the next Newport Vintage Dance Week will take
place Monday July 27th to Sunday August 2nd 2009!!
The brochure has been mailed and is also available on-line
You can also print a registration form
Registrations must be received by June 30!
Registration information and Preliminary Schedule are also available:
'09 Information Booklet pdf
'09 Preliminary Schedule
Campus Map pdf
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Travel back in time to the summer playground of the Gilded Age. Perfect your dancing skills with classes taught by leading
experts on vintage dance. Experience the breathtaking opulence of America’s finest ballrooms as you dance in Newport’s famous
mansions. Let yourself be immersed in a bygone era as you sip tea by the shore. We are planning a new and exciting Dance Week
for this year. The biggest change will be our new home: the campus of
Roger Williams University
in charming Bristol, RI (just 5 minutes from Portsmouth, approx. 30 minutes from Newport).
HOUSING: In the brochure you will notice that housing choices are more varied than in the past, there
are many options to choose from. Housing will be in air conditioned apartment-style Bayside Dormitory rooms. There is also
an option of hotel-style rooms in the nearby Baypoint Inn & Conference Center.
Teaching staff this year will Include:
- Marc Casslar
- Susan de Guardiola
- Barbara Pugliese
- Joan Walton
Formal Evening Events will Include:
- 1890s Soiree at the Astors´ Beechwood Mansion
- Mid-Nineteenth Century Ball with Carousel Rides at Intermission
- Formal Dinner and Ragtime Ball at Glen Manor House
Live music for all three evenings will be provided by the New River Dance Orchestra
Some of the Special Events Scheduled for the Week:
- Private Tour and Tea at Blithewold Manson, Bristol, RI
- Vintage Swap and Sell
- Seaside Stroll to View our New Campus
- Lectures on Period Topics
- Moving Picture Evening
Fees, event descriptions and arrival details are available in the
'09 Brochure pdf as well as on the
'09 information page.
Hope to see you in Newport in July!
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For more information about the Newport Vintage Dance Week see links below, or please
contact Hannah Roberts Artuso at:
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(781) 662-8344 (before 10pm eastern time, please) |
FURTHER INFORMATION
Full on-line information for 2009 is now available
2009 information:
The 2009 brochure: 2009 Newport Brochure pdf
Registration information and Preliminary Schedule are also available:
'09 Information Booklet pdf
'09 Preliminary Schedule pdf
Campus Map pdf
Newport costuming suggestions: Newport costume brochure pdf
General information:
General costuming suggestions: CVD costume resources
Directions and a map of the campus: maps and directions to Bristol, RI
The latest Gazette: Newport Gazette Archives
Newport Vintage Dance Week Photo Gallery 2008
If you just can´t wait until August, please view our list of Upcoming Events in New England.
Or, if you are just interested in these time periods, perhaps the Etiquette Hints for the mid-
Nineteenth Century Ball Room, a compilation of suggestions from etiquette books c1860-1870.
If you would like more detailed costuming ideas take a look at the fashions of the 19th
and early 20th Centuries on Katy Bishop's Vintage Victorian website.
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