February Calendar

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Here is the February Calendar of events, as it stands right now.

Sunday the 5th we have been invited by Mme Theodosia de Valois to join her in attending The Bach Cantata at the Rose City Park Presbyterian Church at 1907 NE 45th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.
Sunday the 26th, we will be hosting a tea, for which we will have more information coming soon.

My Warmest Regards,
Mrs. Azevedo

An Evening of Dancing

Last night, Mrs. Charlotte Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. Demlow and I, Mrs. Nora Azevedo made our appearance at the Friday night dance held weekly by the Portland Country Dancing Community.

Mrs. Demlow is a already a member of the PCDC and this time she came in costume, and looked LOVELY. Mrs. Cunningham also looked lovely, having converted a dress she was not 100% happy with into a lovely new ensemble that was excellent!

We met two new members, Chad and Caley, and I have to say that makes me exceedingly happy to see new faces at events, even if technically it wasn't "our" event.

We danced more than just Regency dance, and there were equal men to women. In fact, we had partners for all the dances, learned some new dance sequences and felt the exertion of a full ballroom.

All the ladies and gentlemen that we met were accommodating and genteel. The Gentlemen properly asked for a dance and the ladies were wonderful and helpful when we didn't know the dance steps.

This was so sucessful, that while we may not always go in costume, we will definitively continue to attend Friday night dances.

We hope to see more of the membership there.

Thank you

Mrs. Nora Azevedo

“Strawberries, and only strawberries, could now be thought or spoken of”

"You had better explore to Donwell," replied Mr. Knightley. "That may be done without horses. Come, and eat my strawberries. They are ripening fast."

And so we did, this Sunday last, gather a lovely party to explore the nearby strawberry fields and excellent shade trees for picnicking. We spread out upon the lawn and utilized the provided tables while basking in the glory of a truly fine Portland day. Strangely enough, no images were captured of us actually picking strawberries.

On 15 June we were delighted to go in support of one of our members as she read a few chapters from her book ‘Shades of Milk and Honey’. Ms. Robinette Kowal entertained an audience mixed of some of our local time traveling Regency folk, and those of a more modern persuasion. All in all, a lovely evening.

And way back on 20 May, a couple of us travelled to Astoria, OR, where the town was beginning the celebration of its bicentennial. We sailed the high seas (otherwise known as the bay and river area) on The Lady Washington, in a replica ship appropriate to 1811, while being regaled with nautical stories and songs and awed by the nimble dance of the crew as they dashed about manning such a vessel. If you have the chance, I highly recommend setting sail with this crew who, along with The Hawaiian Chieftain, sail up and down the West Coast.

And so, dear friends, I close with a desire for your good health and to see you all soon as we continue our travels together in a quest for a touch of Regency.

Humbly Yours,

Charlotte

Update of events

Due to some issues out of the ORS control, we don't have any events set in stone and have not been able to update the ORS events list on the ORS site.

Here is a list of upcoming events and event ideas we have been planning.

May 20th-Astoria bicentennial celebration. Charlotte Cunningham and Nora Azevedo will be attending the opening of the Celebration at the Museum and later on the Lady Washington. If anyone would like to go with us, we are available for carpool.

Astoria Events page

June 26th-Picnic and Delaford--Strawberry picking and frolicking of a genteel nature. More information will be forthcoming

August 7th- Le Bon Ton is having an archery event as well as some other things which may be of interest to us

Le BonTon of Oregon

July 30th-Not Just a Memory Horse race
July 31st-Picnic at Pittock Mansion!
This is a double header for all of you Ladies and Gentlemen who travel any sort of distance to our events.

August 13th-tentative date for the summer ball. We have thought of an Out Door Park event with a live orchestra to keep down costs and get more public exposure.

October SAVE THE DATE for the 2nd Annual Fall Assembly. More on that once we have a secure date, time and location.

December 1st through 4th-Regency Retreat...most fantastic and will have more information soon

This is what we have so far as plans for a fantastic summer of events.
Other ideas have been put forth such as Tea at the Lavender Tea room in Sherwood, Summer Picnic or Ball, Picnic at Multnomah Falls, Trip to the Shakespeare Festival.

Feedback is most appreciated as to ideas, dates, places etc.

Lets make this the best Summer Yet!

Longing for Summer and all its diversions

Good Day Ladies and Gentleman,

While it is dreary and snowy, many a daydream has centered on the wonders and comforts of a warm summer's day. Others find the careful planning of the summer season to be a fine consolation to being kept in. What keeps me in high spirits is the careful planning and dreaming of a summer wardrobe and the accessories to accompany it.

I have acquired over the holiday season a book that has become a great deal of joy to me as well as information. I received "English Fashions of the Nineteenth Century" by C. Willett Cunningham (no relation to our own Mrs. Cunningham).

While this particular volume has many different styles and over 1000 illustrations of various fashions. The first chapter in particular is of interest to people enamored of the regency and federalist era.

Here are a few peeks at the fashion plates from this wonderful book:







I hope that these are inspiration for hats and fashions for the delights of picnics, promenades, carriage rides and any number of pleasurable country diversions.

Your Humble Servant,
Mrs. N. Azevedo