10 • Thursday, May 19, 2016
people
The annual Ball of Roses, a presentation of debutantes organized by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham, will take place June 4 in the East Room of the Country Club of Birmingham. Serving as sponsors for the evening are Guild President Miller Beale Girvin and Executive Vice-President Ashley Andrews Jackson. Ball of Roses Chairman Mary Cox Brown and co-Chairman Beverly Long Crawford have collaborated with Carole Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs to create a whimsical palette of coral, pink
Belles of the Ball Ballet Guild Announces 2016 Ball of Roses Debutantes Photos by Dee Moore
OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
and green for the ball decor. Men’s Committee Dinner Chairman Emory Richardson Ratliff has planned a formal seated dinner for donors before presentation of this year’s 68 debutantes. The first ball was held in August 1961 and featured 11 young women from Birmingham. Each year since, the ball has served as an invitational organization of young women dedicated to supporting the ballet in Birmingham through fundraising and volunteer work. The Ballet Guild has raised more than $1 million for the Alabama Ballet since its inception in 1959. ❖
Eleanor Harris Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ryburn Hancock Bailey Jr.
Lillian Wakefield Bowron, daughter of Mrs. Sandy Bowron Blalock and the late Harold Alfred Bowron III.
Celeste Chisolm Brady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Chisolm Brady.
Dabney Kathleen Bragg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Reneau Bragg.
Margaret Alice Brown, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Terrance Michael Brown.
Margaret Keelyn Callaway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jasper Callaway IV.
Caroline Grace Carmichael, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Donald Carmichael Jr.
Elizabeth Ashley Carmichael, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Troy Carmichael.
Margaret Marks Cartner, daughter of Drs. Samuel C. and Agnes M. Cartner.
Sarah Church Cassady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Edward Cassady III.
Lee Ellison Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Chapman III.
Mary Kathryn Chesebro, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frederick Chesebro.
Adrienne Lange Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lange Clark.
Kathleen Markham Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin E. Collins and the late Claire Markham Collins.
Lamar Bickley Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence Cooper Jr.
Emily Rose Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Stanley Cox III.
Mary Glenn Culp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Glenn Culp III.
Matilda Lillian Culp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Newton Culp III.
Elizabeth Miller Damrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Reynolds Ireland Jr. and Dr. David Brown Damrich
Mary Eleanor DeRamus, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Sterling Lanier DeRamus.
Harper Lane DeWine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Charles DeWine.
Patricia McGee Dodson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Selden Dodson Jr.
Marguerite MacRae Edmonds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryson Glass Edmonds.
Claire Elizabeth Fox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hanlin Fox Jr.
Julia Blair Franklin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Denson Nauls Franklin III.
Mary Carolyn Garcia, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Matthew Garcia.
Cameron Burke Gorham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary McRoy Gorham.
Margaret Stabler Greene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Keller Greene.
Virginia Ann Haas, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gunter Haas.
Mary Virginia Hamn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Hamn III.
Caroline Ashcraft Holbrook, daughter of Mr. William Knight Holbrook and Ms. Ashley Miller Brown.
Jordan Leigh Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roberts Hughes.
Ann Brooks Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gates Johnson.
Isabella Mae Keating, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Terence Keating.
Margherite Cecelia Keller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter L. Keller III.