The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… status and creating social ties among colonial and early-national social elites. Places > Sports & Leisure Keywords Assemblies Advertisement Dance North America For many in British North America’s upper and aspiring classes during the … ladies were admitted free, with a subscriber’s invitation. In addition to dancing and sociable conversation, the assemblies offered card tables and a light collation for refreshment in the course of each evening. 6 . HSP AM 3075, … dance to the specifics of teaching minuets, hornpipes, cotillions, and country dances, ‘as practiced in the most polite Assemblies in Europe.’ 10 Englishmen and other Europeans traveling in America, and Americans abroad, could share the …
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