Not to burst too much of your bubble or anything, but a lot of the dance styles we talked about last night are taught in London. You don't need to have a special dance lesson unless the Holmeses do some really really obscure type of dancing. Otherwise, your merry band can ask the Intarwebz where the nearest dance group meets, and just join in. A lot of dance classes meet weekly, for a nominal fee, the way they do here.
Also . . . forgot to mention this last night: If you go whole hog and make the Holmes clan Scottish dancers, you can put everyone into the Full Dancing Kit. Women, that's generally a long, simple ballgown, often white, to show off the (family, if they've got one; Black Watch or Royal Stewart if they don't) tartan sash. Men get to wear a kilt, with belt and sporran, long socks with flashes at the knees, a little dagger in one sock, a dress shirt, and a Bonnie Prince Charlie jacket. Everyone wears dance ghillies. Picture Sherlock in this getup. Google Image it if you have to. Then decide what sort of dancing they should do.
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Date: 2013-02-03 10:26 pm (UTC)Also . . . forgot to mention this last night: If you go whole hog and make the Holmes clan Scottish dancers, you can put everyone into the Full Dancing Kit. Women, that's generally a long, simple ballgown, often white, to show off the (family, if they've got one; Black Watch or Royal Stewart if they don't) tartan sash. Men get to wear a kilt, with belt and sporran, long socks with flashes at the knees, a little dagger in one sock, a dress shirt, and a Bonnie Prince Charlie jacket. Everyone wears dance ghillies. Picture Sherlock in this getup. Google Image it if you have to. Then decide what sort of dancing they should do.