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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just buy a manners book then.  These classes don't teach anything.  --- the former debutante, private school grad who also attended classes like this.[/quote]

Not everyone feels the same way.  Capital Cotillion is a class for dancing and a 5 minute manners lesson (how to write a thank you note, etc).  I cannot believe how much is read into this.  Go to the website and then go to one class and see whether it's as evil as portrayed here.

Signed,

a frumpy mom whose normal son goes to Capital Cotillion without serious repercussions to date but who will be on the look out.[/quote]

Thank you!  Both my sons (public school kids) did a year of Capital Cotillion, essentially at their request as they wanted to be with friends.

Here's what they got out of it:
a moderate level of comfort in dress clothes - don't love jacket and tie, but don't scream either.
an introduction to basic ballroom dance steps - may not be used again until they marry, but who knows...
familiarity with popular line dances - very useful during the bar mitzvah year
a moderate level of comfort with asking girls to dance with them
some familiarity with dancing with girls who are much taller than them - see #3
a few concrete tips on manners

No sense of superiority noticed, and the range of kids was large (public and private, about as diverse as their schools, no-one was obviously spending lots of money on the clothing).[/quote]

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