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Ballet Celebrates Swan Lake at Pointe Ball
A celebration of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” transformed The Club on Feb. 24 for the Alabama Ballet’s Pointe Ball. The annual gala fundraiser benefits the organization’s efforts to provide a professional ballet company performing world-class productions, as well as a variety of educational and outreach programs. Alabama Ballet Artistic Director Tracey Alvey and Roger Van Fleteren, associate artistic director, welcomed guests as the evening’s festivities began. Board President Mary Goodrich and Past-President Page Naftel intro-
duced the evening’s honorary chair, the late Beverly P. Head III. Head was a dedicated supporter of numerous civic causes and served on the Alabama Ballet Board, as well as boards for the Alabama Symphony, Children’s of Alabama and the Birmingham Museum of Art. He also was a founding member of the Hugh wFoundation. Kaul A seated dinner was served during the program, featuring a compressed apple salad; a duet of sauteed crab cake and filet of beef tenderloin served with parsnip puree, crispy leeks, brussel sprouts and cremini mushrooms ragout; and a chocolate
Photos courtesy Alabama Ballet
From left, Jackie Woodall, Mary Goodrich and Lindsey Druhan.
Front, Tom and Jane Head Johnson. Back, Giles Perkins, Hillery Head, Jessica and Page Naftel, Kris and Todd Holcomb.
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Guests were treated to a vignette performance of act III, The Black Swan pas de deux, performed by Frederick Lee Rocas and Patricia Bianco.
David and Christy Nelson with Carmen and Madding King.
Ellen Faust, Shannon Holt, Stewart Jones, Carmen King, Allison Lassiter, Anne Liles, Cathy Marks, Katie Bee Marshall, Jessica Naftel, Christy Nelson, Kelley Norwood, Lauren Pearson, Kelly Robicheaux, Richelle Simmons, Marianne Strong, Jessica Thuston, Amanda Welden, Mallie Whatley, Amber
Whillock, Lauren White and Meg Wilson. Serving as corporate chair was Jack Darnall, accompanied by committee members Jessica Garrison, William Ireland Jr., John Lacey, Edgar Marx Jr., Stuart Maxey, Page Naftel, Jeremy Retherford, Sloan Stevens and Tom Warburton. ❖
pate with strawberry coulis paired with a buttermilk scone with blueberry jam, almond brittle and fresh berries. Following the program, attendees were invited into the Signature Room for live music by the Celebrity All Star Band. Heading up the organization of the affair were gala chairs Lindsey Druban and Jackie Woodall. The gala committee included Mary Bradley Anderson, Maggie Baggett, Kitty Brown, Katheryn Burns, Fran Chaiprakob, Renee Clements, Lisa Costanzo, Garland Darden, Mary Bradley Anderson, Mallie Whatley, Leslie Pearson, Lindsey Druhan and Katie Bee Marshall.