Please join us for our first celebration of 2026!
THE FEZZIWIG FAMILY FANDANGO
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Please R.S.V.P. by no later than
NEW YEAR’S EVE
Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Event is scheduled for Twelfth Night
MONDAY, 5 JANUARY 2026
Guest Arrival: 5:15 p.m.
Games & Feasting: 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Dancing: 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.
The “Finishing Dance” (Sir Roger de Coverley): 8:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
[Ticket prices and sponsorship information below.]
THE PAST CUSTOMS of countless generations’ holidays celebrations assumed that families and the community would join together for feasting and dancing. From the earliest days of this, our own country, Christmastide balls held their own place alongside feasts, foxhunts, and fairs; horse races and house visits; wooings and weddings; sleigh rides and skating; concerts and caroling; and many other delightful diversions of the Days of Christmas (all twelve of them).
Following in this same tradition, The Fellowship of Arts & Mysteries, Ltd., is offering an opportunity for young, old, and in-between to finish out the Twelve Days of Christmas with jollity, goodwill, and cheerful tidings. The practice of extending our holidays beyond New Year’s Day has been mostly forgotten amid the modern rush of life. This year, however, the Fezziwig Family Fandango (“Fandango” being 18th-Century slang for a ball) is being brought out in style, bringing families in our community together.
LOCATION: The Calvert Room (upstairs) of the Rosslyn Farms Community Center; 400 Kings Hwy, Carnegie, PA 15106.
ADMISSION (per person):
- Ages 13 and up……….$15.00
- Ages 9 to 12……………..$7.50
- Ages 6 to 8………………$5.00*
SPONSORSHIPS are available to anyone who would wish to help The Fellowship fund this and future community-focused, historically-influenced celebrations. Please contact us by email to enquire at info@guildfellows.org.
ATTIRE: Semi-formal or period (colonial or Regency) dress, according to each person’s ability and inclination.
To keep costs reasonable, we ask that each person or family bring a dish appropriate to the eighteenth or early nineteenth century to contribute to “the groaning board.” Judges will award a prize to the most well-researched and/or interesting period-appropriate dish.
THE CALVERT ROOM CAPACITY IS 55 PERSONS.
AS SPACE IS RATHER LIMITED, PLEASE REGISTER EARLY TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE.
Please register with the form below, noting the number/ages
of the persons in your party in the comments section.
