December 20, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Trien, 585-410-6359, strien@museumofplay.org

You’re Invited to The Royal Ball
at Strong National Museum of Play®
January 19, 20, & 21

Don’t sit home by the fire like Cinderella! Don your gown, tunic, or court jester hat and attend The Royal Ball at Strong National Museum of Play®. Her Majesty requests your presence on the following dates:

• Friday evening, January 19, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday, January 20, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Sunday, January 21, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Sound the trumpets. Perform a royal bow. And join a royal processional or courtly dance. Prepare to be transported to a fairy tale world where you will meet Cinderella, Prince Charming, and the Fairy Godmother in person.

Create your own costume pieces including crowns, scepters, shields, and family crests. And play some merry games with Robin Hood. Who knows? You may even be knighted by the Queen herself!

Performers Bells & Motley will add a Renaissance flavor to the event with dance, storytelling, and olden music played on authentic period instruments. Journey to “long ago and far away” with their telling of “The Boy Who Went to Visit the North Wind,” an interactive story told with musical accompaniment.

All Royal Ball activities are included with general museum admission fees.

Strong National Museum of Play®, located in downtown Rochester, New York, is the only museum in the world devoted to the study of play as it illuminates American popular culture.

Hours:
Monday–Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.;
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
Admission Fees
General Admission (does not include Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden™):
Adults $9.00; Seniors $8.00; Children (2–17) $7.00; Children younger than two free; Strong members free.
Admission to Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden™:
General Admission fee plus $3.00 per person for members and nonmembers; Children younger than two free.
Due to limited capacity, entry to Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden™ is by timed tickets only. Advance purchase is recommended. Please call 585-263-2700 to purchase timed tickets.