16 • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011
SOCIAL
2011 HERITAGE BALL
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16 Debs Presented at Annual Holiday Ball
irmingham Debutante Club members were presented at the Heritage Ball hosted by their parents Nov. 25 in the East Room of the Country Club of Birmingham. A canopy of green and white flowers set the stage for the ball. For the tabletop arrangements, floral designer Buffy Hargett combined white delphiniums, calla lilies, roses and freesia in crystal vases, adding natural moss and grasses. Frosted candles and tiny white lights set the tone for a festive evening. Before the ball, the debutantes were presented by their fathers in a formal presentation for their
families in the living room. Ian Philips was master of ceremony while Judy Sargent, harpist, provided music. The presentees entered through an archway accented by white roses and smilax. After the formal presentation, guests danced to music from Atlanta Rhythm and Groove. Presentees and their dates were: Bess Ager with David Shelton, Tucker Bolvig with Matt Randle, Leonora Culp with Grier Bomar, Elizabeth DeBardeleben with Douglas Zeiger, Mallie Drew with Matthew Graham, Cille Kissel with Jan Egeman, Elizabeth
Left: Birmingham Debutante Club members presented at the Heritage Ball include, from left: Elizabeth Cunningham DeBardeleben, Margaret Alice Drew, Bess Bouchelle Ager and Martha Kennan Wood. Right: Heritage Ball debutantes include, from left: Sarah Laetitia Seibels, Leonora Carol Culp, Katherine Candler Shannon and Rebecca Lucille Kissel.
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Left: Among young women presented at the Heritage Ball were, from left: Virginia Pulis Rushton, Elizabeth Tucker Bolvig, Renny Ellen Ratliff and Clementine Corbin Lacey. Right: Making their debut at the Heritage Ball were, from left: Elizabeth Laurie Knapp, Stephanie Starr Robinson, Julia Jemison Matthews and Carson Lee Stewart.
Knapp with Tommy Brown, CeCe Lacey with Spencer Lacey, Jemison Matthews with Richard Baugh, Renny Ratliff with Charlie Crowther, Stephie Robinson with Elliott Mills, Virginia Rushton with Daniel Toulson, Sarah Seibels with
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Richard Firth, Kate Shannon with Nick Vannoy, Carlee Stewart with Taylor Arnold and Kennan Wood with Ryan Salisbury. Festivities for the college students started Nov. 23 with a
casual party at Ore hosted by 59 young men with whom the presentees attended high school. The young women were also honored by 10 of the debutantes’ grandmothers at a luncheon at the Country Club of Birmingham on the day of the ball. ❖
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