Junior Cotillion, with a three year curriculum, is designed to give young people instruction and practice in the courtesies that make life more pleasant for them and those around them, give them thorough training in standard ballroom dance, and to provide opportunities to practice and enjoy these skills at memorable parties, balls, dinners and events, complete with decorations, refreshments, favors and prizes.

 

Classes meet once a month from September to February at The Parson's Table in Aledo, Texas.

Here are just a few of the life skills students learn in Junior Cotillion.

 

EVERYDAY MANNERS

 

  • First impressions
  • Introductions
  • Greeting and shaking hands
  • Paying and receiving compliments
  • Correspondence
  • Table manners
  • Family dining
  • Polite conversation
  • When to rise
  • Doors and coats
  • Sports etiquette

 

FORMAL MANNERS

  • Formal dining
  • Party courtesies
  • Hosting a party
  • Receiving lines
  • Eating unusual foods
  • Instructional dinners

 

ELECTRONIC ETIQUETTE

  • Cell phone courtesies
  • Phones and Digital Manners at Home
  • Electronic Etiquette at home, school, or office
  • FAX, copier, and printer protocol
  • Digital Courtesies in Public Places
  • Parent’s Guide to Electronic Etiquette

 

DANCE

  • Music appreciation
  • Teamwork
  • Timing
  • Coordination
  • Basic dance courtesies
  • Current popular line dances
  • Dance include the Waltz, Fox Trot, Cha Cha Cha, Shag/Swing