Spring Balls of 1793

On Friday, the 12th of April, at the Lower Assembly Rooms, they held a benefit ball for the Master of the Ceremonies, Mr King. At benefit balls, the Master of the Ceremonies kept the profits. [1]

James King

On Monday, the 22nd of April, the New Rooms held a benefit ball for their man Mr Tyson.

On the 24th of April, the Miss Flemings put on their spring ball at the New Rooms to show off the students' talents from their dance academy.

Miss Flemings were the sisters Anne and Kitty, the then proprietors of the famous Fleming family dance academy, a prominent Bath institution since the 1740s and celebrated for throwing magnificent balls often attended by Royalty.

Source: Bath Chronicle 12th April 1793