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A Fashion Cake.
Mix a handful of flour with a pint of good cream, half a pound of beef suet, melted and sifted, a quarter of a pound of sugar powder, half a pound of raisins stoned and chopped, dried flowers of orange, a glass of brandy, a little coriander and salt; bake it as all other cakes, about an hour, and glaze or garnish it.
[Every Woman her own House-keeper …. John Perkins, 1796]
Mansfield Park, chapter 6: "and
then we could all return to a late dinner here, or dine at Sotherton,
... and have a pleasant drive home by moonlight." |
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Jane
Austen Festival of Australia 15-19 April 2010
Please Note: this program is under progress
and events may be subject to change. Please note that tickets
are limited and are starting to sell out. "- closed"
means this event has sold out, and we are sorry if this disappoints
you. There are still other exciting events you can book in
to. Do make sure you join our mailing list for next year as
tickets go on sale in November.
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* Morning or Afternoon Tea is provided during these
sessions
# Lunch is provided during this session
^ Dinner is provided during this session
^^ Supper is provided during this session
Tea, Coffee and fruit cordials will be available for self-service
during the whole festival
- Historic Homes Day Bus Tour [extra costs
involved]
- Opening Night:
Light refreshments & glass of wine
An ideal opportunity, over light refreshments
and a glass of wine, to meet up with old friends or make some
new ones particularly if this is your first festival. Musical
accompaniment during the course of the evening, will be
provided by Charlotte Fletcher on violin and Stephanie Moss
on keyboard. Regency costume welcome but not essential.
"All is Safe with a Lady Engaged" [play]
A one-woman show based on the life of Jane Austen. At the age of 27, Austen received
a proposal from the younger brother of her friends, the Bigg-Withers. At first,
she accepted this offer, then, after a night of deliberation, she changed her
mind and refused. This show takes place in that night, after Jane has accepted
and works towards her refusal.
- Dressing Jane Austen Fashion Exhibition
Featuring the private collection of John & Aylwen Gardiner-Garden,
the "Dressing Jane Austen" exhibition will cover the
period 1770 to 1830 and will include fashion, prints,
drawings and decorative arts, with a focus on English
womens dress from the early 19th century.
Tickets are valid for the duration of the exhibition,
but as there will be speakers using the room at various
intervals, below is a list of viewing times:
Friday:
9.15-10.30; 11.00-12.15; 3.15-5.00
Saturday: 9.15-10.30;
2.45-4.30
Sunday: 1.30-4.30
Monday: "Friends of the Jane Austen Festival" only, interior inspections of costumes, Yarralumla
- Regency Hand Sewing Workshop - closed
Build your basic skills by learning running stitch,
back stitch, combination stitch, plain hemming, rolled
hems and thread buttons (also known as Dorset buttons).
Includes a kit with fabric, thread & needle. Student
should bring own scissors, thimble, and other sewing
tools (and eyeglasses/magnifiers) as desired.
[9.15-10.30am, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden]
- Country Dances from Jane Austen's Day
Learn lots of fun flowing longways-for-as-many-as-will dances,
the mainstay of every Regency ball.
[9.15-10.30am, John Gardiner-Garden]
- Sense and Sensibility: Behind the Scenes*-
closed
Why are the Dashwood ladies left penniless by Mr
Dashwood’s
death ... or are they really? Why does Edward Ferrars
stick to his engagement to Lucy when he obviously loves
Elinor? What actually happens between Marianne and Willoughby
to make her so ill? What is this difference between Sense,
and Sensibility, and why is it such an issue? Find out
the answers to these and other questions ... and bring
some of your own! [10.30-11am, Julia Ermert]
- Turban
Workshop- closed
Turbans were another option for headwear, both during
the day and for evening wear – depending on which
style of turban and what fabric. In the workshop we will
discuss several varieties of turbans, and all have a
go at doing a Regency wrapped turban/bandeau. Please
bring a long headscarf, (and/or a 2-3m length of light
weight material) if you have one, though some will be
available in the class to borrow.
[11am-12.15pm , Lynne Cook]
- Cottilion Dances from Jane Austen's Day (dance
workshop)
Learn some of the playful French imports which Jane Austen
wrote about enjoying so much.
