Today I attended a private white-tie dinner-dance called "The Waltz Series". This event was founded more than 50 years ago in New York City by a group of friends who liked three things:

Dress up Have a conversation over dinner Viennese waltzing

The event now takes place 4 times a year starting in the Fall and ending in the Spring, which is the same time period as the Society Ball season in New York. Today's venue was the Manhattan Penthouse which amazingly is located just one block away from my new office. (Funny how my new office is mentioned in 3 most recent posts so far!) The evening started with cocktail hour in the foyer of the ballroom. Then everyone proceeded to dinner tables to the sounds of the live string orchestra. The dinner consisted of a seafood soup, followed by stake and vegetables for the main course and followed by dessert. In the middle of dinner the orchestra kept playing Viennese Waltzes and people were dancing half way through finishing their meals. The music consisted solely from Viennese Waltz with exception of one Tango and one Polka. At one point there was also a mixer dance where the women got into an inner circle and the men got into an outer circle and both proceeded holding hands going in opposite directions until the music stopped at which point people were supposed to waltz with whoever is in front of them. In under a minute everyone got into the circles again. This repeated 3 times and gave a chance for people to introduce themselves and have a quick chat during the brief waltz.

To attend this event you must be referred by a member of the group. I was referred by a Quadrille Ball alumni Hannah pictured here. I also met several other Quadrille alumni there. Several familiar faces from the Society Ball crowd were there too.