Dear Ticket Holder,

Welcome, and thank you for purchasing a ticket to attend the first of what we hope will be many costumed weekends to come.

As we receive your ticket information, we are writing to give you a little information and also ask you a few things in order to help us with our planning.

Please click on the link below ASAP to give us your responses via Google Forms:
A Regency Affair at Exeter Village Google Form

FOOD

This first Festival will be just the two days, but we are planning to cater for morning and afternoon teas, lunch on Saturday, and picnic lunch provisions on Sunday. We will also be providing a light meal before the ball on Saturday evening before the ball. To this end we have two questions.

1. Could you bring a small something to add to the supper table on Saturday night? It can be a simple supermarket purchase of something you enjoy, or if you are a happy chef, please do bring us something you have prepared yourself. We are not trying to make this a purist Regency supper, so do not be alarmed about a difficult choice! We will be grateful for all contributions.

2. To look after your dietary comfort, could you advise us of any food preferences that you have. We are happy and willing to cater for vegan, vegetarian, non dairy, gluten free diet needs.

We cannot promise to keep a truly allergic person safe though, so if you have an anaphylactic or other serious response to certain food items, could you make it your decision to eat what we provide, or to self cater? And please do carry whatever medication that you would normally have with you to keep you safe and well.

MUSIC

Are you a musician? Kathy Potter, one of our team, and the leader of our dance band, Short Dented Potts, would like to hear from you if you would like to be included in the band for some of the dancing on Sunday afternoon, which will be our Country Dance. There will be some music session time on Sunday, and if the program has some unexpected down time on Saturday, though that is looking like quite a full day.

WHAT TO WEAR

One of the delights of a weekend such as this is the opportunity to dress as a person of the time. Many of you will have a ready wardrobe, and we do have fun sharing our “how did you do that?” stories.

For those of you who are looking around for suitable clothing, please enjoy bringing together ideas and pieces from op shops, or making yourself something simple to see you through the weekend. Costume Hire shops will have Regency outfits and accessories, and we here at the planning team also have some limited number of styles and sizes in items available to hire.

There is a very comprehensive article on our Facebook page about Regency Costuming. Here is that article and some more links that might help.

http://demodecouture.com/one-regency-weekend-five-looks/

https://www.cdrochester.org/flyers/WomensBallClothing2008.pdf

https://www.colonialdance.com.au/what-to-wear-at-a-jane-austen-ball-3640.html

https://fabricnfiction.com/2018/06/04/leveling-up-your-regency-look-part-i-planning-your-outfit/

WHERE TO STAY

Because the NSW Southern Highlands is a lovely place to visit, there is no shortage of accommodation in the area to suit all tastes and budgets. The link here will take you to a list prepared by the Bush Traditions group to assist people attending their June dance festival in Bundanoon, just a short way from Exeter. There is no recommendation to any particular property, but simply a list.

https://www.bushtraditions.org/dancefest/accomm.htm

MARKET STALL

We invite anyone of you who has a craft or product that can relate to our Festival to apply to us to sell from our market table. We will not charge commission, but if you would like to use our Square for your purchasers (and you are welcome to do this), we ask that you will cover any fees. We will not be cash handling over the weekend.

We do hope that you are going to have a delightful time, and look forward to hearing from you if any of these details/questions apply to you.

Many thanks

Sydney Regency Weekends Inc. Team