A Capitol Ball

I%26#39;m not finding this discussed on the forum. Has anyone been to this and if so, what did you think? It sounds rather interesting for my teenage granddaughters.

A Capitol Ball

This is a new program this year. Similar programs in the past have been fun and interesting. Seeing the Capitol at night, bathed in candlelight, is a unique experience.

A Capitol Ball

Last May my daughter and I saw a program which was then called ';A Capitol Dance';, Zoey, would this be sort of like the new one you mentioned? Anyway, A Capitol Dance was pretty neat, they start you in one room, have a silly little puppet show, then went to another room and 4 men dressed ';in character'; (they were famous revolutionary men) who sang old colonial songs, we all ended up singing, which was fun, then , on to the ball to watch the dancers, how beautiful it was, they were all in colonial dress and danced the minuet and a few other dances, had a flute and violin players. It was pretty good. Then at the end, they picked out a few of the crowd, mostly younger people, to come out on the floor and dance with them. So, Kansas, I don%26#39;t know if this will help or not. Zoey will know if ';A Capitol Ball'; would be sort of the same thing. Have a great time with your grandchildren. I love all things in the Historic Triangle and hope you will, too.

That sounds like it, macrac. The one I was thinking of is called, ';Dance, Our Dearest Diversion'; and I think the one you mentioned evolved from that. It sounds like a great time!

I%26#39;ve got tickets to go to this so will let you know what it is like. We%26#39;re all getting very excited to leave home on the 29th.

A Capitol Ball takes place in the Capitol building, of course. You move from room to room to observe various entertainments going on in each; such as 18th century dance (not the same as Dance Diversions), classical music popular in the time period, and even amusements for children like puppeteers.