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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Photos by Dee Moore
18 • Thursday, December 15, 2016
From left: Mary Eleanor DeRamus, Isabelle White, Marquerite Edmonds and Laura Lou Patrick.
Sarah Bowron, Lillian Culp, Sarah Reed and Lee Chapman.
The Dark and the Light T
Debutante Club of Birmingham Hosts Annual Black and White Ball
he Debutante Club of Birmingham honored 21 young ladies at its 2016 Black and White Ball on Nov. 25. In keeping with the black and white theme, presentees wore white gowns and traditional, opera-length white gloves, while their guests and escorts were all dressed in black, formal attire. Each presenter and escort wore a white mini-calla lily boutonniere and escorts wore silk, black and white striped, formal bow ties. During the presentation, debutantes carried long ribbon streamers attached to translucent, threeto-four foot alternating black and white helium-filled balloons that each presentee then released to float overhead. Decorations, designed by Buffy Harget Flowers, also included numerous tables draped in black. Centerpiece vases were filled with white orchids and floating candles and festive black and white fabric was draped above the dance floor from the ceiling and illuminated with white twinkle lights. Following the debutantes’ first dance, ball guests danced to music by Bobby and the Aristocats. Young ladies presented include Sarah St. Clair Bowron, Margaret Russell Bromberg, Lee Ellison Chapman, Adrienne Lange Clark, Lamar Bickley Cooper, Matilda Lillian Culp, Mary Eleanor DeRamus, Harper Lane DeWine, Marguerite MacRae Edmonds, Margaret Stabler Greene, Caroline Ashcraft Holbrook, Frances Caroline Lee, Anne Stabler Matthews, Laura Elizabeth Patrick, Margaret Louise Pritchard, Sarah Lawrence Reed, Mallie Moughon Robinson, Symone Beth Shaw, Philippa Bainbridge Straus, Isabelle O’Neal White and Virginia Carol Wright. ❖
Simone Shaw, Harper DeWine, Philippa Straus and Margaret Pritchard.
Mallie Bromberg, Addie Clark, Mallie Robinson, Lamar Cooper and Frances Lee.
Callie Holbrook, Margaret Greene, Virginia Wright and Anne Matthews.