The Lower Swatara Township Historic Preservation Society will host a dance demonstration by the Victorian Dance Ensemble (VDE), the performing troupe of the Civil War Dance Foundation. The event will be held on Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. in the community hall at the Lower Swatara Township Fire Department, 1350 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown.

The troupe has presented programs for the Smithsonian Institution; Ken Burns' American Journey Tours; the National Park Service at Antietam; Arlington House; the C&O Canal; Gettysburg; the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.; Harrisburg's Whitaker Center for the Performing Arts; the National Civil War Museum; and the Pennsylvania State Museum, among other museums and historic sites. The VDE was named the Re-enactment Unit of the Year by the Civil War Trust in 2011 and received the President's Volunteer Service Gold Award from President Barack Obama in 2016 for providing more than 3,480 hours of public service.

The VDE is an all-volunteer organization, and all of the performance fees are donated to historical preservation and education projects.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information or to request special accommodations, call 717-944-9891 and leave a message.