• Civil Grenadiers Corps: participating ensemble

This was the first of four dance entertainments and ball arranged and given by the orchestra of the [Prague Civil] Grenadiers. News of the event appeared in the form of an advertisement in Národní listy 10/1/1861 that was reprinted on 11/1/1861. The text noted that ʻtickets into the dance entertainments and ball arranged by the Imperial High band of the Grenadiers in the Konvikts Hall on 12, 19, 26 January and on 6 February, are possible to obtain at Mr Jan Schädeʼs coffee house in Celetná Street,from Karel Räb, cobbler in New Passage [Nový alej] (near Šlikʼs palace) and at Jan Fekterʼs, hairdresser in the Lesser Quarter Square [Malostranská náměstí]ʼ.

Prager Morgenpost 10/1/1861 reported that ‘The Civil Grenadiers Corps is now arranging three reunions on 12th, 16th and 26th January and a Ball on 6th February in the Konvikt Hall. These dance entertainments in their preparation promise to be splendid [occasions].’ A notice for these events was published by this newspaper on 10/1/1861 and 11/1/1861. This source was identical in content to that appearing on the same days in Národní listy, but in the German language.