Past Performances

The Victorian Dance Ensemble has conducted numerous Balls and Demonstrations for a variety of sponsors and events. Additionally, the Ensemble has also presented fashion shows, provided Victorian displays, and supplied knowledgeable “meeters and greeters” to mingle with guests at social functions. Many of these events have become annual affairs for us and others are one-time presentations at special events. Our multiple appearances, ranging from two to thirteen years, are marked with an asterisk.

DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS

The Victorian Dance Ensemble has performed at the Landon House in Urbana, Maryland, site of the “Sabers and Roses Ball” held by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart in 1862.

Air Force Retirees Convention, Harrisburg, Pa.
Arlington House-Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington, Va.*
Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road Museum, Baltimore, Md.
Baltimore County Historical Society, Baltimore, Md.*
Camp Curtin Historical Society, Harrisburg, Pa.*
College Club of York County, York, Pa.
Civil War Preservation Trust Annual Conference, Chantilly, Va.
Conestoga Historical Society, Conestoga, Pa.
Dauphin County Historical Society, Harrisburg, Pa.
Dill Tavern Historic Site, Dillsburg, Pa.
Eckley Miners’ Village, PHMC Historic Site, Hazleton, Pa.*
First Defenders Day, York, Pa.
First Night Celebration, Carlisle, Pa.*
First Night Celebration, York, Pa.
Fort Couch, Lemoyne, Pa.
Fort Hunter Mansion, Garden Faire, Harrisburg, Pa.*
Fort Ward, Alexandria, Va.
Friendship Force, Harrisburg, Pa.
Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pa.*
Gettysburg Civil War Round Table, Gettysburg, Pa.*
Gettysburg National Military Park, Music Muster, Gettysburg, Pa.*
Girl Scout Programs, Camp Hill, Elizabethtown, Hanover, Hershey, Pa.
Hampton Mansion National Historic Site, Baltimore, Md.*
Harpers Ferry National Park, Harpers Ferry, W.Va.*
Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg Pa.*
Harrisburg Civil War Exposition, Harrisburg, Pa.*
Hershey Civil War Round Table, Hershey, Pa.*
Hershey Public Library, Hershey, Pa.
Historic Gettysburg-Adams County, Gettysburg, Pa.
Holiday House Tours, Marietta, Pa.*
Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.
Landon House - Site of J.E.B. Stuart’s Sabers & Roses Ball, Frederick, Md.*
Lititz Public Library, Lititz, Pa.
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Md.
Maytown Historical Society, Maytown, Pa.
Middletown Historical Society Fair, Middletown, Pa.
Museum of the Cape Fear, Fayetteville, N.C.
National Assn. of State Budget Officers Convention, Eisenhower Farm, Gettysburg, Pa.
National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, Pa.*
New Castle Home and Garden Tours, New Castle, Del.
Pamplin Historical Park, Petersburg, Va.
Patapsco Female Institute, Ellicott City, Md.*
Peace Church, PHMC Historic Site, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pa.*
Pennypacker Mills Civil War Reunion, Schwenksville, Pa.*
President Street Station, Baltimore, Md.
Slifer House Museum, Lewisburg, Pa.*
Smithsonian Institution - Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution, Ed Bearss’ Civil War Tour, Frederick, Md.
Southampton School History Day, Bel Air, Md.*
Steppingstone Museum, Havre de Grace, Md.*
TNT Movie The Day Lincoln Was Shot, Richmond, Va.
Wheatland – President James Buchanan’s Home, Lancaster, Pa.*
Whitaker Center, with James Getty as Abraham Lincoln, Harrisburg, Pa.*
White Rose Civil War Round Table, York, Pa.
York Catholic High School Civil War Weekend, York, Pa.
135th Anniversary of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, D.C.
250th Anniversary of York County Celebration, York, Pa.

BALL AND DANCES

Bucktail Reunion Ball, New Bloomfield, Pa.
Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation Ball, Middletown, Va.
Christ Presbyterian Church, Civil War Dinner-Dance, Camp Hill, Pa.*
Civil War Preservation Ball, Pennsylvania Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg, Pa.*
Dickinson College Civil War Dance, Carlisle, Pa.
Emmitsburg Civilian Bazaar Civil War Ball, Emmitsburg, Md.
Gettysburg Bed & Breakfast Assn., Civil War/Harvest/Dickens Balls, Gettysburg, Pa.*
Gettysburg Camp Ground Civil War Days Dance, Gettysburg, Pa.*
Lewisburg Civil War Monument Rededication Ball, Lewisburg, Pa.
March to Destiny Ball, Shippensburg, Pa.
Mason-Dixon Ball, Shrewsbury, Pa.*
Mellinger Manor Civil War Ball, Conestoga, Pa.*
Muncy Civil War Ball, Muncy, Pa.
Museum of the Cape Fear Civil War Ball, Fayetteville, N.C.
Old Neighborhoods League Victorian Ball, Carlisle, Pa.*
Pennsylvania State University Civil War Dance, Middletown, Pa.*
Perry County Regulators Cow Camp Dance, Ickesburg, Pa.
Readshaw’s Raiders Preservation Balls and Dance Classes, Gettysburg, Pa.*
Red Mill Village Civil War Ball, Clinton, N.J.*
St. Patrick’s School Civil War Ball, Harrisburg, Pa.
Shippensburg University Fashion Archives Civil War Ball, Shippensburg, Pa.
Sons of Union Veterans Remembrance Day Ball, Gettysburg, Pa.*
Union League Abraham Lincoln Ball, Philadelphia, Pa.
Waverly Mansion Ball, Marriottsville, Md.
100th Anniversary of Perry County Civil War Monument Ball, New Bloomfield, Pa.
135th Grand Review Ball, Harrisburg, Pa.
200th Anniversary of City of Williamsport Ball, Williamsport, Pa.
250th Anniversary of City of Frederick Celebration Ball, Frederick, Md.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PROGRAMS

After assisting with the lighting of the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree

 in the Capitol Rotunda in 1999,

the Victorian Dance Ensemble joined Governor Ridge and family

for a private reception in his office.

Gov. Ridge & Family’s Christmas Tree Lighting in the Capitol Rotunda
Dedication of the Speaker Matthew Ryan Legislative Office Building
Designation of the State Capitol Building a "Commonwealth Treasure"
Restarting of the Capitol Fountain
Dr. James McPherson Lecture in the House Chamber
Gov. Edward Rendell’s Inaugural Ball

Pennsylvania Civil War Trails Project
The Victorian Dance Ensemble has provided dance demonstrations and balls for various “Civil War Discovery Weekends” held in Carlisle, Harrisburg and York and presented special programs of instruction for living historians at conferences in Harrisburg and Scranton.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

American History Teaching Project, Capital Area Intermediate Unit
The Victorian Dance Ensemble provided dance demonstrations and instruction for secondary teachers as part of this project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, to improve the teaching of history.

Civil War Preservation Trust, Teachers’ Institute
The Victorian Dance Ensemble provided dance demonstrations and instruction for secondary teachers from across the country as part of several CWPT’s annual teachers’ institutes held in Blacksburg, Va., Roanoke, Va., Lexington, Ky., and Chattanooga, Tn. Additionally, over the years, individual members have presented programs on such topics as the Roles of Women in the Civil War, Railroads in the Civil War, Medal of Honor, Greatest Myths of the Civil War, and the Using of Artifacts and Reproductions in the Classroom.

Society for Women and the Civil War
The Victorian Dance Ensemble provided dance demonstrations and instruction for the Society’s annual conference.

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Victorian Dance Ensemble
2 Westminster Blvd.
Camp Hill, PA 17011
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