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The ball attracted 45 people, and the competitions were fiercely contested though in a friendly manner. The winner of the Rondelle Dance competition (the Silver Serif) was Lady Sybille la Chatte. The winner of the Group competition (the Group Serif) was the team comprised of members from the colleges of St Malachy (three), St Ursula, St Augustine and the Barony of Rowany. The winner of the Non Rondelle Dance competition was Lord Caleb Adolphus. The winner of the Garb competition was Lady Ciara de Beaumaris. A picture of this winning dress is available at http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~ktay0998/pics/meyer.jpg. Lady Ciara maintains a page on Dutch Women's clothing at http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~ktay0998/. The use of a web page in ball advertising was deemed a success. The most successful advertising link was that from the Lochac Calendar with around 30% of the notified redirections coming from this page. The use of a tracker, in which Extreme tracking http://extreme-dm.com/tracking/ was used very successfully in garnering usage of the web page. The home page of the Silver Rondels is now http://www.sca.org.au/rondel/. The suggested recreation for Contrapasso Nuovo can be found in Dels Dance Book 6th edition http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/. There are some images on this page currently unavailable elsewhere which are being referenced so this page has not been removed. This page is also currently linked from the Silver Rondels web page. Please note that apart from this small wrapup section, the web page remains mainly unchanged since the ball so some links on the main part of the page are now out of date. Where known updated links have been put into this wrap up. |
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The location for the ball is Dapto Ribbonwood Centre and this is located at 93 - 109 Princes Hwy Dapto 2530 (15 minutes south of Wollongong by car) NSW Australia. There are two car parks but the car park and entrance into it via Moombara St is recommended and this is next to McDonalds. The site is located 10 minutes walk (no longer) from Dapto Train Station. The Ball itself is to run from 6.00 pm, with dancing intended to start no later than 6.15 pm and finish at 11.30 pm. A buffet style supper will be supplied. Please note this is a different venue than that which the Flame Tree Ball was held at in 2000. This hall has a floor ideally suited for dance with it being a sprung wooden floor. Candles are strictly not allowed in the hall, so we ask that people do not bring any. |
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Bookings are required by the 9th August 2002, but we ask that bookings be made earlier to assist with catering, so we have an Early Booking Date. |
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The Early Booking Date is 1st August 2002. If booked by or on this date the cost is $15.00 (members of a college or SCA member) and $17.00 (non members). If booked later, the price will be $18.00 (members of a college or SCA member) / $20.00 (non members).
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Bookings can be made to Mark Robson by email to mark45@ozemail.com.au, by mail to 54 Parkes Rd Moss Vale NSW 2566 or by phoning 0419243913 after hours, or business hours on 02 48602262. Any cheques are to be made payable to the University of Wollongong Medieval Society. |
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Prizes for competitions are planned to be Unicorn themed (specially commissioned unique embroided tokens and the like) to give a physical reminder in addition to the glory and accolades received. A special arts and sciences display is being attempted to be arranged for the evening, in addition to board games being available for play. For navigating around this web page:-
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Beginners Dance and Advanced Dance Classes are to be held on the day of the ball at a separate location approximately 15 minutes drive away, this being rooms 302 and 303 of the McKinnon Building (Building 67) in the grounds of the University of Wollongong main campus from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm. The University of Wollongong main campus is located at Northfields Avenue Wollongong and a sitemap is located at the Eastern Entrance and also online at http://www.sca.org.au/st_malachy/images/mapunicampusmain.gif. The dance practices are intended for all levels. From beginning level, as well as a chance to practice more advanced dances, and this includes the competition dances. Transport will be arranged from the dance practice to the ball for those who arrive at the dance classes via public transport. If possible please notify this is required at time of booking. Only drinks will be supplied at dance practice. An additional dance practice at Wollongong University for non advanced dancers will be held Sunday 4th August from 2.30pm to 5pm at the above location. |
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The Guild of the Silver Rondelle at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~grayn1/silver/ have two competitions, one for individuals, and one for a group. The dance competition for individual dancers are comprised of four dances. These are: | ||
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If you are part of a group planning to perform Contrapasso Nuovo can you please inform the steward. The dances for the competitions are planned to be held fairly close to the start of the ball. And the first competition dance planned to be held is that for the group. The dance steps and music for these dances are those found in Master Hoskulds Silver Rondelle Dance and Music Pages at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~grayn1/silver/dances.html. |
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The dance chosen for the non rondelle competition is the Known World Galliard - Lochac version. This competition is only for those people not members of the Silver Rondelle. There are likely to be several criteria used for selecting the winner of this competition. The source for the dance steps and layout for this dance is also at Master Hoskulds Silver Rondelle Pages. |
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A prize is also offered for the best garb in the Balls colours of white with red and blue trim. |
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The following dances are on the playlist. Please note the dance list is not set in concrete but requests for additional dances, dance demonstration, music demonstration, or singing demonstrations (all of which are encouraged) are to be made to the event steward prior to the early booking date for the ball. At least one dance demonstration is planned. The event steward will decide based upon the number of requests how many can be accommodated. |
Court Set - Known World Four
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Rondelle Competition Dances
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| Black Allemande | Newcastle |
| Rufty Tufty | Saltarello la Regina |
| Petit Vriens | Il Canario (Canarios) |
| Amoroso | Hearts Ease |
| Mannschafte Pavane | Lorayne Allemande |
| Grimstock | Picking of Sticks |
| Contentezza d'Amore | Sans Serif |
| Wherligig | Ballo del Fiore |
| Jenny Plucks Pears | Anello |
| Upon a Summers Day | Gelosia |
| Gathering Peascods | Chestnuts |
| Argeers | La Fiamma d'Amore |
| Merry Milkmaids | Lo Spagnoletto (requested) |
| La Volta (requested) | Il Conto dell'Orco (requested) |
Mimed Bransles
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Cutte Bransles
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Key: (N) - Non Rondelle Competition Dances, (R) - Rondelle Competition Dances (RG) - Rondelle Group Competition Dances
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You are able to contact the stewarding team on the day of Ball D'argent by telephone on This page last updated Friday, 09 August 2002 (previous updates 18 March 2002,31 May 2002,14 June 2002, 20 July 2002, 31 July 2002, 02 August 2002, 27 September 2003, 12 February 2005, 3 March 2005). Any questions on the ball are to be directed to the steward Mark Robson via mark45@ozemail.com.au. Counter Statistics on the usage of this page are being kept and can be viewed by using the icon at the bottom of this page or alternatively clicking on this link to http://w.extreme-dm.com/?login=balldarg. Copyright notices: Images of Line Drawings of Unicorn images on this page are copyright Yak Enterprises 2002 but are eligible for use anywhere within the SCA provided this notice is given. Other images of Unicorns are copyright A. Page 2002 and used with permission. The other images of dances and musicians are from Ernest Flammarion's 1935 French publication Danse by Francis de Miomandre. This is apparently one issue in the series Voir ... et ... Savoir. These are used only on the belief that copyright has since expired and the publishers were not able to be located. |
