However, I've created a couple of documents to create dance cards for anyone who is interested. As the ball will be very international, with people all around the world attending, I don't know what language(s) the ball will be called in (hopefully English!), so now you will have a set of English instructions to refresh your memories in the ballroom.
This image from c. 1820 shows men and women dancing a quadrille. The figure with 1st woman and 3rd couple advancing and retiring is part of Paine's 4th Set of Quadrilles (part 4 La Pastourelle)!
Note the woman on the left is holding a little dance card, probably refreshing the figures in her head during the dance!
I've created a Facebook page (called Duchess of Richmond's Ball dance cards) and uploaded a couple of documents to that page so you can make your own dance card! The first version is in a smaller print and has fewer pages. The second version is a has larger print for those who would find it useful.
Here are some instructions:
SMALL PRINT VERSION
- Print page 1 and you will have your front and back covers! You can use a stiffer piece of paper if you like.
- Print page 2, then page 3 on the reverse for double-sided printing.
- Assemble your pages in order (see below), then staple the middles together.
- Punch a small hole in your booklet through the top left corner.
- Run a decorative string like embroidery floss through the hole and tie off to create a loop. Make sure it is big enough for your hand to go through! You can choose a colour that goes with you ensemble for the ball!
The order of pages should be as follows:
- Front cover
- Blank side on the reverse
- Leamington Dance
- Paine's 4th Set #1 Le Pantalon
- Paine's 4th Set #4 La Pastourelle
- German Quadrille
- German Quadrille Cont'd
- Ecossaise
- Northdown Waltz
- Lord Castlereagh's Waltz
- Blank page
- Back cover
LARGE PRINT VERSION
- Print page 1, then print page 2 on the reverse for double-sided printing.
- Print page 3, then page 4 on the reverse.
- Print page 5, then page 6 on the reverse.
- Assemble your pages in order (see below), then staple the middles together.
- Punch a small hole in your booklet through the top left corner.
- Run a decorative string like embroidery floss through the hole and tie off to create a loop. Make sure it is big enough for your hand to go through! You can choose a colour that goes with you ensemble for the ball!
The order of pages should be as follows:
- Front cover
- Blank page
- Duke of Wellington's Waltz
- Paine's 4th Set # 1 Le Pantalon
- Paine's 4th Set # 3 La Poule
- Paine's 4th Set # 5 La Finale
- German Quadrille
- German Quadrille Cont'd
- German Quadrille Cont'd
- Ecossaise
- Ecossaise Cont'd
- Lord Castlereagh's Waltz
- Northdown Waltz
- Triumph
- Prince Wm of Glos'ter's Waltz
- Back cover
