~A Night at the Ball~

Our friends Kayla & Trevor Muhlestein invited us to join them at the Jane Austen National Society of America Annual Regency Ball this last Saturday night. In short, it was AWESOME! Todd and I procrastinated a little, so it was fairly difficult to find good costumes, but it all worked out in the end. It was the perfect Valentine's Day outing with my sweet husband and our good friends.

Todd had just as much fun as I did. Here's an outline of our evening:

6:30 Dance Instruction: The society invited a local dance team to come teach us some of the favorites from Jane Austen's era. We learned the Mother Goose, Basket Dance, and a couple others. They were much easier than I thought they would be, and so much fun.

8:00 Roast pork and mashed potatoe dinner. It was delicious! We had a wonderful berry trifle for dessert as well.

9:00 Costume contest. They had different contests for best female, male, time period, and modern costumes. The lady who won the female costume looked absolutely stunning! She wore a very simple but elegant dress that looked straight out of Pride and Prejudice. The man who won the male costume looked awesome! He looked just like English royalty. The couple who won were dressed up from one of the war eras (can't remember which one) and a cute couple won the modern contest because they didn't wear costumes. It was very fun to watch, although we didn't participate ourselves.

9:30-11 Dancing! We were so exhaused by that time that we decided to head home. I was sad to leave early, but we enjoyed every minute that we were there.

We definitely plan on making this an annual tradition. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone! Todd was extremely reluctant to go, but he filled the role as soon as we got there. He loved learning the dances, and had a smile on his face the entire night. It was extremely romantic :)

JANSA puts on various events throughout the year, if anyone is interested. The link is above.

Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovebirds!