Welcome to the modern British social calendar
Well according to me anyway....
The social season, or Season,
Evokes visons of an Austen
heroine and I sadly know Northanger Abbey (also set in the season) back to
front.
so back to the really serious business of celebrating the season’s most
important social events, debutante balls, dinner parties and large charity
events.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth
century, whole Households decamped from the country to take residence at
London's finest address for the season
The Season
was the only thing that mattered.
Fast forward
to the twenty- first century the new social calendar has evolved, it is no
longer a totally British affair, it’s the international set, and today’s
lightning speed travel means we can all enjoy the season wherever you are in
the world,
It’s
contemporary, diverse, international, more exciting, the calendar has evolved.
Today’s
bright young things (although most are not that young) like to mix it up from
Ascot to the East End and Glyndbourne to Glastonbury,
and as
was then as is now some private balls and, garden parties dinners
The
'official' start of the season is the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge
with Ball in the evening and ends with
the glorious twelfth both events are still attended today
stay tuned
tomorrow to see the list of events for 2015
I agree! : )
ReplyDeleteIn America, summertime is definitely a big social season... people who spent several months "hiberanting" inside during wintertime come out for all kinds of events like concerts, music fests, town fests, food fests (lots of festivals, ha!), BBQs, and enjoying nightlife throughout the cities. April through September is an awesome time of year here! I love that I live close to Chicago, a lot goes on around here.
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Amber
All the Cute
thanks for sharing Amber, hope your summer is awesome and an american food festival sound like its right down my alley
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