Ms. Henri Price. Mama always said she was the prissiest little lady in Augusta. She was the first person to teach me social graces. An institution in Augusta, Georgia, Ms. Price and Ms. Mary Davis (who scared the living daylights out of me) operated Henri Price Academy. I attended tap dancing with them when I was just a little girl and in the 8th grade I started Social Dancing classes with my partner Thurmond Norville, Jr. (Of course our parents got us together). I didn't know then that I would spend four years in Social, go on to Cotillion, and then to be an Assistant to Ms. Price.
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Ms. Henri Price |
From the start of each season, we trained for the Christmas Formal and the traditional Spring Formal, which was held at the gigantic-to-me-then Bell Auditorium.
Dance cards were given to ladies to record the name of gentlemen to whom they had promised dances. The little cards were attached with ribbons and we wore them around our wrist.
White gloves were worn to also disguise our damp, nervous palms!
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Ms. Price and Ms. Davis have both passed away but I think it's wonderful that today the tradition is continued by one of her former students who now owns and operates Social, Inc.
Ms. Price and Ms. Davis have both passed away but I think it's wonderful that today the tradition is continued by one of her former students who now owns and operates Social, Inc.
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The National League of Junior Cotillions also offers social dancing and etiquette programs.
These programs teach young people the importance of social graces...life skills they will use for the rest of their lives!
19 comments:
Love it! Now BOTH boys are in Social. S is in Cotillion and J is in his first year. Did you know that someone in Cotillion has created a David McLeod Twitter feed?! It really is quite clever...
Bevy,
I will look for that twitter feed. Thanks!
Miss Brooke was a member of the NLJC for 3 years and then served as an assistant to the local chapter for 3 years in high school. I think it is an invaluable institution for children today.
Lovely. We had Miss De la Houssay's charm and deportment class. I don't remember a thing from Geometry but Miss D's words of wisdom are etched on my brain forever.
Miss Janice, what a thoroughly wonderful post. I so enjoyed reading it and exploring the links. As an English lady who was grounded in the English way of presentation, I loved and thoroughly enjoyed watching The National League of Junior Cotillions video on their website. I was rather shocked though at the hairstyles of some of the young girls, loose and flowing didn't really look correct. The girls with beautiful up-do's and the styles which were curled and pulled back from their faces looked so much more correct and formal for such an important event. Please do more posts like this, I loved it.
Hello Bevy. Please could you give the link to the David Mcleod twitter feed. There are so many 'David McLeod's' it's hard to know which is is! Thank you.
What is the twitter name?
Both of my children did cotillion. I wish this curriculum was taught in school rooms across America.
Very neat!
My daughter is in Cotilion right now. The Spring ball is coming up!
I love this post. What a beautiful tradition, so glad it continues on.
Yes it is.
Wonderful!
Yes ma'am!
Totally agree Kathie!
From everything that I have heard, the Jr Cotillion is a wonderful organization.
The most important things...
I'm still praying for Miss Brooke!
@Mr_McLeod is the Twitter Name... Enjoy! 💃
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