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National League of Junior Cotillions
Benton/Bryant Chapter

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NLJC MISSION STATEMENT: TO ACT AND TO TREAT OTHERS WITH HONOR, DIGNITY, AND RESPECT FOR BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FUTURE BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, AND TO LEARN AND PRACTICE BALLROOM DANCE.


WHAT IS JUNIOR COTILLION™?

National League of Junior Cotillion is a curriculum designed to give young people instruction and practice in the courtesies that make life more pleasant for them and those around them; to give them thorough training in standard ballroom dance; and to provide opportunities to practice and enjoy these skills at memorable parties, balls, dinners and events, complete with decorations, refreshments, favors and prizes.

Junior Cotillion program places emphasis on etiquette, manners and character education as well as on dancing. The social and character education components of the program include rules of proper telephone courtesy, acknowledgments of gifts, introductions, receiving lines, participating in group settings, polite conversation, paying and receiving compliments, sports etiquette, first impressions, dress code for all occasions, manners in the home and in public places, table manners, formal place settings, styles of dining including American, Asian, and Continental, skills involved in being a guest, hostess or host, and many other areas of social behavior. Other topics covered are the ethics involved in the areas of having honor, dignity, respect, honesty, fairness, a caring attitude, accountability, and citizenship.


Curriculum Topics Included: 

ETIQUETTE TOPICS 

  • The rules of introductions
  • Paying and receiving compliments
  • Electronic etiquette, table manners
  • When to rise
  • Doors and coats
  • Sports etiquette
  • Party courtesies
  • Receiving lines
  • Eating unusual foods
  • Instructional formal dining

CHARACTER EDUCATION 

  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Respect
  • Citizenship
  • Excellence
  • Handling peer pressure

DANCE INSTRUCTION

  • Music appreciation
  • Basic dance courtesies
  • The basic steps for the waltz, fox trot, cha cha cha, swing, salsa, and samba.


The course consists of five classes (September - March) meeting only once a month due to busy lifestyles. The classes are comprised of equal numbers of ladies and gentlemen. Participating students come from local middle and intermediate schools. Participants have the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends in a controlled social setting.                 

Classes are dress up affairs for which careful grooming is required. Hair should be neatly combed, fingernails clipped and clean, shoes polished. Dancing requires hard- soled shoes, not athletic shoes, flip flops or slides. Ladies should wear conservative dresses or skirts and dress shoes for class. No leggings please. Gentlemen should wear a long sleeved dress shirt, khaki pants, ties and a navy blazer and dress shoe.


Payment

The fee for the full program is $330, payable in full with registration or $165 at registration with the $165 balance due by September 1, 2024. Payments may be made through this website once you register (PayPal) or you may mail your check to Social Graces Cotillion located at 177 Manson Loop, Hot Springs, AR 71913.