[11am-12.15pm, John Gardiner-Garden]
- The Men from Sense and Sensibility #
- closed
This paper explores Jane Austen's sophisticated
and varied characterisations of men in this novel. It
will examine how 'Sense
and Sensibility' can be considered
as reforming ideas about masculinity celebrated in the
courtship romance novel and examines Willoughby, Edward
and Colonel Brandon in relation to early nineteenth-century
ideas about the desirable man.
[12.15-1.30pm, Sarah Ailwood]
- Bonnet Workshop - closed
Participants will create their own uniquely festooned
Regency Era style bonnet and learn a bit of head covering
history. The complete kit supplied for each Gentlewoman
shall include everything required, save their own modest
sewing skills.
[1.30-2.45pm, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden]
- Waltzes from Jane Austen's Day (dance workshop)
Learn the scandalous Regency era waltz, with its different
steps and knotty arm interlacings.
[1.30-2.45pm, John Gardiner-Garden]
- Jane Austen in the 21st Century -
closed
This panel will look at recent ‘reinterpretations’,
parodies, or sequels inspired by Jane Austen’s
works, looking particularly at The
Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough, Pride
and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth
Grahame-Smith, and Sense
and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and
Ben H. Winters.
[1.30-2.45pm, Chair: Rachel McGrath-Kerr]
- Dressing Elinor Dashwood *
Regency period talk providing a general overview
of the dress of the period and an explanation of all
the layers and why they were worn. With reproductions,
fashion plates, illustrations and a small handout.
[2.45-3.15pm, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden]
- Jane Austen's Craft -
closed
Jennifer will take us on a journey through
Regency women’s crafts including knotting, netting, embroidery
and plain work. Based on Jennifer’s best selling book, Jane
Austen’s Sewing Box, she will illustrate the crafts
with examples from Jane Austen’s novels and letters and
her own historical research.
[3.15-4.30pm, Jennifer Forest]
- Dances from Jane Austen
Movies (dance workshop)
Enjoy the dances you’ve seen in screen adaptations
of Jane Austen’s novels.
[3.15-4.30pm, John Gardiner-Garden]
- Jane Austen and Regency Re-enactment
[4.30-5pm, Laura Carroll,
Lecturer, English
Communication, La Trobe University]
- Friday Evening Formal Event:
"Dinner with the Dashwoods", a full
traditional English roast dinner ^;
and includes:
Jane Austen's Music
After the success of Jane Austen’s
music in the 2009 Festival, Gillian Dooley (soprano)
and Fiona McCauley (piano) present a new program of songs
and piano pieces from Jane Austen's family collection
held at her house in Chawton, Hampshire. The program
will include Italian arias by Gluck and Paisiello, Scottish
songs such as ‘The Yellow-Hair’d Laddie’ and ‘My Love
She’s But a Lassie Yet’, and English songs by composers
such as Charles Dibdin, Thomas Arne and the Duchess of
Devonshire. Works for the piano will include ‘The Dying
Christian to His Soul’ by Harwood, and variations on ‘My
Ain Kind Dearie’ by Corri. Links to Austen’s writings
will be featured with a selection of short readings.
The felicities of dance
A taste of Regency era dancing, for ‘when the
felicities of rapid motion have once been, though slightly,
felt--it must be a very heavy set that does not ask for
more.’ (Jane Austen, “Emma”)
- Dressing Jane Austen Fashion
Exhibition
Featuring the private collection of John & Aylwen Gardiner-Garden, the "Dressing
Jane Austen" exhibition will cover the period 1770 to 1830 and will include fashion,
prints, drawings and decorative arts, with a focus on English womens dress from
the early 19th century.
Tickets are valid for the duration of the exhibition,
but as there will be speakers using the room at various
intervals, below is a list of viewing times:
Friday: 9.15-10.30; 11.00-12.15; 3.15-5.00
Saturday: 9.15-10.30; 2.45-4.30
Sunday: 1.30-4.30
Monday: "Friends of the Jane Austen Festival" only, interior inspections of costumes,
Yarralumla
- Evening Headwear: -
closed
There were a number of different options for headwear
for evening events such as Balls. In this workshop we will
make what was termed in period as a Diadem or Tiara. An
ancient Greek style headdress, most suited for the classically
simple gowns of the period. They were made of a variety
of materials, but the one made in this workshop will be
of wired buckram covered in fabric. As with previous hat
workshops, the wire can be sewn on by hand or with a sewing
machine. Kits containing pattern buckram and wire will
be available to purchase. You will need to supply covering
fabric and decorations. A list of materials will be sent
to you once you’ve booked.
