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OTM Young Ladies Having a Ball During the Holidays
The Redstone Club’s 103rd Christmas ...
Ball was held Dec. 18 at The Country Club of Birmingham. Decorations were provided by Sybil Brooke Sylvester of Wildflower Designs. Her inspiration came from scenes in an old Nick and Nora movie that evoked thoughts of a Dickens Christmas. The evening began with a member cocktail party in the East Room followed by dinner. The Sonny Harris Trio provided music during the cocktail party and presentation. The dinner tables, also decorated by Sybil Sylvester, were topped with bronze satin tablecloths and surrounded with golden wooden chairs. Tables were centered with birch bark containers planted with a combination of decorated boxwood topiaries and Christmas tree forms. The 2010 presentees were: Emily Cleveland Ager, daughter of Mr. Law Lamar Ager Jr. and Mrs. Jean Qualman Dent; Allison Casey Bates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter William Bates; Linda Gail Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pratt Brown II; Hastings Faulkner Crockard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hearne Crockard III; Martha Caller Neal Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hartwell Davis Jr.; Dorothy Monnish Grenier,
daughter of Mr. John Beaulieu Grenier and Mrs. Celeste Crowe Grenier; Catheryne Kilpatrick Harsh, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carter Sibley Harsh; Jess Anne Heppenstall; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rest Baker Heppenstall; Elizabeth Rose Legg; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson Legg Jr.; Loyer Lawton Osbun; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clapp Osbun; Marguerite Ashford Rowe; daughter of Mr. more photos at and Mrs. Stephen Ashford Rowe; Margaret Joslyn Smith, daughter of Mr. Hatton Coulbourne Valentine Smith and Mrs. Ellen Jackson Smith; Leslie Ralls Allen, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bibb Allen Jr.; Amanda Reeves Brown; daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Tartt Brown Jr.; Mary Katherine Kimberl Bushnell, daughter of Mr. James Joseph Bushnell Jr. and Mrs. Susan Kimberl Bushnell; Frances Margaret Chenoweth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Barnett Chenoweth Jr.; Charlotte St. Clair Drennen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Travis Drennen III; Marguerite Harbert Gray, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Eugene Gray;
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Amanda Fowlkes Healey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Seale Healey; Carolyn Brooking Pritchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Adams Pritchard; Sarah Kimberly Tucker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scruggs Tucker; and Rita Cecil Sandner Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wright III. Following the presentation, debutantes and guests danced to the music of the Atlanta Showstoppers. The day before the ball, in keeping with the Redstone tradition, women celebrating the 50th anniversary of their Redstone Christmas Ball presentation attended a luncheon at the Mountain Brook Country Club. Sixteen of the 31 ladies presented in 1960 attended, including Elizabeth Mims Bainbridge (Mrs. Cory G. Jackson), Ann Morrow Shook Bradford, Catherine Caldwell (Mrs. William J. Cabaniss Jr.), Virginia Clark Cotton (Mrs. John L. Hillhouse Jr.), Mary Margaret Hardy (Mrs. David P. Phillips), Mary Russell Walter Haynes, Dorothy Stokes Jemison (Mrs. H. Corbin Day), Anne Holman Marshall (Mrs. Sam W. Oliver Jr.), Linda Jane Mayes (Mrs. Edwin L. Nelson), Alice Lathrop McSpadden (Mrs. N. Thomas Williams), Mary Elizabeth Myatt (Mrs. Henry Gannett Backus Jr.), Linda Sue Parker
Debutantes being presented at the 103rd Redstone Christmas Ball included, above, from left: Amanda Healey, Brooking Pritchard, Allie Bates and Hastings Crockard; and below from left: Leslie Allen, Frannie Chenoweth, Cecil Wright, Lawton Osbun.
Photos courtesy of Dee Moore
The 43rd annual Poinsettia Debutante Ball was held ...
Among Poinsettia Ball debutantes were top left, from left: Ashley Carol Moultrie, Dianne Hope Russell, Avery Cameron Gwaltney and Margaret Glendinning Johnston; bottom left, from left: Mary Coston Colquett; Caitlin McCoy Carlton, elected president of the group by her fellow debs; and Rebekah Hunt Cowart; and above, Alice Caroline Dixon, with father David Edwin Dixon. Journal photos by Emil Wald
at Vestavia Country Club Dec. 28. The Ballet Women’s Committee and Poinsettia Men’s Club welcomed 560 guests. Thirty-two debutantes were presented at the ball, held each year on the first Tuesday after Christmas. All proceeds support the Alabama Ballet. The club’s ballroom was decorated with a seasonal theme, including twin Christmas trees, twinkling lights and greenery with red and green satin ribbons adorning doorways. Red poinsettias lined the stage. Before the ball, the debs were presented at the Benefactors Dinner sponsored by the Poinsettia Men’s Club. Among those attending the dinner were Denise and Tom Oliver, Vicki and Ricky Kirkpatrick, Jean and David Hendrickson, Ricky and Tammy Towns, Jay and Pam Ezell, Nancy and Jim Kennedy, Doug and Liz Guest, Marshall and Karen Ross and Ruby and John Cade. Denise Oliver was ball chairman. Committee members assisting her with plans were Mary Joe Anjelo, Beth McCord, Vicki Kirkpatrick, Sherry Bohorfoush, Janet Robertshaw, Liz Guest, Sally Young and Ruby Cade. After being presented to Ruby Cade, Women’s Committee president, the girls danced a waltz with their fathers or escorts. The night continued with dancing to the music of Az. Debutantes presented at the Poinsettia Ball were Whitney Paige Acton, Haley Marie Bagwell, Anna Katherine Bruton, Kaitlyn Carlton, Margaret Gail Cole, Mary Coston Colquette, Rebekah Hunt Cowart, Alice Caroline Dixon, Margaret Ann Elliott, Avery