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Here are a number of resources available on the net related to Vintage Dancing:

Vintage Dance Groups
The Vintage Dance Society	CONNECTICUT A dance troupe directed by Marc Casslar and based in Hartford; sponsors Balls, performances and other Vintage Events throughout the year.
email Moments in Time (c/o Bob Chapman)	CONNECTICUT Moments in Time sponsors regular dances, both formal and informal in the Hartford area, including the annual Holiday 19th Century Ball.
Elegant Arts Society	CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY The primary mission of the Elegant Arts Society is to promote historically-accurate Regency-era social dance, particularly in the tri-state area and the rest of the Northeastern United States. Secondarily, they support and promote historical social dance of other periods of interest, ranging from the 15th through the early 20th centuries.
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts	NEW JERSEY Located in Cape May. Sponsors two vintage dance workshops each year, one in April and another in October during their Victorian Week events.
Centuries Historical Dance	WASHINGTON, DC A performance troupe dedicated to recreating and presenting period social dances in the Metro DC area. Focus is mostly on 19th and early 20th century social dances, but their repertoire also includes dances from the Renaissance, and folk couple dance styles.
MiXED PiCKLES	PENNSYLVANIA Dance troupe based in and around Philadelphia, directed by Bob Skiba, researches, performs and teaches American dances from the colonial period all the way up through the 1940s.
Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance	OHIO A dance troupe based in and around Cincinnati; sponsor of vintage balls and workshops throughout the year.
Forget-Me-Not Vintage Dancers	OHIO Recreates the social dances from American colonial to World War I. The company is dedicated to breathing life and fun into these social dances that once thrilled, amused, titillated, and charmed generations of lords and ladies, pretenders and common folk
Grand Traditions Vintage Dance	MICHIGAN Grand Traditions Vintage Dance Academy, founded in 1990 by Arlynn Hacker in Ann Arbor, , invites you to experience vintage dance. Offers workshops and balls, focusing on dances from the mid-19th through mid-20th centuries.
Lexington Vintage Dance Society	KENTUCKY The Lexington Vintage Dance Society, with headquarters in Lexington, is dedicated to researching, teaching, performing, and promoting the ballroom and social dance forms of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Academy of Danse Libre	CALIFORNIA A performing troupe based in Palo Alto, (near Stanford) under the direction of Eduardo Maragliano and John Beale. A not-for-profit organization dedicated to the lively exhibition of 19th and early 20th century social dances.
Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble	CALIFORNIA Based in Stanford, The Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble, directed by Richard Powers, performs social dances from the 19th and early twentieth centuries, from the Victorian to the Ragtime and Swing eras. Mr. Powers also organizes the Stanford Waltz Week held (usually) each year in June.
PEERS	CALIFORNIA PEERS (the Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation Society) is a vintage music and social dance organization in the San Francisco Bay Area that gives monthly period balls, generally set in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Social Daunce Irregulars	CALIFORNIA The Social Daunce Irregulars have been presenting Victorian Balls in the Pasadena area since 1988. they are dedicated to keeping the tradition of the 19th Century Grand Ball alive in an otherwise gray and pedestrian world.
The San Diego Vintage Dancers	CALIFORNIA A social dance group located in San Diego; an affiliate of the Lively Arts History Association, present a variety of vintage dance events every year.
The Lively Arts History Association	CALIFORNIA An organization dedicated to fostering an understanding of history through the performing arts. LAHA is a resource which can be called upon by historic sites, museums, civic organizations, educators and others interested in making history accessible and interesting.
We Make History	ARIZONA A dance group which runs historic dance events.
Hof-Dantzer Make History	AUSTRIA The ensemble HOF-DANTZER, led by Hannelore Unfried, based in Vienna continues the tradition of the golden age of Viennese dance culture.
Vintage Dancing in Australia	AUSTRALIA Vintage Dancing isn't only done in the US and Europe. Earthly Delights provides a host of vintage related links including dances, music, and costuming. They also have a list of Upcoming Events you might be interested in if you are in the Canberra region.
John Burrow's Vintage Dance Calendar	A well kept list of the Vintage Dance happenings around the United States (and sometimes beyond).
Musicians
Spare Parts	On piano and flute, Bill Matthiesen and Liz Stell play a variety of dance music, including romantic couples dances, contra, and English Country, as well as historically accurate programs for Regency, Victorian (mid-nineteenth century through 1890s and ragtime dances. Argentine tangos are a special interest of theirs. Their CD entitled The Civil War Ballroom is ideal for recreating a Victorian Ball.
email Roy Wiseman director of The New River Dance Orchestra	The New River Dance Orchestra provides period dance music for Victorian and Ragtime Balls, their speciality is the music of the Ragtime and Early Jazz eras.
Dance History Research Sites
Library of Congress	An American Ballroom Companion presents a collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress.
Dance Card Museum	The Dance Card Museum is located at 152-154 Spring Street, Newport, Rhode Island.
Suppliers
	As far as we know, there are currently no suppliers of dance card pencils.