[9.15-10.30am, Lynne Cook]
- More Country Dances from Jane Austen's Day: (dance
workshop)
More easy fun flowing period longways-for-as-many-as-will
dances.
[9.15-10.30am, John Gardiner-Garden]
- Neither musical, nor affecting
to be so: the question of musical taste in Sense & Sensibility *
Musical taste and proficiency is a common attribute
of many, but not all, of Austen’s heroines. Marianne
is musical, Elinor is not. What does this tell us about the
difference between them? Taking into account 18th century
discussions of aesthetic taste and its relationship with
morality, this presentation will examine the way Austen uses
music and musicianship in Sense and Sensibility to delineate
the characters of her two heroines.
[10.30-11am, Gillian Dooley] -
closed
- Basic Embroidery: - closed
All gentlewomen learnt how to embroider – be
it to decorate your dress (including menswear: embroidered
braces or slippers were a suitable gift for a young lady
to give her intended) or to decorate your home (bedlinen,
workbags, chair seats, anything you get a needle into).
This workshop will cover 6 basic stitches that you will
enable you to decorate to your heart’s content. Satin
Stitch, Daisy Stitch, Stem Stitch, Bullion Stitch, Chain
Stitch and Feather Stitch. A kit containing threads, hoop
and ground fabric will be available to purchase, or you
can bring your own
[11am-12.15pm , Lynne Cook]
- Quadrille Dances from Jane Austen's Day (dance
workshop)
Learn the sets that were all the rage at Regency Assemblies
in Bath and London.
[11am-12.15pm, John Gardiner-Garden]
- Austen: Page to Stage & Screen # -
closed
An examination of the issues, decisions and problems
confronting the writer when adapting for the stage and
screen. A director with over 20 plays to her credit and
a playwright of eight major works (and many smaller ones),
Deborah Mulhall has had an award winning play run off Broadway
and had two works optioned for film. The resident writer
and dramaturg for two theatre companies, Deborah has also
been a passionate devotee of Austen since 16 and indoctrinated
her daughters with the same love for Austen’s wit
and life observations and lessons.
[12.15-1.30pm, Deborah
Mulhall]
- Regency Card Games: - closed
When reading a Jane Austen novel or watching the
film version of a classic novel, it’s often fun to imagine what
it would be like to pass the time as her characters did?
They read. They gossiped. The women did needlework. The
men hunted. They went on walks. They wrote letters. They
also played games like Whist or Piquet. “Do you
prefer reading to cards?” said he; “that
is rather singular.” (Pride and Prejudice)
[1.30-2.45pm, Elizabeth Warren & Lynne Cook]
- Reels & Footwork from Jane Austen's Day: (dance
workshop)
Learn the fancy footwork the connoisseurs would display,
and the latest crazy from Scotland.
[1.30-2.45pm, John Gardiner-Garden]
- Regency Day Cap: - closed
Are you trying to achieve an early19th century impression
with a 21st Century hairstyle? The solution: Cover it with
a day cap! Construct a white muslin day cap suitable for
the Regency era.
[1.30-2.45pm, Sharon Doig]
- Jane Austen's country estate
dinner * -
closed
Gillian Polack will talk you through a Jane
Austen country estate dinner
from recipes to table settings.
[2.45-3.15pm, Gillian Polack]
- Historical Fencing: - closed
Display from the Finesse Academie of Fence (Canberra).
Details to be confirmed.
[3.15-4.30pm, Finesse Academie of Fence ]
- Turban Workshop - closed
Turbans were another option for headwear, both during
the day and for evening wear – depending on which
style of turban and what fabric. In the workshop we will
discuss several varieties of turbans, and all have a go
at doing a Regency wrapped turban/bandeau. Please bring
a long headscarf, (and/or a 2-3m length of light weight
material) if you have one, though some will be available
in the class to borrow.
[3.15-4.30pm , Lynne Cook]
- Undressing Mr Darcy -
closed
What it is that makes a Gentleman? Is it the
perfect cravat bow or his frock coat? Every item of male
attire reveals a great deal about the wearer. Is he a
Rake, a Beau or a `Pink of the Ton’? (Nearly) all
will be revealed as our historical costume expert takes
off the layers before your very eyes!
