18 • Thursday, June 14, 2018
Rose Belles
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
Ballet Guild of Birmingham hosts the 58th Annual Ball of Roses
he 58th annual Ball of Roses, benefitting the Alabama Ballet, took place June 2 at The Country Club of Birmingham. Guests entered into a garden of coral and pink flowers accented with boxwood topiaries, designed by Carole Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs. The evening commenced with the debut of more than 75 presentees in a seated dinner for members and guests of the Men’s Committee, private patrons of the Ballet Guild of Birmingham, and culminated in an additional presentation followed by dancing into the night for guild members and family and friends of the presentees. Mrs. Emory Richardson Ratliff is the 2018 Ball of Roses chairwoman. Mrs. Mackin McKinney Thompson co-chaired the ball. Mrs. Frances Ellen Byrd Morris planned the Men’s Committee Dinner and Mrs. Virginia Hazelrig coordinated the gathering of greenery from private gardens of homeowners around the Mountain Brook and greater Birmingham area. Mrs. Carlton Posey Fountain is the 2018 president of the Ballet Guild. Among those in attendance that evening were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bentley III, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Noble, Mr. and Mrs. Reaves Crabtree, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phillips, Mr. Lathrop Smith and Mrs. Lindsey Puckett, Mr. and Mrs. William Fountain Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Ratliff, Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson, Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Druhan, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. David Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Forrester DeBuys III, Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. James Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Weatherford. ❖
Buffy Allen with Mary Evelyn, Bebe and Theresa Sprain.
Thornton and Emory Ratliff with Carlton and Will Fountain.
Photos by Dee Moore
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SOCIAL
Front, from left, Phillip Stutts, Madelyn Hereford, Patricia Stutts and Mac Hereford. Back, Will and Laurie Hereford, Phil and Genie Stutts, Emmie Stutts, Patty Faulkner, and Nancy and David Faulkner.
Cile and Elizabeth Baker.
Tommy, Caroline and Cathy Luckie.
Heather and Elinor Anthony with Cate and Helen Harmon.
Robin, Kaylor and Brad Kidd.