And some other Vintage-related sites which may be of interest ...

Books and Patterns
Vintage Victorian	Vintage Victorian publishes books on authentic costuming for reenactors as well as for vintage dancers. Each July, Vintage Victorian hosts the Nahant Victorian Day Ball.
Past Patterns	Historical Pattern Company dedicated to accuracy. Publishers of 19th and early 20th Century patterns.
Patterns from the Past	Patterns from the Past sells original, vintage and some recently out of print sewing patterns of all kinds, and older knitting, crochet and tatting patterns.
Folkwear Patterns	Folkwear was started in the mid-1970s and has a selection of sewing patterns based on vintage fashions and traditional ethnic costumes.
Harper House	Vintage sewing patterns of many eras for the costumer, the re-enactor and the hopeless romantic. Illustrated catalog of vintage sewing patterns, hoop skirts, costume findings, reproduction needle art implements and books.
Vintage Pattern Lending Library	This library makes copies of all of their patterns, from the late 19th to the early 20th Centuries available (for purchase or loan) so they no longer languish forgotten in closets and on shelves.
Sense and Sensibility	Dress designs for lovers of Romantic fashions who want sensible clothing that fits nicely. All dresses created with period details and custom designed to suit your individual tastes, making each purchase unique.
R. L. Shep Publications	Books on authentic costume, fashions and uniforms from the Civil War, Edwardian, Federalist, Regency, Victorian and other eras. Authentic historic patterns and tailoring systems. Books on etiquette, customs, textiles, hats, corsets, sewing and needlework.
Hollis & Bell	Publishers of Plain Needlework - A Guide to Nineteenth Century Hand Sewing and the online, eclectic Victorian magazine The Family Treasury, which contains articles on subjects from tight-lacing corsets to doll furniture to making a chemise.
Amazon Drygoods	Amazon Drygoods presents everything for true Victorian living for you, your family and guests, your home and garden � all in four fascinating catalogs!
Laughing Moon Mercantile	Purveyors of Victorian sewing patterns for costuming and high fashion enthusiasts.
Sally Queen & Associates	Sally Queen & Associates and its product division Q Graphics was founded to develop connections for the clothing and textile industry. Their annual wall calendar highlights historic fashions in North American collections.
LaBarre Books	Authors and Publishers of Vintage Clothing Reference Books: 1900-1939, a series of five reference books on vintage clothing.
Fabrics, Trims, Notions, Clothing
Lacis	Offers an extensive selection of notions, books, tools and supplies for the textile arts to the wholesale and retail market. Publishes over 90 books relating to needlework and costume.
J.R. Burrows & Company	Historical design merchants. A great source for late 19th century reproduction fabrics, lace curtains, and wallpapers.
Vintage Dance Images	Vintage Dance Images are reproduced from wonderful antique dance postcards and piano sheet music, most from pre-1920.
Karen Augusta - Antique Lace and Fashion	Offers for sale 18th Century through mid-20th Century museum-quality antique clothing, lace, and textiles.
Antique and Vintage Dress Gallery	This site sells antique clothing from the 1800's through today.
The Costume Society of America	The Costume Society of America "advances the global understanding of all aspects of dress and appearance."

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