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| June 2010 | Village Living
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Juvenille Diabetes Night of Hope Gala The Alabama Chapter for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation hosted its 9th annual Night of Hope Gala on Saturday, April 24 at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center . This event is a night of celebration for many JDRF families and friends. The theme was “Cirque du Cure” Some of the highlights included a cocktail reception, silent and live auction, a seated dinner, performance by guest celebrity speaker and international diabetes advocate 1999 Miss America Nicole Johnson as well as Cirque performers. Gala Chairs: Libby Greene and Mark Kennamer; Gala Corporate Chair: Tom Twitty; Gala Light of Hope Honorees- The Crouse Family of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Gala Living and Giving Honoree- Margaret and Holman Head of Birmingham, Alabama. Others in attendance included:
David and Karla Fields, Craft and Cleo O’Neal, Heather and Phillip McWane, Dr. Jack and Beth Schaeffer, Marcie and Charles DeBardeleben, Bill and Walker Jones, Bernice Barstein, Carla and Loyd Roberson, Steve and Aimee Serra, Ruffner and Penny Page, and JDRF Board President, Dr. Brooks Vaughan and wife, Libba. The Alabama Chapter for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation-, JDRF, is the worldwide leader for research to cure type 1 diabetes. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. More than 80 percent of JDRF’s expenditures directly support research and research-related education. Over the last eight years, the Alabama Chapter Night of Hope Gala has raised nearly $5 million for diabetes research.
50th Anniversary Ball of Roses to be held Seventy young women will be presented at the annual Ball of Roses, sponsored by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham, on Saturday, June 5 at the Country Club of Birmingham, East Room with the presentation beginning at 9:00 p.m. The First Ball of Roses was held in August of 1961. Eleven young women from Birmingham were presented. Each year, the ball is sponsored by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham, which is an invitational organization of young women dedicated to supporting the ballet in Birmingham through fund raising and volunteer work. Founded in 1959, the Ballet Guild was organized to promote and foster development of ballet in Birmingham in addition to raising funds for its support. Since its inception, the Ballet Guild has raised more than $1 million for the Ballet. This year, the Ball of Roses celebrates its 50th anniversary and continues to serve as a vital fund raiser for the Alabama Ballet. The decor will feature enlarged black and white photographs from the past centering around the presentees of 2010. Carole Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs will be handling the floral decorations for the ball.
The evening begins with a Men’s Committee Dinner, a private dinner and fundraiser at the Country Club of Birmingham, beginning at 7:00 p.m. A formal presentation in the East Room follows at 9:00 p.m. with a nine piece band with horns, Bobby and The Aristocats providing music for the guests. Presentees will wear pastel gowns with opera length white gloves and in most cases are presented by their fathers. Ball Chair is Liz Read, Co-Chair is Liz Rich, Men’s Committee Dinner Chair is Ellen Faust, Co-Chair Allene Neighbors, Men’s Committee Chair is Mary Bradley Anderson, Co-Chair is Maggie Baggett, Decorations Chair is Corinne Wood, CoChair Melanie Hennessey, Special Guests’ Chair is Betts Johnson, Presentations Chair is Lelie Wright, Ball Publicity Chair is Sara Hood Photography Chair is Barrow Kettig Invitations Chair is Grace Kipp Reservations Chair is Camille Epps Charity Chair is Rachael Barnhart Take Down Chair is Catharine Newman Ball Administrator is Katie Langley
Back Row (L to R)- Callie Davis, Laura Adams Jackson, Laura McCraney, Camille Coons Front Row (L to R)- Caroline Nall Couch, Grace Garrett, Margaret Nelle Krebs, Leslie Ralls Allen
Back Row (L to R)- Janet Matheson, Frances Margaret Chenoweth, Lillian Elizabeth Askins Front Row (L to R)- Elizabeth Ragland, Gail Brown, Anne Dalton Weber, Cruse Nolen Bevill, Lilla Hain Goodwyn
Susan and David Silverstein
Betsy Koepsel, Tom Twitty, Marcia Twitty and Bill Koepsel Back Row (L to R)- Morgan White, Rebecca O’Neal, Mary Catherine Sharp, Leigh Wright Front Row (L to R)- Claire Eagan, Amanda Agricola, Powell Jemison Sims
Candlelight Ball Honors 10 Grade Girls th
Back Row (L to R)- Elizabeth Barrett Price, Emily Tarpley, Caroline Holman, Margaret Kloess Front Row (L to R)- Molly Silverstein, Sally Margaret Brooke, Catherine Elizabeth Hurley, Melissa Caroline McCrary
Back Row (L to R)- Caroline Howard, Mary Elizabeth White, Ann Evans Andrews, Joyce Ratliff Front Row (L to R)- Sarah Howard, Lauren Reynolds, Sara Claire Martin, Brooking Pritchard, Hastings Crockard
from left to right - Wesley Shaw, Sara Dodson, Virginia Farlow, Elizabeth Coleman, Catherine Smith
One hundred twenty Mountain Brook 10th grade girls and their escorts were presented at the Candlelight Ball May 8th at the Cahaba Grand. The location was decorated by Robert Logan of Backstage Florist. The presentees and their dates enjoyed dinner beforehand and dancing after dinner to the much-loved band, 24/7. Kay Grisham was chairman for the event, Susan Alison and Norita Murray were co-chairs. Other mothers serving on
the ball committees were Susie Abbot, Sue Abele, Helen Catherine Smith, Andrea Hawkins, Elizabeth Poynor, Fontaine Pope, Lynn Wilson, Phyllis Farrar, Lisa Burton, Allison Brown, Margie Gray, Helen Drennen, Jeannie Dodson, Paula Henry, Mimi Hobbs, Marilyn Ingram, Nancy Martin, Cindy Shaw, Susan Boston, Sally Mackin, Lissa Tyson, Kimberly Rodgers, Susan Farlow and Brooke Coleman.
Not pictured:
Amy Ascherman, Catherine Bowen Robinson Bell, Adele Burton, Mary Claire Bushnell, Margaret Claire Cassady, Charlotte St. Clair Drennen, Brooke Drinkard, Taylor Garrett, Dorothy Monnish Grenier, Mary Catherine Hawley, Morgan Henry, Jane Latham Elizabeth Hodges, Kathryn Hudak, Kelly Ireland, Margaret Cason Jordan, Margaret Kathleen Kendrick, Sarah Marie Maddox, Margaret Tanner McKinney, Cillie McVay, Frances Morton, Carleton Rafield, Marguerite Rowe, Emily Sharp, Elizabeth Palmer Sherer, Joslyn Smith, Natalie Ruth Summers, Grace Tillman, Anne-Allen Welden, Lacey Whatley, and Cecil Wright.