Yeah.... there'd be a need to rent a space, for sure. And I think it would be a little gender imbalanced in the people who would be interested to go, so there'd have to be a way to account for that. (Could probably create a number of English country-dance styles of dances that don't require a specific gendered partner, so people could come and dance without worrying). And there'd need to be some way to make sure people actually did wear costumes so it didn't turn into a casual event too quickly. Maybe have some spare suits and gowns available for people to put on if they come without any. Hmm, that might be more possible if they're also offered for sale, people can pay a small amount extra and just use it for the evening or buy the item outright, and anyone who volunteers to come help at one event gets to go to the next event for free, so you could have a few people to help out in specific roles that were available as a sign-up basis (getting swamped with volunteers and no one paying to cover cost of place rental would be an issue)...
Hm.
I can see how it would all work.
But it really would be so much work.
You'd want a room with sewing supplies to take care of any costume issues.
I'm thinking this would almost be better if it were a once-a-season thing, 4 times a year, so that people become familiar with it and how it works and they can drag their friends along, too, so it grows enough to sustain itself.
Probably best if each one was a theme so people don't just stand around blankly and get bored.
If you choose them right, it's not too much extra in cost and then everyone goes home with a little "extra" each time that sort of gradually adds to their costume so they only need the one suit or gown, and the accessories accumulate from attending....
Then there could be little events related to the theme. You could have very similar events each time, just flavored differently, so you don't have to be endlessly creative.
Like a cakewalk and the cake prizes match the theme.
Masked balls are popular but everyone would know who everyone was, so you'd need to add something to that. Hm. Maybe have a few mask stations in different corners of the room, and quietly put face paint on under the masks? Then the drama of the moment of unmasking isn't finding out who everyone is, but seeing the facepaint under the masks.
Then, another theme/event, maybe a fan competition? Every so many songs someone could come up and give a demonstration of the historic fan language, one new meaning each time, people can go around practicing on each other and having fun, and decorating blank fans, and creating beaded or braided loops to hook the fans onto their wrists or gowns/suits, however (because fans were for both genders, once upon a time). People who want to enter a competition can display their fans along one wall and vote with half their entry ticket and the winner gets some prize or another.
You could do it with flower languages, too, and boutonnieres , that would be harder and more expensive, though, so maybe not? Maybe not actually have flowers, just pictures of ones and a talk on flower language, and along each wall you have a whole conversation (with fake flowers or pictures of flowers) and people go around trying to decipher it? Every so often the conversation along one wall is announced (what it really is) and then of the people who guessed that one right (people can put their guesses in a box, signing it), you draw one out and the winner gets access to the flower pictures and designs a new conversation to put up.... you could have that going on for a while, I think.
Hmmmm....
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