6/21/2023 0 Comments The Joy of Jane by Tim BullamoreLiterary workshops followed, in which we discuss all of Austen's work, one at a time, guided by Dr. With the wider goal of stimulating the knowledge and appreciation of Jane Austen, we increased our activities and events. In 2010, we officially became the Jane Austen Society of the Netherlands, as a nonprofit foundation, with approval from the Jane Austen Society UK. What would Jane, who loved music and dancing herself, think of all these Dutch people having fun with reels, longways, and cotillions, dressed in their most beautiful Regency attire? Since April 2009, hundreds of men and women have learned and enjoyed the music and dancing from Jane Austen's era. Joining our Dutch entourage were guests from Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden, and Germany. We danced away many splendid evenings at the impressive Castle Zeist, Castle Cannenburch, and City Palace Geelvinck. Overwhelmed by the positive responses and requests to join in, the group grew, and we began organizing monthly Regency dance workshops in Amsterdam and Austen-themed dances at wonderful historic locations. On this page we shared our happy memories of some Jane Austen Balls we attended in 2006 in the Netherlands, illustrated by lovely pictures. A t the start of 2009, precisely on J anuary 1, we launched the Jane Austen Club on HYVES, a Dutch social media network site that competed here with Facebook.
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