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Grace Belcher, Elizabeth Bendall, Anne Elise Beasley, Madison Chatwood and Caroline Dugas. Burke Smith, Kathryn Messer, Elizabeth Lemak, Kailey Koch and Collins McMurray.

Isabella Rizzo, Georgia Carolynne Kamburis, Katlin Willingham, Brooke Tarrant and Sydney Grace Edge. Chandler Coshatt, Taylor Parks, Megan Swanzy, Jackie Stevens and Katie McKenna.

Raegan Goodreau, Parker Gregory, Anna Frances Gorham, Eleni Gulas and Cameron Isabella Hall.

Emory Elizabeth Swafford, Abbigale Fitzgerald Waters, Gracie Stockard, Madeline Yates and Claire Sexton.

The Ballet Women’s Committee and Poinsettia Men’s Club hosted the 54th Annual Poinsettia Ball on Dec. 16 at Vestavia Country Club.

Fifty-four debutantes in white and red dresses prepared to be presented in a ballroom filled with coordinating bouquets of poinsettias.

White gowns and red poinsettia bouquets were featured on 30 debutantes. These debutantes were nominated during the spring of their sophomore year of college and presented during their junior year.

They included Anne Elise Beasley, Merrill Grace Belcher, Elizabeth Ann Bendall, Madison Alexandra Chatwood, Susannah Chandler Coshatt, Caroline Michele Dugas, Sydney Grace Edge, Raegan Marie Goodreau, Anna Frances Gorham, Parker Nicole Gregory, Helen Katherine Gulas, Cameron Isabella Hall, Georgia Carolynne Kamburis, Kailey Ana Koch, Lauren Elizabeth Lemak, Kathryn Rebekah Messer, Margaret Katherine McKenna, Collins Virginia McMurray, Taylor Brooke Parks, Isabella Candace Rizzo, Claire Aldin Sexton, Farris Burke Smith, Jacquelyn

Red & White

54th Annual Poinsettia Debutante Ball Introduces 30 Young Women to Society

Elissa Stevens, Mary Grace Stockard, Emory Elizabeth Swafford, Megan Alyssa Swanzy, Anna Brooke Tarrant, Abbigale Fitzgerald Waters, Katlin Tesney Willingham and Madeleine Chappell Yates.

Twenty-four junior debutantes wore red gowns and carried bouquets of white poinsettias with fresh greenery.

The junior debutantes were Emily Elizabeth Avis, Virginia Grace Cochran, Avery Marie Creel, Nina Catherine DiGiorgio, Marie DeLeisseline Duncan, Riley Marie Early, Merritt Elizabeth Flynn, Ella McKee Harper, Amelia Lanier Hawk, Laura Ellen Hayes, Emma Catherine Kerby, Lillian Harman Lowery, Mary Alexandra Maluff, Katherine Adriana Morros, Eleanor Russ Petrey, Anna Elizabeth Ridgway, Mary Lansley Schick, Sara Frances Steadman, Sophie Mae Talbert, Anna Catherine Tanner, Ashby Clark Thomas, Anna Spencer Lawley, Catherine Elizabeth Whitcomb and Reilly Elizabeth Williamson.

The Poinsettia Men’s Club sponsored a benefactor’s dinner during the private presentation of all debutantes. The dinner was organized by benefactor dinner chairman Stacey Gregory, and assistance was provided by Lynne and Donnie Dobbins.

Each debutante was presented on the arm of her father or significant family member, with whom she later danced a traditional waltz.

Poinsettia Ball board President Liz Guest organized evening festivities with the support of Poinsettia Ball chairwoman Jayna Southerland. Poinsettia Men’s Club President Gary Smith, along with Ballet Women’s Committee President Ashley Stockard and junior debutante social chairman Melissa McMurray, worked to make the night one to remember.

Additional Poinsettia Ball board members serving with the event include Sharon Maddox, Lianne Hand, Stephanie Whisenhunt, Tammy Towns, Kelly Troiano, Ashley Moran, Jayna Southerland, Melissa McMurray, Allison Herr, Sarah Bryan, Michelle Channel, Cathy Donze and Loren Leigh Baggett.

In 1968, the Poinsettia Debutante Ball was established after Mrs. John W. Gustafon suggested it.

Founded in 1960, the Ballet Women’s Committee advances and promotes fine arts in the greater Birmingham area. All proceeds from the event will support the Alabama Ballet, the state’s prominent master ballet company.

The Poinsettia Men’s Club was created in 1969 to support and promote the well-recognized Ballet Women’s Committee. ❖

The Redstone Club’s 114th annual Christmas Ball was held Dec. 18 at the Country Club of Birmingham. More than 150 members of the Redstone Club and their guests attended the group’s annual Christmas celebration.

