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Costuming Workshops, Shows & Talks

Make your own 1840s buckram bonnet with Lynne Cook, President of the Australian Costumers Guild

Victorian Needlework - make a Victorian "housewife" (often used by soldiers during the war) with Aylwen Gardiner-Garden

Make an 1890s Torque (hat) with Sharon Doig, Australian Costumers Guild

Fashion Talks with Aylwen Gardiner-Garden, Melanie Green & Madelaine Pavey

Steampunk with William Steed

Dickens with Julian Clarke, Melbourne Dickensian Society

Victorian Hair Style Demonstration with Cass Edwards

Improv Theatre: Dickens

Dance Workshops to include dances from the following list:

Vals a trois temps Galopade
Galop Bohemian
Spanish Waltz
Polka Mazurka
Quadrille Francais
Mazurka Cotillions
Valse a deux temps
London Polka Quadrille
The Mazurka of Spa
Sicilian Circle
Sir Roger de Coverly
Waltz Cotillion
The Hart & Duval Lancers
Polka Esmeralda 1 & 2
The New Mazurka Quadrille
Norwegian Country Dance
Virginia Reel
Glide Polka
The Gorlitza L'Hongroise
The Coulon Polka
The Philadelphia Mazurka Quadrille
Baby Polka
Carillion de Dunkerque
La Tempete
Schottische
Highland Schottische
Varsovienna
The Triplet
La Koska
Mazurka Waltz
Redowas
Russia Mazurka Quadrille
Gigue Anglais
Ganglovienne
L'Elegante
Waltz Minuet
Military Schottische
The Polo Quadrille
La Czarine
Loomis Glide Mazurka
The Russia
The Double Glide Waltz
The Anglican
Empire Quadrille
Varieties Parisienne
Cross Step Polka
Zulma l'Oriental
Ostendaise Polka Russe
Polish Galop