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The Mount Dora Jane Austen Fest 2023

Arts and Entertainment

February 6, 2023

From: The Mount Dora Jane Austen Fest

Schedule of Events:

Friday

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Registration - Annie Donnelly Park
7:00 PM - Soiree - Includes a Jane Austen Film, followed by a discussion and critique led by Kathie Moon - Lobby of the
Community Building
7:00 PM - Spencer Jacket Silent Auction begins - Community Building Lobby

Saturday

8:00 AM - Registration - Annie Donnelly Park
9:30 AM - Welcome - Community Building Auditorium
10:00 - 11:00 AM - Keynote Speaker - Quite a Horror of Finery: The Fashion of Female Characters in Austen’s Novels - Presented by Dr. Kathleen Anderson - Community Building Auditorium
11:00 AM - 1st Tea Sitting - Donnelly House
11:00 - 12:00 PM - Talk - Shopping With Jane Austen in Fact and Fiction - Dr. Ann Wass - Community Building Auditorium
12:00 - 1:00 PM - Shopping with our Vendors - Annie Donnelly Park
11:00 - 1:00 PM:
Workshop - Bonnet Making - Kathryn Page - Mount Dora Center for the Arts
Workshop - Stained Glass - Rosemarie Brown - Mount Dora Center for the Arts
Workshop - Paper Quilling - Jennifer Stacey - Mount Dora Center for the Arts
Workshop - Regency Dancing - Nikki Herbst - United Methodist Church - Fellowship Hall
12:30 PM - 2nd Tea Sitting - Donnelly House
1:00 PM - Talk - Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen - Candice Hern - Community Building Auditorium
2:00 PM - 3rd Tea Sitting - Donnelly House
2:00 - 4:00 PM :
Workshop - Turban Making - Kathryn Page - Mount Dora Center for the Arts
Workshop - Sketching - Lee Kline - Mount Dora Center for the Arts
Workshop - A Very Pretty Workbag - Dr. Ann Wass - Mount Dora Center for the Arts
3:00 PM - Speaker - New Shoes are always a Good Idea: Austen, the Regency, and Ladies’ Footwear - Dr. Susan Jones - Community Building Auditorium
3:30 PM - 4th Tea Sitting - Donnelly House
8:00 - 10:00 PM - Regency Ball - Nikki Herbst, caller - Montessori School

Sunday

8:30 - 10:30 AM - Tea and Crumpets - Lawn Bowling Club
10:00 AM - Workshop - Lawn Bowling - Randy Woods - Lawn Bowling Club
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Workshop - The Unkindest Cut of All - Sequel - Maureen Patrick - Donnelly House
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Dora Canal Cruise - Rusty Anchor - Embarks Yacht Club Pier
2:00 - 2:30 PM - Staged Reading of Manydown - Sarah Rose Kearns - Community Building Auditorium
2:30 - 3:00 PM - Talk-back with actors and playwright - Community Building Auditorium
3:00 - 4:00 PM - The Gift of Jane Austen - Discussion with speakers including playwright - Community Building Auditorium
4:00 PM - Fond Farewell - Community Building Auditorium

Date: February 10, 11, 12, 2023

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