Outing to a Victorian Ball

Dear members and friends:

I am organizing a PKUAANC outing to Gaskell ball, a Victorian dance ball, in Oakland's Scottish Rite Temple, on this coming Saturday,August 7.

This is a very big bimonthly dance event in the Bay Area and offers great fun to those who like dancing. Up to a thousand party goers, many of them dressed in elegant traditional costumes, dance waltz, polka, schottich, murzurka and other European court and folk dances to a liveband.
The crowd is very lively. The dance floor is huge and of the best quality. The setting is elegant and glamorous. The requirement for dance skill is from zero to expert. If you don't have a traditional
costume, it is OK to come in modern formal dresses. The cost is only $10 per person. No partner is required.

The dance starts at 7:45pm with a dance lesson and last till midnight. Scotish Rite Temple is located on the shore of Lake Merritt, on Lakeside drive between 14th and 17th Street in Oakland.
Please check this WEB site for more detail and direction:

http://www.jps.net/aspsys/gaskell.html

Those who plan on attending please send me a message directly, to xiang@tularik.com, specifying the number of parties who will show up. I will plan a champaign reception. There will be four sets of dances. Please look for the Peking University group in the lobby after the first set of dances (around 9:10pm). There is no carpool effort organized. If you don't have transportation, I will try match a ride for you (no guarantee here).

---- XiaoOu Xiang