Please join our email list at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dance-news or join our facebook group to receive notifications about the festival. Tickets are on sale now at http://jafa2014.eventbrite.com.au/ In the meantime, below is a very draft program subject to change as more presenters join us. If you have an exciting presentation you wish to share with us, please contact Aylwen. The next Jane Austen Festival Australia will be held from 10-13 April 2014 at University House within the Australian National University and will celebrate 200 years since the publication of Mansfield Park. Plans are underway to bring you a program that – like the novel – is engaging, thought-provoking and diverting. Jane Austen’s use of letters in Mansfield Park and her personal letters referring to Mansfield Park Visit one of Jane Austen's letters in the National Library of Australia Mansfield Park and the Navigable World “Mansfield Park and education” '‘No moral effect on the mind: Music and education in Mansfield Park’ “The Genius of the Place”: Mansfield Park and the improvement of the estate. Historic Talks/Presentations/Activities Josephine - Good time girl, just another aristocrat, or a product of her time? War of 1812 - First on the field, the last to leave. The 95th Rifles 'Pugilism and Single-stick' Graces Fashion of 1814 Jane Austen's Pelisse Period Outdoor Games Sewing & Craft Workshops Regency Day Cap Mitts Tambour Embroidery Making a mushroom pleated trim Tying Men's Cravats Eyelets, buttonholes, and other fasteners Regency Sleeves Millinery Workshop Trims Conservation & Storage Period stitching and construction techniques Theatre & Dance Maria Bertram on the Island Punch & Judy Lovers Vows 1814 Fashion Display Pre-Ball Regency Dance Workshops Jane Austen Festival Ball, Saturday night Jane Austen Cotillion Dance, Sunday night Jane Austen Festival Variety Night & Formal Dinner Festival Friends Events 1. Day tour to Cooma Cottage, George Harcourt Inn and the National Museum of Australia Archives (maximum 20) 2. Costume Research study tables (maximum 10) 3. Visit to the National Film & Sound Archives on Saturday 12 April. (maximum 15) Items to Note - Become a Friend of Jane Austen Festival Australia at jafa2014.eventbrite.com - Thursday Regency Games Night: 6.30pm-9pm Welcome Night with light refreshments, tea & coffee; regency games & sewing tables for those who need to finish their gowns (!) (Drawing Room, University House) - Friday Night: Catered Dinner & Variety Night 6.30-10.30pm - Saturday Night: Jane Austen Festival Ball 6.30pm-11.00pm - Sunday Afternoon: Mansfield Park Symposium and various presentations followed by Jane Austen Cotillion Dance. PRESENTERS AT THE 2014 JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA Tony Miller John Potter Alex Barnes Stephen Gapps Jodie Ruth Melanie Green Kelly Lock Antonia Lai Kelly Row Joanne van Raaphorst Adrienne Unger Lynne Cook Aylwen Gardiner-Garden Carmela Mollica Hilary Davidson Janet Lee Professor William Christie Dr Gillian Dooley Dr Heather Nielsen Professor Christine Alexander Jacqui Newling Dr John Gardiner-Garden Sally Taylor Peter Taylor Deborah Mulhall Gabriel Bieniek Rebekah Farry Alison Goodman Sandra Levy Markus Adamson If you have questions or would like to have a sales or display table at the festival, please contact: Mrs Aylwen Gardiner-Garden Director, JAFA 2014  |
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