The Masked Ball programme . . .
THE MASKED BALL PROGRAMME:
Saturday May 1st, 10pm-midnight London time.
We suggest you use this time converter to work out the exact time in your part of the world so that you can log onto Mesmered and not miss a moment. And we also wish to say that as the evening progresses and as you all (we hope) become involved in the inevitable chat and gossip behind hands, pillars and aspidistras that happens at Balls, the timing may slow down and the event placements may even change a little. We also hope that by releasing the programme at this stage, that it gives you time to prepare the writing challenges that you have proved are within your ambit.
Welcome from Dirretore and from Lucia, Parthenope and Sarina.
Direttore dancing with Marie Burton from www.theburtonreview.com in The Etcetera (please note that on the night there will be a dance card page with the appropriate links to music and dancing)
Competition 1: Describe your escort, leaving no curl uncurled, no cleft chin unclefted, and no aquiline nose un . . . aquilined, I suppose.
Competition 2: Scavenger Hunt final question
Another chapter from the infamous Masked Ball novella.
Scavenger Hunt post final answer
Dance: The Gelderlander
Competition 3: What are your gown and mask like? Please be as effusive in your description as you please.
Competition 4: Fan and glove code answer post
Dance: Mr.Beveridge’s Maggott.
One more chapter of the novella.
Dance: The Raji!
Competition 5: What etiquette would you re-introduce to 21st century society and why?
Dance: The Tango
Penultimate chapter of the novella.
Dance: The De Lesseps Dance
A Stupendous Supper.
Dance: The Dancing Queen
FINAL COMP: What is it about the heroes of literature that makes them so appealing to the empowered and enfranchised women of the 21st century.
Dance: The Aznavour
The end of the novella.
Thank you, a brief look at the next day’s prize giving and goodnight.
Addendum! As you can imagine, this whole programme is quite fluid as we think of things and thus the most important thing to note is that two competitions are being run this week as we move toward the night of the Ball. The first is a Scavenger Hunt and the second is a secret code. More information as soon as it becomes available. Thank you and have fun and don’t get lost in your literature!
huzzah! exciting!
Gad, I love that word ‘huzzah’! Sir Percy uses it frequently!
Gad is a great one, too! How about ‘zounds’??? 🙂
And the Masked Ball sounds delightful!
Agree entirely, maryanndeborde, please attend. We’d love to see you there.
Great! Lots of exciting events … I hope I’ll keep up with at least part of them! I’m very busy, you know, with my Lord A. these days. He’s escorting me and my cousing in our errands in Veniche. Gaia de Blanche.
:O Ooops, I GOT lost in my literature!
MG
Oh Gaia, I wondered where Lord A had disappeared to. Not that I have attended any salons lately because of my . . . absorption with my own new . . . friend.
I am so glad that you have made Lord A’s acquaintance and that you enjoy his company. I have it on excellent authority that he is an entirely eligible man looking for a wife!
Sarina: If he is in possession of a fortune, he certainly must be. I have it on the greatest authority.