The Rivendell Revels

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On Saturday evening, February 2, PEERS presents The Rivendell Revels, a fantasy costume ball inspired by "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings." After a dance lesson at 7pm, the celebrated Celtic Fusion & Renaissance Rock Band Avalon Rising plays an evening of elegant and exhilarating waltzes, polkas. mazurkas, reels, and other popular Middle Earth couple and set dances. Medieval, Renaissance, fantasy, or Victorian costume (the last for those favoring Hobbit fashions) is admired, but not required and costumes inspired by Tolkien's works are welcome. A No-host bar and a light snack buffet will be provided (Lord Elrond appreciates your potluck contributions to his kitchen, whose resources have been strained by the sudden appearance of a party of dwarves.
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Tickets are $15 (through January 26); $20 at the door. For information, please call (510) 522-1731, email [email protected] or see the ball website at http://www.peers.org/rivendell.html

Complete Details:

The Rivendell Revels
- A Ball Inspired by "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings"
(Sponsored by the Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation Society)
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Masonic Lodge of San Mateo Ballroom
100 N. Ellsworth Avenue (at the corner of Ellsworth & Tilton)
San Mateo, CA 94401
Doors Open: 6:45pm
Dance Lesson: 7:00 pm
Formal Dancing begins at 8:00pm
Band: Avalon Rising
Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by January 26, 2013)
Tickets at the Door: $20.00
Ball Website: http://www.peers.org/rivendell.html

Elves, wizards, hobbits, dwarves, and humans alike are welcome at Lord Elrond's grand ball at Rivendell in our tribute to "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" with glorious dance music - some of it Tolkien-inspired - by Celtic Fusion and Renaissance rock band Avalon Rising.

Dance waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, reels, set dances, and country dances, and such favourite Middle Earth dances as "The Congress of Rivendell Waltz," "The Merry Old Inn" (Bilbo's Polka), Gandalf's Spiral Dance, and "Sir Bard de Coverley." Some of the dances will be highly choreographed and will be taught and called at the ball, but others are open to improvisation and creativity. Avalon Rising's dance music varies from extremely elegant to wildly abandoned and is irresistibly danceable!

If you need a brush-up on your Middle Earth dance style, there will be a pre-ball dance class at 7:00pm. Formal dancing begins at 8.

Suggested attire is Medieval, Renaissance, Middle-Eastern, Pre-Raphaelite, or even Victorian costume (for those of you who favor Hobbit style), and, of course, fantasy costumes inspired by "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" are admired but not required. Modern evening dress is perfectly acceptable and there is no dress code for the ball. If you are planning to dance, please do plan to wear shoes or boots that you can actually dance comfortably in (and that includes Hobbits. We'd seriously advise against dancing barefoot at such a popular event!). For everyone's safety, including the wearers, weapons should, of course, be peace-bonded.

For costume inspiration and as background information for the ball, we suggest Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The actual setting of the ball is Rivendell during Bilbo's party's first visit in "The Hobbit."

A no-host bar and a light Elvish snack buffet will be served (Our host would ordinarily offer complimentary drinks but, hearing that there would be as many as 13 dwarves present at the ball, Lord Elrond finds it necessary to charge a modest fee for drinks!). Our host graciously welcomes your potluck contributions to his table. Even the resources of the Last Homely House, the gifts of our co-hostess Lady Galadriel, and the magic of Gandalf can be strained by a well-attended ball!

To order advance tickets, please send a check for $15 each to the following address:
PEERS
2144 B Buena Vista Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501

Tickets are also available through PayPal, and you may use the convenient PayPal link on the ball website at http://www.peers.org/rivendell.html The deadline for advance ticket purchases is Saturday, January 26. Tickets will be also be available at the door at $20.00 each.

If you have any questions, please call (510) 522-1731 or email us at [email protected]

More Info

Link

http://www.peers.org/rivendell.html

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510.522.1731 (Box Office)

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