When we announced our Gilded Age themed tea a few weeks ago, we had several people champing at the bit to step into the golden shoes of the period. But the question arose, how? Our Socialite Survival Kit option (available to event goers) includes calling cards, but as we learned, most of us don't know how to use them! So we've upped the ante by offering a tutorial of social graces from the era.
The Gilded Age did not boast your garden variety social structure. The rise of the Nouveau Riche plunged the Old Guard into crisis, and signaled a crumbling of tradition.
Relive that era of opulence and outcasts with a pair of symbiotic afternoon tea events hosted by Whimsicalitea Arts & the Tea Travellers Societea. The guest crowned Socialite of the Season will earn a $100 Curated Experiences card at Studio 14, applicable to all the events hosted there ... of which there are plenty! (2nd place earns $50, 3rd place $25)
Guests attending both events will receive a $10 discount in homage to their good graces.
Sunday, FEBRUARY 1 at 2pm
Studio 14 . Huntington Beach
The Snares of Gilded Age Etiquette
Learn the do's & don'ts of the day to get a leg up on the competition come for when the big day comes
$45 includes light afternoon tea (in the mode of the 1880s), societal history, tutorial, secrets to becoming the socialite of the season. (If you ordered the Socialite Survival Set for the Feb 22 event, you can pick it up at this preliminary tea)
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Teavent 2
Sunday, FEBRUARY 22 at 11am
To be held on the grand balconies
of Spring Tea Garden in Fullerton, overlooking the ballroom
(Think Bridgerton meets The Gilded Age)
Join Lady Castor and the creme de la creme of 1880s high society for an arts fundraiser tea that will determine who will be the socialite of the season. Expect tea to be spilled, rumors to be manufactured, and machinations to run rampant among the elite.
$125 includes Champagne & keyboard reception
Afternoon tea service
Teacup party favor
Meaningful Mingling (orchestrated socializing to determine the Socialite of the Season)
Auction &/or drawing
Opportunity to be crowned Socialite of the Season
& earn a $100 Curated Experience Card at Studio 14
(good for all events held there)
2nd place earns a $50 card
3rd place earns a $25 card
The following ADD-ONS are available to embellish your experience
(and may increase your chances of being selected as socialite of the season)
Socialite Survival Set
$15
includes:
~ "Dance Card" schedule of social opportunities during the tea that will put you in Lady Castor's good graces
~ 25 society Calling Cards to hand out at the tea
~ A list of conversation topics (and trivia) that will garner praise amongst your peers
NOTE: If you attend our Feb 1st Gilded Age Manners class, you can pick up these items then so you'll have them ready when the time comes
Just a Trifle
$10
Surprise Keepsake from Lady Castor
Feb 22 event also includes
$25 donation to Whimsicalitea Arts philanthropy
tax & gratuity(Reminder, you'll receive $10 if you attend both events)