Viridian Center

8020 S 1825 W

West Jordan

$10 per person

Infuse the Christmas spirit into your heart this season with the antique dances of Dickens’ life time and the sweet delicacies of the holidays. All the dances will be demonstrated and taught, so even the most inexperienced person will be able to fill their hearts with glee!

"Tis the season to be jolly and no man knew how to celebrate the season better than good old Fezziwig.  According to Charles Dickens, "if any man alive knew how to keep the spirit of Christmas, he did."  December 17th is the 7th annual Dickens Christmas Ball, so come start a new holiday tradition and celebrate the holiday season Fezziwig style, with a ball just as they knew in the time of Dickens and Victorian England complete with delicacies, parlor games and frolicking of old fashioned charm. 

Old Glory Vintage Dancers will expertly take you back in time and take you through the paces of the dances and the lively parlor games of that merry era.  Come enliven your Christmas spirit in a grand way, by joining us at the ball. 

Dress from the lifetime of Dickens' (1812-1870) or modern formal is requested.

We are pleased to have Piano Interludes by Jeff Rosbrugh.

Jeff Rosbrugh has been playing piano since the age of 8 and professionally for the last 15 years. He has degrees in music from Point Loma Nazarene University and the University of Miami. His work experience includes education both public and private, musical theater, and studio recording. He enjoys playing a wide variety of styles from classical to jazz, salsa, country, and nearly everything in between. He also owns and operates Swordsman Studios as a composer, arranger, and producer.  Contact him at swordsmanstudios.com or midi_me@prodigy.net.

Hear ye ~ Lords and Ladies of Upperton ~

It is with extraordinary pleasure that your presence is requested at the 

Regency Masquerade Ball

October 17, 7:30 pm

Viridian Center

8020 S 1825 W

West Jordan

$20 per person or $16 OGV Society

Refreshments fit for a King, Music to please a Queen and Regency dancing to delight the whole of the realm! 

Please dress in attire befitting the Regency era or earlier complete with the masking of your face. Please no gore or horror to cause a fright.

Portraits to be rendered for a small remuneration. Mask contest to be conducted and rewarded.

April 4, 8:00 pm

Viridian Center

8020 S 1825 W

West Jordan

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. 

~Abraham Lincoln

March 4, 1865

We will have President Abraham Lincoln in attendance as we dance, play parlor games and enjoy period refreshments at our ball! He will also be available for pictures and to answer questions.

Life Member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters & current Commander of The Idaho Civil War Volunteers and presenting Lincoln since 1999; he will be availble for pictures and insightful information during the course of the ball. LincolnRemembered.org 

Southbound Routes will be adding entertainment and ambiance with their historical live music throughout the evening. Well known for their moving historical, Bluegrass, and Country music they will be a delightful addition to the ball.

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Southbound Routes will have you kicking up your heels or stirring your heart with love for country and companion with every touch of their string.

JASNA Regency Romance Ball

Feb. 13 & 14, 2015, 6:30 - 11:00 pm

Masonic Temple of Salt Lake City

650 E South Temple

Join JASNA for an Austentatious night filled with Jane Austen period dancing, dinner and desserts. And as always we have prizes for contest winners, period music and professional portraits to purchase.

This is our Fifth annual Regency Romance Ball and is sure to sell out again this year so purchase your tickets early to avoid disapointment!

Is dancing a little scary for you or your partner? Fear not, if you can walk, turn about and know your right from your left you can do these dances! Old Glory Vintage Dancers demonstrate and teach all the dances of the evening and you will be amazed at how graceful you can be.

Attend one of our "Austentatious" Vintage Dance Classes to understand the Regency ettiquette and start learning the dances before the ball so that you are even more comfortable on the dance floor. They are Jan. 13, 27 and regular Vintage Dance Classes Feb. 3, 10. Click here for Dance Class details.