Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-26
THE MINUET STEP.
WAT THE DANCERS ARE LEARNING
FOR THE COLONIAL GALL.
prsc.r.t,ons for that Great Society
Event--Accounts Also Of Recep-
lions and Germans.

KyAut-AccOuuts Also ob fScccP-
lions and Germans.
Tho mipuet will be the great spectacle
of the Colonial Ball.
Other features will delight, but this will
probably be the browning glory of the oc-
casion. In this dance, which lasts half
an bo,r there will be sixteen couples.
Each person will wear costume histori-
callv correct and altogether 1t will be
prettier than any stage scene. The music
/ is slow and stately; the step the highest
type of courtly grace, and the selection,
made of the ladies and gentlemen who VIII
appear in this part OF ths prognalhfn ne y So
! Inn;aI period will be worn TO good advan-
! tage. 90, ....,,,,sto,ooa .hora
bava hoan eeveral changes in the mluuet-
lief and having now been revised and cor
rectsd il published anew. with the posi-
tions in the dance as follows;
/. Mrs. Willie Allen aud air. BYRD war
wick. po,, - NJ
'S = Mrs. Egbert G.. Leigh, Jr., and Mr..
4. Mrs. W. James Walker and Mr.. Meade
5. Mrs. Thomas Boiling and MIR. John t.
6. Mrs. Nit T. Freeman and Mr.. Joe b.
johnson. NJ IT, T.
7. Mrs. Allan Donnnn and MIR. John f..
g. Mrs. Levin Joynes and Mr.. Thomas N.
.. Miss Julia Coggill and Mr.. Thomas At
TO- Mrs. r. II. whitlock and Mr.. r. G..
Pegram. Jr.
II. Mrs. Z. T. D. Myers. Jr., and Mr.. j..
X. Branch. u
10. Mrs. Thomas N. Carter and Mr.. Levin
il. Miss sallie Mayo and Mr.. James W..
10. Mrs. J. Kerr Branch and Mr.. E. 7. d.
Myers, Jf. ~,
is. Mrs. George N. Woodbridge and Mr..
William l.. Royal.
FIGURES AND STEPS.
While no comprehensive idea can be
given as regards the figures and steps OF
/ this dance the following furnishes some
conception as to what they VIII be:
First fgure-Grand entire IN single
column; half circle, up centre; divid,ns
ladies and gentlemen on opposite SIDES.
i The leader and partner (Mrs. Willie Allen
! and Mr.. Byrd Warwick advancing down
| the centre. while the other couples form
two columns with partners. The Leading
| couples bring into two lines the remaining
couples. After this they form two
! columns. one led by the principal couple
+ (already named) and the other by BITS
/ William l.. Rovall and Mr.. Sale watkins,
: ~ nrnmpnQdlnQ.
solving into one grand circle; they then
| form squares of four. The honors or saiu-
tations begin all minuets-frst TO the CON-
pany, second to corners, and then TO part
ners, &c.
Second Figure-Salute as in preceding
! figures with variations. g,
Third Figure-Head couples forward and
back, side couples turning WIN Hgn'
hands at the same time.
/ Fourth Figure-Posing, right foot In po-
sition, right hand and same for left.
Fifth Figure-Double grand chain, free,
and snuif-box figures.
Sixth Figure-The Moulinet figure.
| Seventh Figure-Pas de Alemand.
These figures will be executed with the
| following steps:
| /. Pas Marche.
| 2. Pas Balance.
| 3. Pas Grave.
| 4. Pas Menuet.
| 5. Pas Boure.
| G. Pas Sissone.
| 7. Pas de BASQUE Pirouette,
A dress rehearsal will take place at the
Theatre Tuesday night, when there will be
music by the full band.
THE COLONIAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
The Reception Committee for the Colo
NAL Ball complete is as follows: Mrs.
Philip Haxoll (chairman), Mrs. Fitzhugh
NJ Me- n ~ Qr
Mcclure, Mrs. Alfred Il. Harris, Jr., Mrs.
Bradley T. johnson (of Baltimore), Mrs.
