Club Activities FUNDRAISING/ COMMUNITY

The Rotary Club of Emerald and District have run a very successful Community event for over 31 years -

The Debutante Ball.

The majority of young adults are drawn from Emerald Secondary College however as a ‘Club’ event over the years we have had pupils from areas as far as Box Hill.

Following the June 2019 Debutante Ball and due to COVID, it took 7 long, hard and stressful attempts to finally hold the event, however finally we were able to earlier this year at The Grand, Cathies Lane, Wantirna with 36 couples (reduced from the original 52 booked).

How the students learnt the dances over such a drawn-out period is amazing and then we had the problem of dresses and suits needing to be adjusted! When held the event went perfectly and the pupils and parents had a wonderful and memorable evening.

There is a growing demand for this event and if a Club was thinking of commencing one, fees need to be set taking consideration of the cost of the venue, 7-8 dance lessons, suit hire, flowers, band/DJ, photography and the rates you charge, number of pupils and attendees to the event. There are venues, photographers and suit hire companies that specialise in these events so not too hard to source –you just need to do some research.

Attending an event would be a good place to start. Bookings would be processed via TryBooking so easy to navigate.

And I am happy to assist with queries. Photos can be found on the following pages or in the photo album on the Emerald Rotary website home page at www.emeraldrotary.org.

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Shalini Penny President 2021-2022

Rotary Club of Emerald & District.

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