{"id":293,"date":"2024-09-12T03:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2025-03-15T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T16:30:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elite Cotillion &amp; Etiquette started in the spring of 2024 out of the need for a Cotillion program for 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> graders. An existing, local Cotillion company chapter changed its programming to offer Cotillion to only 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> graders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students experience more digital than face to face interaction on any given day. Good manners and polite behavior isn\u2019t always a priority and so many students don\u2019t have the chance to see good behavior modeled outside of the home. We find that peer reinforcement is powerful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_9994-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_9994-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_9994-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_9994-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_9994-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_9994-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elitecotillion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_9994-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My family, including my two sons jumped at the opportunity to assist in the creation and naming of the company. They will be teaching assistants and demonstrate etiquette and dance lessons. They both danced competitively growing up and are going to make sure the music and dance lessons are relevant and enjoyable to today\u2019s students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer private etiquette lessons, tabletop manners training courses and camps as well as a traditional Cotillion program. We are the only group offering a program for 7<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 8<sup>th<\/sup> graders. Our program is the only one of its kind to include a full three course training dinner at Ridglea Country Club. Depending on the age of the class, we include lessons about how to act while hosting or attending a sleepover, play date and\/or a date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manners and polite behavior have a direct impact on our community. We improve and bring awareness to positive behaviors \u2013 teaching our students how to treat others well. Southern Hospitality is not an attitude of the past and we strive to pass it down to the youngest in our community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I like to say &#8220;Manners aren&#8217;t outdated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Our students understand how positive behavior impacts others, and their own lives, for the better. 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