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Junior Cotillion, with a three year curriculum, is designed to give young people instruction and practice in the courtesies that make life more pleasant for them and those around them, give them thorough training in standard ballroom dance, and to provide opportunities to practice and enjoy these skills at memorable parties, balls, dinners and events, complete with decorations, refreshments, favors and prizes.

Classes meet from September through March and are held at various venues around the Baton Rouge community.

Here are just a few of the life skills students learn in Junior Cotillion.

EVERYDAY MANNERS

First impressions
Introductions
Greeting and shaking hands
Paying and receiving compliments
Correspondence
Table manners

Family dining
Polite conversation
When to rise
Doors and coats
Sports etiquette

FORMAL MANNERS

Formal dining
Party courtesies
Hosting a party

Receiving lines
Eating unusual foods
Instructional dinners

ELECTRONIC ETIQUETTE

Cell phone courtesies
Phones and Digital Manners at Home
Electronic Etiquette at home, school, or office

FAX, copier, and printer protocol
Digital Courtesies in Public Places
Parent’s Guide to Electronic Etiquette

DANCE

Music appreciation
Teamwork
Timing
Coordination

Basic dance courtesies
Current popular line dances
Dance include the Waltz, Fox Trot, Cha Cha Cha, Shag/Swing