Re: Victorian Ball, Sat. 3/24/07 in Carrboro, NC

trish_connery wrote:
    Not everyone gets dressed up in costume -
    there were a few gents in slacks and even one man
    in his cowboy hat, and while some of the women
    were very elaborate with hoop skirts, etc.,
    many were also in simple floor length dresses.
    The men seemed to gravitate toward military
    uniforms and most looked very handsome.



It is no fun dancing with a woman in a hoop skirt.
There must have been a dip in the marriage rate
during that era.

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