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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
2012 pointe ball
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he Alabama Ballet’s 2012 Pointe Ball, held Jan. 28 at Saks Fifth Avenue at The Summit, was inspired by “Swan Lake” in honor of the Alabama Ballet’s February production. Micheal Dyer of Uncut Flowers used a white and black color palette to reflect the lead roles of the white and black swans, Odette and Odile. Swans and bodices made out of flowers, feathers, white and black tutus and mirrored surfaces created a “lake of swans” in Saks. Honorary chairman Garland Smith and cochairmen Colin Mitchell and Elizabeth Pharo greeted guests as they arrived. Also on hand to thank event patrons were board president Teresa Shufflebarger, executive director Megan R. Cottle, artistic director Tracey Alvey and associate artistic director Roger Van Fleteren. Saks’ store enticed guests as champagne was served upon arrival. After a vignette performance by Alabama Ballet dancers, a dinner provided photos at by Kathy G & Company included a first course of Bibb lettuce salad with smoked salmon flatbread, edamame, marinated cucumbers, toasted almonds and lemonDijon vinaigrette. The second course included herb crusted filet of beef tenderloin over truffled wild mushroom risotto, jumbo asparagus and cabernet demi-glace. While guests were enjoying the sit-down dinner upstairs, Dyer and his staff converted the lower level into a wonderland of desserts and fun for the second half of the evening in honor of the Alabama Ballet’s upcoming world premiere of an all-new “Alice in Wonderland” ballet. The White Rabbit invited guests downstairs to enjoy chocolate pots de crèmes in teacups, meringue mushrooms, Mad Hatter jam-filled macaroons and deck of cards cookies. After dessert, guests danced to the music of the Soul Searchers among giant mushrooms, flowers and life-sized Queen of Hearts and March Hare figures. The professional dancers of the Alabama Ballet joined the festivities and turned the dance floor into their stage. Among those attending were: Ken and Edna Alderman, Will and Annemarie Axon, Tommy Bruhn and Lisa Jernigan, Jim and Michelle Creamer, Lyndra and Bill Daniel, Rep. Paul DeMarco and Jacqueline, Drs. Susan and Morgan Eiland, Sid and Susan Evans, Chuck and Andrea Faush, Bill and Carolyn Featheringill, Tom and Carla Gale, Beau and Joy Grenier, Wyatt and Susan Haskell; Billy Holbrook, Tricia and Jim Holbrook, Bill and Patti Ireland, Tray and Kirstie Ivey, Madding and Carmen King, John and Lindsey Lacey, Michael and Karen Luce, Caldwell and Cathy Marks, Guy Jr. and Kacy Mitchell, M Guy Mitchell III and Colin, Richard and Jeanne Monk, Frank and Leslie Moody, Page and Jessica Naftel; Andrew and Liz Pharo; Eric and Aimee Pruitt, Jim and Eva Robertson, Jane Selfe, Robert and Teresa Shufflebarger, Lathrop and Garland Smith, Bryson and Courtney Stephens, Dr. Mark Todd and Ashlee, Howard and Stacey Torch, Dennis and Karen Trammell, Troy and Tricia Wallwork, Dr. James Whatley and Mallie and George Wilbanks. ❖
Above: In front from left: Raphael and Staci Pierce, John and Lina Rowland, John and Andrea Cathey. Back: Patton and Melanie Hahn and Eric and Aimee Pruitt. Below: Bob and Teresa Shufflebarger, Dr. Vera Song, Paul and Jacqueline DeMarco. Photos courtesy Arden Ward Photography
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Clockwise from above, left: From left: Virginia and George Jones, Lindsey and John Lacey. Annie Bayer Goldberg and Mallie Whatley. Garland Smith, Honorary Pointe Ball chair; Colin Mitchell, Pointe Ball co-chair; and Elizabeth Pharo, Pointe Ball co-chair.