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By DIANA BIRD
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
On Wednesday, June 4, the 35 RAAC subscribers, some from as far as Culpeper and Hume, gathered at the Gay Street Theater for the trip to Wolf Trap. At the Wolf Trap Pavilion, a cool breeze made us comfortable in our good seats as the gala concert program opened with Chopin’s Mazurka and Waltz No. 7. The two subsequent dance interludes featured the music of Ludwig Minkus and the choreography of Maurice Petipa.
The first group of dancers, called Chopiniana, featured women in beautiful dress-length filmy skirts. The subsequent dances were performed in traditional tutus, one again all white, and the last with bodices of rose, red, green, purple and sparkling sequins.
The scenery of the final dance set, called Paquita, produced gasps when the curtain rose. At the back was an elaborately decorated salmon colored curtain, framed with three advancing folds of curtains on each side, also decorated with brocade. From the ceiling hung similar material cut into deep scallops, some of which carried fringed tassels. Four brass candelabra 12 feet tall, each with 12 candles, burned against the back curtain. Arranged there too were several bronze classical figures and one figure worked into the curtain as well. The result was a stage richly and elegantly aglow.
The first dancers in Paquita ap
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