[MR] Prepare for the Classical Ball at Uni this weekend!! (( following on Classically Themed Pennsic Grand Ball email ))

[L E Storey]

Salvete!

Interested in "going Roman" to the Classical Ball at Pennsic?
-- Attend my classes! for a survey and/or workshop of Imperial Roman clothing
-- Visit my site! for the handouts and related information

For those attending University this coming weekend, I will be teaching
two courses on Early Imperial Roman clothing and am happy to talk your
ears off about anything Roman :-)
** Imperial Roman Clothing Overview - one hour overview of citizen
men's, women's, and children's clothing and accessories
    http://university.atlantia.sca.org/class.aspx?id=7410
** Imperial Roman Clothing Workshop - two hour workshop for citizen
men's, women's and children's clothing
    http://university.atlantia.sca.org/class.aspx?id=7443

See also my site: http://www.feochadan.com/
--> Specifically the following page for more on the courses and
materials: http://www.feochadan.com/roman/roman-Uni70-course-info.html

Valete,
-Iohanna filia Iacobi

On 5/31/07, Judith <judithsca at aol.com> wrote:
> Hail and well met!
>
>      I have received several emails with questions about the classical fancy
> dress theme at this year's Pennsic Ball..
>
>      So here are a few basic statements to prevent confusion:
>
>
>
> 1.)     Classical dress is *NOT* mandatory!  If you have not time,
> resources, etc. to create some sort of ancient greek, roman, etc. costume,
> please come and dance anyway!
>
> 2.)     Classical dress could be either historical (i.e. based on a statue
> from 320 B.C.) or retro-historical (i.e. how the people in the middle ages
> and renaissance thought people in antiquity dressed).
>
> 3.)     For ideas about the latter, please see the following website with
> medieval and renaissance-era images of classical figures.
> http://pennsicdance.aands.org/classical.html
>
> 4.)     Classical dress could be as simple as draping some length of fabric
> toga-style around your normal suit of clothes--- it does NOT have to be
> complicated!
>
> So, I hope to see many of you at the ball, a la antica or not! :-)
>
>
>
> Judith
>
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