[4.30-5.00pm, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden]
- From 5pm
we are allowing time for guests to prepare
for the ball. You will need to make your own dinner arrangements.
- Saturday Evening Formal ^^: -
closed
A Grand Regency Ball
After the huge success of the 2009 ball, we are
delighted to bring this event to you again in 2010. We very
much look forward to seeing all of our regulars again, and
welcoming along all of you newcomers, the sight of over
100 people in Regency costume is quite a sight to behold.
As usual dress code is Regency so everyone will need appropriate costume. You
will enjoy a light Regency supper later in the evening,
dancing of the era, card games and generally have lots of
Regency fun! As anyone who has attended this ball in previous
years will, we think, vouch, there is nothing quite like
seeing everyone in the glorious clothes of this era in such
a beautiful setting and venue.
Augmenting Austen - The untold Austen
with
ImproACT, a small Improvised Theatre company in Canberra,
that was set up five years ago to tell stories and create
characters that are completely unrehearsed and concocted
on the spot.
Entertainments &
Regency Desserts
- Dressing Jane Austen Fashion Exhibition
Featuring the private collection of John & Aylwen Gardiner-Garden, the "Dressing
Jane Austen" exhibition will cover the period 1770 to 1830 and will include fashion,
prints, drawings and decorative arts, with a focus on English womens dress from
the early 19th century.
Tickets are valid for the duration of the exhibition,
but as there will be speakers using the room at various
intervals, below is a list of viewing times:
Friday: 9.15-10.30; 11.00-12.15; 3.15-5.00
Saturday: 9.15-10.30; 2.45-4.30
Sunday: 1.30-4.30
Monday: "Friends of the Jane Austen Festival" only, interior inspections of costumes,
Yarralumla
- Costumed Promenade: starting at 10.30am
Meeting at Historic Blundells Cottage and promenading in
costume to the National Carillion, a nice gentle walk
for everyone.
- How to Talk Regency with William
Steed
How is Jane Austen's English different to the English we speak today? What accents would they have had? What slang words were being spoken in the streets? Hear how Jane Austen's English is not correct by your grammar books say.
[this talk will take place during the promenade]
- Picnic Lunch on the lawns (bring-your-own)
‘…they hastened away to the Crescent to breathe the fresh
air of better company.’ (Jane Austen:
Northanger Abbey, Chapter 5)
Come and join us - bring your own picnic
and a rug to sit on - whilst we all have lunch and chat together.
- Regency Dance Manuals
Viewing of regency era dance manuals - including several antique originals. Learn about who wrote them, how they were used and how important they were in the days of Jane Austen.
[1.30-2.00pm, John Gardiner-Garden]
- Creating your own Regency look
Over the weekend you've seen wonderful outfits and you're
inspired to create your own. How do you turn a standard pattern
into an individual outfit worthy of Regency London? We'll look
at historical and contemporary sources of inspiration, and
how to document your journey with a costume diary.
[1.30-2.00pm, Melanie Green]
-
Afternoon Assembly in the Regency Manner (dance)
We’ll conjure the atmosphere of a Regency assembly with
lively unplugged playing and participants proposing and leading
dances.
[2.00-5.00pm, Earthly Delights & John Gardiner-Garden]
- A Regency Tea *
Details to come.
[3.15-3.45pm, Jenny Bowles
and Elizabeth Walpole]
- From 5pm
we are allowing time for guests to make their own dress
and dinner arrangements.
- Sense & Sensibility:
a stage play
Elinor and Marinne are two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his
second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older
half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate
passes to John and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.
Fortunately, a distant relative offers to rent the women a cottage
on his property. The play follows the Dashwood sisters to their
new home, where they experience both romance and heartbreak.
The contrast between the sisters’ characters in eventually resolved as they each find
love and lasting happiness. This leads some to believe that the book’s
title describes how Elinor and Marianne find a balance between
sense and sensibility in life and love.
[7.30pm-10.00pm, Adapted by Jodi McAlister,
who received a CAT nomination in 2009 - Best Original Work for adaptation
of novel for the stage, Sense and Sensibility]
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