Capital Cotillion for Beauvoir Son

[Anonymous]

It’s a thinly veiled excuse for moms to suck down a few margaritas at Guapos while their spawn learn etiquette and ballroom dancing. IMO it really went downhill when they decided to include “line dancing” as part of their instruction. Mrs. Simpson wouldn’t put up with this crap.

[Anonymous]

Mrs. Simpson is a straight up racist

[Anonymous]

Capital Cotillion is inclusive and anyone can receive an invitation. It was created in the spirit of being an inclusive option to others that were not inclusive. Invites are generally sent out to all private school kids in the area for 3rd grade but you do not need to attend private to attend. Most families at many schools including the Cathedral schools and Sidwell left other organizations and joined Capital Cotillion because of its inclusive nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there is a silver lining to this Covid morass, the demise of something like Capitol Cotillion is surely one of them. Sorry ladies. You had a good run. But it's for the best.

Why the hll did you dredge up this old thread?

Pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Just signed my child up for CC. Alive and well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just signed my child up for CC. Alive and well.

Dredging up this thread 2 years later? May I ask why?

[Anonymous]

maybe its because the invites just went out- they are sent once a year

Perhaps many families feel that they can teach etiquette themselves, but since the purpose of good manners is to make others at ease in your company, if you lack some fine points that you'd like your child to learn, then these classes do the work for you.

Not everyone comes from affluence where dinner party etiquette in second nature and you wouldn't want your young adult child to offend the BF/GF's parents in college when invited home for Thanksgiving, etc... or Botch a job interview or lack confidence and have two L feet when it comes to a spin on the dance floor

Good manners are a Gift.

8 classes is about $400 and then your kid is JA++ proof, hopefully - not Bad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just signed my child up for CC. Alive and well.

Dredging up this thread 2 years later? May I ask why?

2 yes this thread isn’t 14 years old!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:maybe its because the invites just went out- they are sent once a year

Perhaps many families feel that they can teach etiquette themselves, but since the purpose of good manners is to make others at ease in your company, if you lack some fine points that you'd like your child to learn, then these classes do the work for you.

Not everyone comes from affluence where dinner party etiquette in second nature and you wouldn't want your young adult child to offend the BF/GF's parents in college when invited home for Thanksgiving, etc... or Botch a job interview or lack confidence and have two L feet when it comes to a spin on the dance floor

Good manners are a Gift.

8 classes is about $400 and then your kid is JA++ proof, hopefully - not Bad

And you think that 5th graders learn these skills in CC? Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:maybe its because the invites just went out- they are sent once a year

Perhaps many families feel that they can teach etiquette themselves, but since the purpose of good manners is to make others at ease in your company, if you lack some fine points that you'd like your child to learn, then these classes do the work for you.

Not everyone comes from affluence where dinner party etiquette in second nature and you wouldn't want your young adult child to offend the BF/GF's parents in college when invited home for Thanksgiving, etc... or Botch a job interview or lack confidence and have two L feet when it comes to a spin on the dance floor

Good manners are a Gift.

8 classes is about $400 and then your kid is JA++ proof, hopefully - not Bad

Good manners are taught at home. This is just outsourcing parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just signed my child up for CC. Alive and well.

Dredging up this thread 2 years later? May I ask why?

2 yes this thread isn’t 14 years old!

It’s incredible! And how is this still a thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:maybe its because the invites just went out- they are sent once a year

Perhaps many families feel that they can teach etiquette themselves, but since the purpose of good manners is to make others at ease in your company, if you lack some fine points that you'd like your child to learn, then these classes do the work for you.

Not everyone comes from affluence where dinner party etiquette in second nature and you wouldn't want your young adult child to offend the BF/GF's parents in college when invited home for Thanksgiving, etc... or Botch a job interview or lack confidence and have two L feet when it comes to a spin on the dance floor

Good manners are a Gift.

8 classes is about $400 and then your kid is JA++ proof, hopefully - not Bad

And you think that 5th graders learn these skills in CC? Please.

+1. In 5th grade this is not that useful. In 12th grade it would be.

[Anonymous]

Is Mrs Simpson still holding classes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Beauvoir parent. My 3rd gradeer has not yet received an invitation to participate in the Capitol Cotillion. I thought these went out to everyone in the class. Is it possible that we have been purposely excluded? Is there anyone we can contact to see why that would have happened?!

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Oh my lord. People are living in bomb shelter subways in Ukraine and you’re upset that you might have hee purposely excluded from a snobby social activity? Time to grow up some more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have already paid for next year, but I am totally regretting it. Why did I give $400 to this ridiculous organization? Social graces? He's not learning that there. He has to dress up in a suit, deal with the complete and total discomfort of asking a girl to dance, hold her hand, and then learn dance steps. He's nine. Why am I doing this to him? I'll tell you why. All the other parents are talking about it. Acting like this is something "we" do...we in the club. I totally want to be in that club, right? So I better do it too. But actually, this isn't the club I want my son to be in...I want my son to be in the good kids club. The club where they play and are nice to everyone, where they learn to respect other people and not judge them by money, to be inclusive of diversity, and to aim to do what they can to make the world better. Before everyone starts calling me some granola weirdo, let me ask you: what could be better than that?

Thanks for sticking up for teaching our kids to be kind and inclusive.