Dance Maestro John Hesselberg, left, teaches a group a Civil War-era dance in the Old Court House Museum on Friday in preparation for tonight’s Confederate Christmas Ball. The dance is scheduled for 7:30 at the Old Court House Museum. Tickets are $25 and period dress is preferred but optional. Learning to dance are, from center left, Morgan and Qwen Gates of Vicksburg and Jim and Jayne Kuhn of Eureka Springs, Ark.