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rivkaLast night I went to an absolutely lovely party, given to celebrate ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
telerib's engagement to her partner Moe.
We were asked to wear "fancy dress, although if you happen to have fancy dress for a Court not of this time or dimension, that'll do nicely." (Moe, for instance, was wearing a dress uniform from the court of Emperor Norton I.) I wore a long gothic-y faux-velvet dress, crimson and black and ludicrously low-cut, that I've had in my closet for years.curiousangel was resplendent in tailcoat, peacock-blue waistcoat, lace jabot, and knee-high boots over crushed velvet tights.
The theme of the party was "Twilight Waltz." In a field behind their backyard, they had strung white lights in the trees and set up a stereo. We were each (both men and women) provided with dance cards with small pencils attached by a narrow strand of ribbon; the ribbon served nicely to attach my dance card to my wrist, except that it kept coming untaped from the card, leaving me with nothing dangling from my wrist but a forlorn little pencil. One couple demonstrated the waltz step until the rest of the group had learned it, and then we were set loose with instructions to find ourselves partners for the first set.
Although the waltz was completely new to most of the people there, everyone threw themselves into the whole scheme with enthusiasm. Initially, I didn't know any of the gentlemen except forcuriousangel and Moe, but I still found myself engaged as often as I cared to dance. Everyone was beautifully dressed and charming. Politics were studiously avoided. In between sets, we cane into the house for food and drink and conversation, or clustered around the log fire burning in a brazier in the backyard. The fourth set ended with two songs most of us knew by heart: Billy Joel's Piano Man and the Muppet Movie's Rainbow Connection. We all sang along as we danced, and it was beautiful.
I'd say that the dancing part of the evening ended too soon, except that we were all exhausted. We toastedtelerib and Moe's happiness, and shortly after that I got tired and dragged curiousangel away. It was a lovely party.
telerib's engagement to her partner Moe.We were asked to wear "fancy dress, although if you happen to have fancy dress for a Court not of this time or dimension, that'll do nicely." (Moe, for instance, was wearing a dress uniform from the court of Emperor Norton I.) I wore a long gothic-y faux-velvet dress, crimson and black and ludicrously low-cut, that I've had in my closet for years.
curiousangel was resplendent in tailcoat, peacock-blue waistcoat, lace jabot, and knee-high boots over crushed velvet tights.The theme of the party was "Twilight Waltz." In a field behind their backyard, they had strung white lights in the trees and set up a stereo. We were each (both men and women) provided with dance cards with small pencils attached by a narrow strand of ribbon; the ribbon served nicely to attach my dance card to my wrist, except that it kept coming untaped from the card, leaving me with nothing dangling from my wrist but a forlorn little pencil. One couple demonstrated the waltz step until the rest of the group had learned it, and then we were set loose with instructions to find ourselves partners for the first set.
Although the waltz was completely new to most of the people there, everyone threw themselves into the whole scheme with enthusiasm. Initially, I didn't know any of the gentlemen except for
curiousangel and Moe, but I still found myself engaged as often as I cared to dance. Everyone was beautifully dressed and charming. Politics were studiously avoided. In between sets, we cane into the house for food and drink and conversation, or clustered around the log fire burning in a brazier in the backyard. The fourth set ended with two songs most of us knew by heart: Billy Joel's Piano Man and the Muppet Movie's Rainbow Connection. We all sang along as we danced, and it was beautiful.I'd say that the dancing part of the evening ended too soon, except that we were all exhausted. We toasted
telerib and Moe's happiness, and shortly after that I got tired and dragged curiousangel away. It was a lovely party.
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Date: 2004-10-31 07:31 pm (UTC)Sounds like a wonderful evening."
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