Bernadette M. Petrotta
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Founder and Director of the Polite Society School of Étiquette |
| Introduction | Ms. Bernadette Michelle Petrotta is an instructor, author, and a small business owner. She is married and has a son. After receiving her degree, she spent thirty-two years in public service with the City of Los Angeles in an administrative capacity. In her spare time she researched the world of étiquette and enrolled in numerous courses administered by The English Manner in London and the R.s.v.p. Institute of Étiquette in California. In 1996 Ms. Petrotta founded the Polite Society School of Étiquette with a mission to educate people of all ages in customary codes of conduct, dining principles, and basic social skills. The Polite Society School of Étiquette offers in-person and online courses, instructional webinars, and tutelage at speaking engagements, school seminars, private dinners, and specialty tea events. Ms. Petrotta has published the following five volumes in her Étiquette Series - The Art of the Social Graces, The Art and Proper Étiquette of Afternoon Tea, EMMA The Étiquette Cat-Meet Emma, The Art of Timeless Étiquette, Graceful Dining Manners, and Afternoon Tea Revised Edition (2 Volumes). See website - www.PoliteSocietySchool.com. |
| Interests | Ballet, Hiking, Reading, Museums, Tea, Etiquette |
| Favorite movies | Steel Magnolias, The Sound of Music, Gone with the Wind, Jane Austin |
| Favorite music | Classical, Oldies, Country, Religious |
| Favorite books | Classic Interior Design - Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, Tea Books, Maps, The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette, Cookbooks, Historical novels, The Heart of England, The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George, Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles, The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Mary Called Magdalene, Elizabeth I |