We now have a plan in place for enjoying a joint Box Hill picnic with JASNA Rochester at the Geneva Historical Society's Jane Austen Day, to be held at the Society's Rose Hill Mansion on Saturday, July 26! Here goes:
First, for the GHS website's
description of Jane Austen Day, go to
this link.
For directions to Rose Hill, located on NY Route 96A on Seneca Lake south of Geneva, go to
this link.
The mansion will be open from 10 am to 4 pm, with a
wide variety of activities. Regency dress is encouraged,
though certainly not required. And note especially that there will be a
Regency picnic contest!
See the "Picnic Guidelines" link within the GHS website's description of the day for details. (Below, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the late lamented Official Spokescat of JASNA Syracuse, suggests an appropriate resource to consult.)
But whether your picnic lunch is Regency-correct or not (and certainly it needn't be!),
do plan to join your JASNA Syracuse and Rochester colleagues at the picnic tables at 11 am.
Since table space will be limited, Lisa Brown, in addition to her
duties with the Country Dancers of Rochester demonstration team at 1 pm, has undertaken to reserve space for us all at that
time.
If you will RSVP Marie by Friday, July 18, at noon, with your intent to attend, she will relay a head count for our group to Lisa. See Marie's contact info at right.
(No need to RSVP with regrets.)
