Local historian Jeff Giambrone and Ragan Hunter, 10, join hands in a dance Saturday night during the Confederate Christmas Ball at the Old Court House Museum. At right, steering committee member Lillie Lovette, second from right, invites guests Laura Cook Beiser, left, and Dorothy Rushing upstairs for dancing and refreshments. Formerly the Balfour Ball, the re-enactment and dance will be staged a second time this week, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets, $25 per person, must be purchased in advance. For reservations, call the museum at 636-0741. (The Vicksburg Post/C. Todd Sherman)