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Bobbin-lace made to decorate Eleanor Hall's new Venetian gown, in return for which she will make a brocaded tablet-woven band for the hat I bought from Samantha at Canterbury Faire.

This Saturday some of Ildhafn's dancers performed in the Coffee Concert at Somervell Presbyterian Church. There are some photographs here, and I hope to add video soon.

Dancers:

Thanks to everyone for getting frocked up for our partial dress rehearsal (corsets, farthingales, doublets, petticotes - the troublesome bits, worn over street clothes).

We had several good runs through our set, and determined where our clothes require extra attention.

Detailed rehearsal notes have been added to last week's blog.

Present: Katherina, Katherine, Caterine, Anna, William de Cameron

This month's Hastilude provided a lovely opportunity for some after-dinner dancing.

What we did (with links to instructions):

Once again, we spent the whole evening rehearsing for our upcoming performance at Somervell Presbyterian's Daytime Concert Series, on May 5th. Two rehearsals to go . . .

[I'm adding notes after each rehearsal - some changes made after viewing site]

Present: Katherina, Anna, William, Katherine, Caterine

Confirmed playlist

(using modern names to avoid a proliferation of Katherines)

We decided and rehearsed dances for our upcoming performance at Somervell Presbyterian Church's Saturday Concert Series, on May 5th.

Present: Katherina, William de Cameron, Katherine, Anna, Caterine

What we danced tonight:

We had a full evening, in spite of several of us being rather tired.

Present: Katherina, William de Cameron, William de Wyke, Katherine, Caterine

We had a full evening, in spite of several of us being rather tired.

Open/beginner class

Amongst the performances at the Bloth this year were:

Just three of us tonight, so we revised a pile of dances that we've not seen for some time.

Since we had six when I was expecting only five, we tried parts of La Catena d'Amore, with some success. Everyone was patient with my half-formed reconstruction, and I learned much from having real dancers to move around.