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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Deb Season Opener
Poinsettia Ball Honorees Are Announced The 2014 Poinsettia Ball Debutantes were introduced by the Poinsettia Men’s Club at an afternoon reception June 22. The presentation was held at the home of Sharon and Robert Maddox in Vestavia Hills. Refreshments were provided by Imperial Catering. The event officially began the debutante season for the young women. A number of parties will honor the debutantes before their formal presentation at the 47th annual Poinsettia Debutante Ball Dec. 27 at Vestavia Country Club. President Morris Kay introduced each debutante to the guests attend-
ing the reception. Cynthia McDaniel, Poinsettia Ball chairman, and Beth Glisson, Poinsettia Ball board member, gave each deb a scrapbook. The 2014 Poinsettia Ball debutantes are Sanders Ammons, Catherine Angelo, Virginia Barr, Caroline Beauchaine, Ali Cash, Grace Cato, Anna Christiansen, Alex Cool, Emily Crawford, Anna Donze, Callie Garrison, Caroline Gaylard, Francie Harris, Jaclyn Howell, Gina Maiola, Francesca Malensek, Ellen Marsh, Shea McCord, Leah Reeve, Anna Robbins, Monicka Roden, Maggie Seeley, Margaret
The 2014 Poinsettia Ball debutantes are, front, from left: Shea McCord, Grace Cato, Callie Garrison and Caroline Gaylard. Second row: Emily Crawford, Leah Reeve, Alex Cool, Caroline Beauchaine, Gina Maiola, Monicka Roden and Meagan Willis. Third row: Anna Christiansen, Ali Cash, Anna Robbins, Francesca Malenesk and Anna Leigh Sharp. Back: Haley Visintainer, Anna Donze, Catherine Wininger, Morris Kay, president; Ellen Marsh, Julia Simmons and Catherine Angelo. Sanders Ammons, Virginia Barr, Francie Harris, Jaclyn Howell, Maggie Seeley, Margaret Sharbel, Caroline Stanphill, Mary Ann Stevenson and Kelle Summerlin are not pictured.
Sharbel, Anna Leigh Sharp, Julia Simmons, Caroline Stanphill, Mary Ann Stevenson, Kelle Summerlin, Haley Visintainer, Meagan Willis and Catherine Wininger. John W. Gustafson proposed the establishment of the Poinsettia Debutante ball in 1968, and the Birmingham Ballet board of trustees approved enthusiastically. Gustafson and Mrs. Louis A. Prosch Jr. served as the first ball chairmen. All proceeds from the ball support the Alabama Ballet. At the event in December, each debutante will be presented on the arm of her father in a winter setting of greenery and red poinsettias. They will dance a father-daughter waltz which will be followed by an evening of dancing for ball guests. ❖
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