for the ball’s guests, while the legendary Peter Duchin and his Orchestra marked 32 years of entertaining for the Blue and Gray Colonels in Montgomery. Blue and Gray’s 2010 Artistin-Residence Barrett Bailey was on-site to paint a scene from the ball during the evening.
After Party in the East:
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Photos: Lloyd Gallman
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Just after midnight, Susan and Jim Wilson hosted a breakfast honoring the queen at the Wynlakes Golf and Country Club, with members of the court, their escorts, families and special friends dancing into the wee hours to the music of the City Heat band from Atlanta.
1. Blue and Gray Colonels Queen Susan Wesley Wilson and her escort, Nimrod Frazer III 2. Queen Wesley dances with her father, James Wilson 3. The Alabama Dance Theatre continued a tradition of performing at the Presentation Ball 4. Barrett Bailey was the Blue and Gray Colonels Artist in Residence, capturing an image of the night’s presentation 5. 2009 Queen Elissa Tyson and 2010 Queen Wesley Wilson 6. Maids of the Court 7. Maids of the Court and their escorts perform a Presentation Dance 8. Maid of the Court Morgan Leigh Ramsey, dances with her father, Robert Ramsey 9. Maid of the Court Sidney Caroline Holt with her father, Barry Holt, Sr. 10. Maid of the Court Rebecca Winston Hunter, cousin to Queen Wesley, was among the debutantes presented during the evening 11. Maid of the Court Alexa Hayden Wise was presented by her father, John Wise, Jr.
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