Fridays!

Event Type: Drawing Room

Description: Her Majesty the Queen invites members of
                   the court, for social pleasures in the Drawing room.

Location: Drawing Room, St. James's Palace ( http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Valley/68/103/1501 )

Time: Noon / 10 pm SLT

Dress: Formal / Court

Etiquette: See Notecard in-world for history and etiquette. For more information, please contact Delos Helstein

History

Drawing rooms were larger affairs, held several times a week, in which the nobility and gentry paid their respects to the monarch and showed themselves at court. The drawing rooms, were a series of court entertainments chosen by the Queen for the Monarchs and Court's pleasure.

The subjects of each drawing room affair carried, as it could be conducted as general conversations, musicians to delight with concerts, writers showcasing their works or reading literary creations for delight, artist showcasing to show to latest acquisitions or debut new commissions by the Monarchs, and cards.

The drawing room was the center of court culture.

Rules of Etiquette for the Drawing Room Events:

Step 1) The courtier bows/curtsies as they enter the room.
Step 3) Upon getting close enough to the Monarchs, they bow/curtsy again.
Step 4) They waits for the Monarchs to address them. The Royal Family always speaks first to the courtiers.
Step 5) Pleasantries and conversations are exchanged.
Step 7) General conversation occurs while the drawing room event continues.
Step 8) One cannot leave the room without the royal permission. To leave, one should say "Forgive me Your Majesty, may I beg leave to withdraw?", before bowing, heading backwards to the door and bowing again.

Other rules to follow:

- Only presented members at court could attend the drawing room. (To be presented, one must be introduced to the King and Queen at an earlier time, mostly after their levées.)
- Only the Monarchs sit during the drawing room events.
- During card drawing rooms, seating are allowed, but only at the cards table. No gambling was done at court during this period, as the King and Queen looked down on gambling.
- During recitals, and concerts, the court stood behind the seated monarchs.
- The back was never shown to the monarch.
- You never crossed your arms in front of the monarchs.



Conducting Conversation:

Verbal Address:
    'Your Majesty' for the first time and subsequently 'Sire/Ma'am'. This should always rhyme with 'Pam'. Pronunciation to rhyme with 'palm' has not been correct for some generations.

Conversation:
    In conversation with The King/Queen, 'Your Majesty' should be substituted for 'you'. References to other members of the Royal Family are made to 'His (or Her) Highness' or the appropriate title, such as the Duke of York.

    When introducing another person to The King/Queen it is only necessary to state the name or title of the person to be introduced: 'May I present John Smith, Your Majesty'