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Originally Posted by glatt
Is Cotillion that thing where you send kids off to a class to teach them manners?
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Originally Posted by Sundae
That's Finishing School. To finish them off.
A Cotillion is a dance. A very formal one too.
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When I was in high school, it was a combination of those two: a formal dancing group that met monthly to learn both formal dancing and also proper table manners, subjects of conversation in polite adult company, etc. It was something parents made their kids do.