SOCIAL
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
Photos by Dee Moore
16 • Thursday, June 15, 2017
From left, Martha and Mary Martha Grizzle with Turner and Trent Hull.
Mary Parker Wetzler, Adele Smith, Anna Kate Healey and Graham Harsh.
Belle of the Ball
Ballet Guild of Birmingham Hosts the 57th Annual Ball of Roses
T
he 57th annual Ball of Roses was held June 3 at the Country Club of Birmingham, with guests entering a colorful oasis of flowers. The floral design followed a palette of lavender, cream and green, designed by Carole Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs. The evening began with a presentation of this year’s 59 presentees to the Men’s Committee and a seated dinner for private patrons of the Ballet Guild of Birmingham. Mrs. Beverly Long Crawford was the 2017 Ball of Roses chairman. Mrs. Emory Richardson Ratliff cochaired the ball. Mrs. Mackin McKinney Thompson designed the Men’s Committee Dinner and Mrs. Ashley Archer Jones coordinated gathering the greenery. Mrs. Ashley Andrews Jackson is the 2017 president of the Ballet Guild. Among those in attendance were, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bentley III, Mrs. Sue Ann Cole Burt, Mrs. Davis Douglass Corey, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Barrett Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Michael Girvin, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Alan Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dean Kipp, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Hope Ratliff, Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop Winchester Smith Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Patrick Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George Clinton Thompson Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Turner Butler Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Chase Raughley Wise, and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wright III. ❖
Clockwise from above: Allison Manley and her mother, Allison; Catherine Pewitt and her daughter, Eva Louise. Grace Long Kipp, Grace Nabers Long and Beverly Long Crawford. Steven and Ashley Jackson, with Beverly and Evan Crawford. Lottice Taylor, Elise Nesbitt and Margaret Troiano.