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

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:08:38 GMT, "Richard Maurer" <rcpb1_maurer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>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.

   I've never had any trouble dancing with women in hooped skirts.  I
suppose it
may depend on what sort of dancing you are doing.

Jonathan
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