Monday, September 28, 2009

Change is "Afoot" : English Country Dancing at October Meeting



Instead of participating in a Regency melodrama as originally planned, Middle TN JASNA members are invited to put on their dancing shoes for a rousing program of "English Country Dancing" at the upcoming Fall meeting. Host Phil Staples will help each one of us, including some who may demur that they have "two left feet," to participate in an afternoon of sipping tea, repasting on fresh baked delicacies and dancing (almost as elegantly) as Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley!

December's meeting will feature a group rendition of "Lover's Vows" led by thespian Caroline Davis at the home of Paula Covington.

Details:

Date: Sunday, October 18

Time: 2:00-4:00 pm

Place: Anne Potter Wilson Room in the Patrick Wilson Library at Montgomery Bell Academy, 4001 Harding Road, Nashville, TN

Instructions: Bring cookies, scones, cake, tea sandwiches, etc. for a High Tea which will take place beginning at 2:00 pm. Dancing will follow. Female members are encouraged to invite male friends, spouses, relatives who would like to join us at this meeting. Ladies, if you can't find a partner, please don't hesitate to come anyway! All who wish will be able to participate even if there are more ladies than gentlemen present.


Directions: From I-440/West End Ave-Harding Rd. interchange, exit west on to West End Ave-Harding Rd. MBA's main entrance is on the left at the 4th traffic light. From Bellevue/Belle Meade/White Bridge Road, MBA's main entrance is at the 4th traffic light past the intersection of Harding Road and Woodmont Boulevard.

You may park in any of the school parking lots off of Montgomery Bell Avenue. Maps located on the campus will direct you to the Patrick Wilson Library building.

Friday, September 4, 2009

A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen


A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen, a new collection of literary criticism will be released in November by Random House just in time for holiday purchases for Austen fans. Edited by Susannah Carson and with a foreward written by Harold Bloom, this volume includes opinions by mid-twentieth century critics such as Virginia Woolf and C. S. Lewis as well as thoughts from more contemporary writers like Anna Quindlen, Fay Welden and Jay McInerney. According to a Random House advance press release, "We read, and then reread, our favorite Austen novels to connect with both her world and our own. Because, as A Truth Universally Acknowledged so eloquently demonstrates, the only thing better than reading a Jane Austen novel is finding in our own lives her humor, emotion, and love."