The Steampunktoberfest Ball

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Join us at Steampunktoberfest on Saturday, October 5, to celebrate both Oktoberfest and the advance of Victorian science with an evening of Victorian and Victorian Steampunk dancing, good cheer, and good food and drink.

Venue is the beautiful San Mateo Masonic Lodge Ballroom at 100 N. Ellsworth Avenue, San Mateo. After a vintage ballroom dance lesson at 7pm, the incomparable Bangers & Mash ensemble will play waltzes, polkas, mazurka waltzes, schottisches, Victorian Steampunk-inspired set dances, and other vintage dance favorites (All set dances will be taught or called). And, yes, PEERS' incomparable No Host Bar and a German-inspired snack buffet will be served in honour of Oktoberfest. Suggested attire is Victorian evening dress, traditional Oktoberfest costume, Victorian Steampunk costume, or a creative combination of any of the above.

For details, email [email protected], call us at (510) 522-1731, or see the ball website at http://www.peersdance.org/steampunk.html

Full Details:

STEAMPUNKTOBERFEST:
A Victorian Steampunk Ball & Oktoberfest celebration.
(Sponsored by the Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation Society)
Saturday, October 5, 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: Bangers & Mash
Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by September 28, 2013)
Tickets at the Door: $20.00
Ball Website: http://www.peersdance.org/steampunk.html

Please join us for another Steampunktoberfest Ball to celebrate both Oktoberfest and the advance of Victorian Steampunk science with waltzes and polkas, good cheer, and good food and drink. Special guests this year include Professor Charles Babbage, inventor of the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, and his learned patroness Ada, Countess of Lovelace.

Bangers & Mash plays an evening of popular 19th century waltzes, mazurka waltzes, polkas, schottisches, quadrilles, and Victorian Steampunk set dances (Some rocking, some elegant. All set dances will be briefly taught and called). For those wanting to brush up on their 19th century dancing, there will be a pre-ball workshop in Survival Polka (including the Steam-Powered Polka Line Dance), the whirling rotary waltz, and a couple of the fashionable new Victorian set dances in the Steampunk style(easy but fun).

Suggested costume is traditional early Victorian evening dress, traditional Oktoberfest (dirndls, peasant blouses and shirts , lederhosen, etc.), or Victorian Steampunk attire ( Please feel free to wear a combination of any the above!). As always, modern evening dress is also perfectly appropriate and costumes are admired, but not required.

What is Steampunk? Victorian science fiction! Imagine the Victorians with High Technology - steam-powered airships and horseless carriages, computers (analytical engines), and high-speed communication. And, of course, fashions that glorify the corset, are stylish but practical, and can be swiftly altered for action. Goggles and tool belts are optional for both ladies and gentlemen.

There will be no-host (cash) bar offering the finest in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and a light Bavarian-style snack buffet (your potluck contributions to the buffet will be most welcome).

At intermission the Peerless Music Hall will present an interactive performance of the latest Victorian Steampunk music hall hits and will, of course, feature the famous Peerless Beauties (and Beaux).
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.peersdance.org/steampunk.html .The deadline for advance ticket purchases is Saturday, September 28. Tickets will be also be available at the door at $20.00 each.

If you have any questions or need more information, please call (510) 522-1731 or email [email protected]

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http://www.peersdance.org/steampunk.html

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