Jane Austen Society of North America, Southwest (JASNA-SW)
JASNA-SW Events & MoreComing Up
Save the Date for our Dec. 4, 2010 Winter Conference
"Wassail and Plum Pudding: Cooking in Jane Austen's England" Save the Date for our Spring Super-Regional Conference, May 14-15, 2011
Bicentennial Celebration of the publication of Sense and Sensibility Events Gone By
Annual Spring Meeting: “Horse and Carriage,” Saturday, April 10, 2010
Please click on the title above for a report of this exciting event! Treasures of Napoleon at the Muzeo
Please click on the title above for a text-and-photo recap of this program. 2009 Winter Meeting: A Library, a Drawing Room and a Ball: Jane Austen’s World of Music
Please click on the title above for a text-and-photo recap of this program. 2009 Spring Meeting: A Day of Pride, Prejudice, and Politics
Click on the title above for a recap and photos of this event. 2008 Winter Meeting Holidays at Highbury: Understanding Jane Austen's Emma
Click on the title above for photos and a recap of this event. "I ask only a comfortable home" - Jane Austen and Regency Domestic Interiors," a lecture by Lisa White
Click on the title above for a recap of this event. Special Screening of THE DUCHESS
JASNA members were treated to a sneak preview of the film about Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Click on the title above to see a trailer of the movie. 2008 Spring Meeting
"Silver Forks, Golden Memories, and Library Treasures." Featured talk: Ed Copeland on Silver Fork Novels. 2007 Winter Meeting: A Jane Austen Mystery Celebration
Click on title above for photos of this exciting event. JASNA-SW Spring Meeting 2007
If you missed out on this exciting event, you can click on the title above for a recap of our program. JASNA-SW 2006 Winter Meeting
Domestic Entertainments in Jane Austen's Time History
Diana Birchall and People take us on a nostalgic journey. In Memoriam
Sundries
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Treasures of Napoleon at the Muzeo
JASNA-SW members Maryanne Pelensky, Carla Washburn, and Nancy Gallagher at the Muzeo
December 12 and 13, 2009 by Claire Bellanti On a rainy Saturday, ten JASNA Southwest members made their way through flooded streets and freeways to the Muzeo Museum in Anaheim, California. They were participating in a Jane Austen Day at the Muzeo, in connection with its exhibit, The Treasures of Napoleon. http://www.muzeo.org/exhibit_napoleon.html The group set up an enticing array of the novels of Jane Austen, handouts on JASNA and JASNA-SW, membership brochures, tidbits from past AGM’s, a large poster comparing the lives of Jane Austen and Napoleon, and other items to attract museum visitors from 12-4 pm. On Sunday, which was bright and shining, seven members arrived to work the crowds. JASNA members who participated in the educational event received free entrance to the museum. Any other JASNA members who wished simply to see the exhibit received a 50% discount those two days. JASNA-SW helped to organize a troupe of English Country Dancers, which performed exhibition dancing for several hours on Sunday. Eleven dancers performed for twenty minutes each hour. Having an extra dancer helped because members of the audience had a ready partner to join in the dancing. JASNA-SW members in costume also wandered through the exhibit itself, eager to answer any questions from museum-goers. We found one long-lost member of JASNA-SW and fielded questions about Jane Austen from interested passersby, handing out several membership brochures. Many thanks to the participating members of JASNA-SW: Viki Bari, Claire Bellanti, Paula Dacker, Jan Fahey, Anna Freeman, Nancy Gallagher, Maryanne Pelensky, Terry Ryan, Kathleen Schirtz, and Carla Washburn. |
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