Dance cards were generally made of paper, although sometimes had
elaborate covers of bone, ivory, silver or wood, and were small
enough to be readily portable. They could be a simple card or a
card folded in half, or contain several pages. They were generally
given only to ladies (gentlemen were evidently expected to remember
to whom they had promised dances). Often a small pencil was
attached by a cord to the card, the cord also allowing the card to
be suspended from a ladies wrist or belt.
The front cover of the dance card told the occasion for the
event, the location, the date, sometimes the price of the ticket,
and often the name of the band that would be playing that evening.
Covers became especially colorful and elaborate toward the end of
the 19th century when the lithographic process became popular.
The members of the dance committee and the floor managers for
the evening were usually listed somewhere inside or on the back
cover. The floor managers saw that order and decorum were kept
during the evening. They had to screen out undesirable
elements, such as prostitutes who found masquerade balls easy to
infiltrate, and they had to keep an eye on alcohol consumption,
against which dry proponents railed bitterly in the 19th century.
In addition they saw that quadrille sets were filled appropriately
and that no young lady went without a suitable partner.
The Faerie Keeper is rather ancient and decided that making a
dance card for the ball would be an excellent idea.
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Dance Card-Grand Ball Room of Faerieland
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Dance Order: Grand March Queen Titania
1. Quadrille.....................Harlemites-Strauss
2. Waltz..............Little Boy in Green by Beyer
3. Saratoga Lanciers.............Brother Jonathan
4. Polka..............................Ingomar Stimson
5. Centennial Quadrille...Gallery Boys by Engel
6. Schottische...........Alabama Coon by Jaxone
7. Lanciers.......................El Capitan by Sousa
8. Two Step..............Happy Days in Dixie Mills
9. Quadrille......................Amoret by Boettger
10. Waltz..........................Songs to Dance By
11. Polka.........................A Hot Time by Beyer
INTERMISSION:
12. Portland Fancy.........................Our Friends
13. Waltz...............Rapture Sweet by Wohanka
14. Lanciers........................Military by Strauss
15. Polka........................The Clock by Arnstein
16. Centennial Quadrille..Carlo Boys by Bosseto
17. Two Step...........Stars and Stripes by Sousa
18. Saratoga Lanciers..........Melange by Saurser
19.York..................................................Metz
20. Quadrille.................Wide Awake by Wonka
21. Waltz.......Church Across the Way by Weller
22. Lanciers........Saratoga Springs by Moses
WALTZ, GOOD NIGHT
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Engagements
1.Faerie Delirium
2.D'Minis
3.D'Ranger,Sunny,Carrina,Diana
4.D'Tumbleweed Quill
5.Lady Lisa, The Faerie Mother
6.Princess Quill
7.Isabella Rose. D'Rootseeker
8.Sweet Caroline.....Mary
9. D'Mischief Faerie
10.D'Harmony
11.Lady Archer
INTERMISSION:
12.Lady Jane, Sky
13.Lady D'Minis
14.Whispering Winds
15.Quill Sprinklehoney
16.Prettypetite
17.Qoutidan Quill
18.Dkids Fairy
19.Fairy Honey Bee
20.Ohoya
21.Annie Oakleaves
22.Ice Lady
WALTZ, GOOD NIGHT
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Lady Jane
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