/ Peyton Wise, Mrs. Frederick X. Scott, Mrs.
! w. III. T. Lee, Mrs. Alexander Cameron.
Mrs. Jeffry Arthur LEROY, Mrs. Charles
Evelyn Smith, Mrs. i. Randolph Wexford.
Mrs. William c. Preston, Mrs. Percival
Stuart Grant Mrs. Connally, Mrs. Henry
/ Tabb. Mrs T. NJ. Logan, Mrs. Francis NJ.
Boykin, Mrs. John Boynton Palmer, Mrs.
Us. D. Cullen. Mrs. Annie Boyd Camm'
/ Mrs. Flournoy, Mrs. josiah Ryland, Mrs.
Edward T. Crump. Mrs. Wilson Miles
/ Cary, Mrs. G. W. Coleman (of Williams
burg. Mrs. Edwin Hobson. Miss Caring
tor, Miss Bagby, Miss Josephine Stanard
Lyons, Miss Pegram,. Miss Mary Morris
Jones. Miss Resale Peasants. Miss Adela
PegraIn Myers, and Miss Hattie Hathwell
Ross.
THE SUPPER COMMITTEE.
All ladies of the Supper Committee OF
the Colonial ball will meet at the hall next
| door to the Theatre (on Broad street, on
TUESDAY at 10 o'clock A. Nj. All donations
of turkeys and celery should be sent TO
the hall on Tuesday the 2Sth by 10 O'Clock.
Other donations on Wednesday the 29th at
same hour.
All persons who will offer the services of
their buffers are asked to have them re-
port for duty by o'clock 7. NJ. Wednes-
day at the hall.
THE FRIDAY GERMAN.
The FRIDAY German Club gave their
usual german at Belvidere Hall last Friday
evening.
MANY new and beautiful figures were in
troduced by the leader, Mr.. J. +. Boisseau,
and the following familiar faces were no.
ticed during the evening: Misses Lou Ad-
kins, Bette Deane. Maggie Workman, VIII
lie Green. Katie Wallace, Bertha Peasants,
Louise Brander, Mary Yancey. Annie Ar
instead, Alice Burwel, Lee Fitch, Sallie
Dean, Bessie Fauntleroy, Maize jackson,
Nellie Ryder, Julia Morton, Bessie Ale
monc. Ellie Williams, EVE Walker, Jennie
Henning, Mary Alfriend. Mercer Cooke,
Annie Lee Camm, Gertie Camm, Nellie
Adkins, Hattie Ross, Fannie Ross. Mary
Tidball of Wytheville, Bette Fauntleroy
of stanton, Hattie Cross OF Washington,
Staples of New York. Anne Lee Boiling OF
Wytheville, Lucy Taylor of Orange, Morton
OF Baltimore, McCaw of Philadelphia. and
Dimmock of Gloucester.
The gentlemen present were Messrs.
Powhatan Boiling. George Bldgood, Jock
Peasants, James Valentine. Allan Talbot.
John Cullen, Bailey Saunders. Saunders
Hobson, Scott Parrish. Hicl ard Morris,
Richard Wilson, WILDER Chef, Churchill
Young, George Pegram, Mac. Archer
Stanley Tyler, Henry Williams, Farley
Cooke. Robert Pegram, Monnie Workman
Eddie Hannewinckel. Deahe Maury Charles
Hurkamp, Lee Williams. Charlie Williams,
John Goodwin. David Lea, Arthur Wiley,
Willie Weisiger, Macon Martin, Gabe Wor-
than, Rannie Marshall, Cary Shepherd,
Wilfred Peasants, w. II. Palmer, Jr.,
Preston holland. Cuthbeft Harrison, Willie
Parrish, Palmer Gray, and McCaw OF
Macon, Ga.
The german was cbaperoned by Mrs: r.
C.. Morton, Mrs. Willie Talbot, Mrs.
Charles f. Smith, Mrs Thomas l.. Altriend
Mrs. Clarence Boyd. and Mrs. John Hunter
EAsr-RND SOCIAL CLUB.
The East-End Social Club handsomely
! tbair friapaa af the residences