The 2020 ball was canceled because of COVID-19 fears, and so the recent celebration included two classes of presentees, combining recent graduates who were to have been presented in 2020 and current college seniors.

Presentees wore traditional long white dresses and gloves and carried simple flower bouquets, a complement to their chosen escorts in black tuxedo tails.

Last year’s Redstone Club president, Gregory S. Curran, and his wife, Emily, presided over the presentation of the young women who had been scheduled in 2020. And 2021 club President Francis H. Crockard III and his wife, Winn, received curtsies from this year’s presentees. Ball co-chairmen were William Spencer South, who attended with his wife, Cari, and William Bernhart Wahlheim Jr., accompanied by his wife, Cary.

Carole Sullivan installed the Christmas-themed decorations for both the seated dinner, which preceded the ball, and the East Room of the Country Club, were the presentation was held.

Photos by Dee Moore

Class of 2020

The presentee class of 2020 included: Parker Tulaire Cobbs, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn Cobbs; Gunter Moren Crommelin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Claiborne Crommelin; Elise Louise Doss, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Coates Doss; Grace Sinclair Evans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Parker Evans II; Elizabeth Gibson Johnston, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Estes Johnston Jr.; Frances Kendrick McFadden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hampton McFadden Jr.; Elizabeth Renneker McMillan, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy McMillan III; and Carolyn Dickinson Wahlheim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bernhart Wahlheim Jr.

Virginia Bowron Beasley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Martin Beasley Jr., sponsored by Mr. George Wheeler Matthews Jr.; Isabel Browning Boyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Howard Boyd Jr., sponsored by Mr. John Parker Evans Jr.; Frances Hardy Bromberg, daughter of Mr. Frank Hardy Bromberg III and Mrs. Anne Bromberg, sponsored by Mr. Charles Trueheart Clayton Jr.; and Kate McCarroll Bumgarner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen James Bumgarner, sponsored by Mr. Paul Porter Crockard.

Elizabeth Rose Gillespy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Palfrey Gillespy, sponsored by Mr. Thomas Atkinson Roberts Jr.; Ann Chapman Haynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Wayne Haynes, sponsored by Mr. Nelson Straub Bean; Brooke

Rocking the Night Away

40 Young Women Presented at the Redstone Club’s Annual Christmas Ball

Class of 2020

Brooke Campbell Holloway, Frances Kendrick McFadden, Virginia Bowron Beasley and Virgina Lambert Murray. Mary Walker Poe, Ann Chapman Haynes, Elizabeth Rose Gillespy and Caroline Carlisle Sims.

Isabel Browning Boyd, Frances Hardy Bromberg, Grace Sinclair Evans and Merry Allyson Walker. Kathryn Anne Lott, Gunter Moren Crommelin, Carolyn Dickinson Wahlheim and Kate McCarroll Bumgarner.

2020 Club President Gregory S. Curran, and wife Emily, with Ball Chairman William Spencer South and wife Cari.

Campbell Holloway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Holloway, sponsored by Dr. Charles Edward Bugg; Brooks Leslie Hunter, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Hunter, sponsored by Mr. William Bew White III; Kathryn Anne Lott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ervin Lott, sponsored by Mr. Evans Dunn Jr.; and Virginia Lambert Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sands Murray Jr.,

sponsored by Mr. William Bew White III.

Mary Walker Poe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoke Poe, sponsored by Dr. Perry Winston Smith; Caroline Carlisle Sims, daughter of Mr. George William Sims II and Mrs. Caroline Edwards, sponsored by Mr. James Arthur Smith IV; Jane Perry Starling, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Jefferson Starling III, sponsored by Mr. William Collins Knight Jr.; Stella Smith Styslinger, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Joseph Styslinger, sponsored by Mr. Lee Joseph Styslinger III; Anna Craig Tucker, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Craig Tucker, sponsored by Mr. Richard Turner Scruggs Jr.; Merry Allyson Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Walker III, sponsored by Mr. John Reese Murray III; Ann McQueen Whatley, in absentia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Woods Whatley, sponsored by Mr. Hewes Turner Hull.

Class of 2021

Presentees for this year’s class of 2021 were: Adele Tydings Bloodworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Courtenay Renneker Bloodworth; Lucille Grace Christian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosamond Christian; Isabel Brownlee Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bibb Coleman; Caroline Judith Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bailey Knight III; Marian Mead Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Craft O’Neal; Katherine Lee Seibels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kelly Seibels Jr.; and Sallie Evans Simpson, daughter of Mr. John Rembert Simpson and Mrs. Leslie Register.

Lucy Jordan Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henley Jordan Smith III; Helen Claire Tynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson Tynes; Kathleen Connolly Wilson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Alexander Symington Wilson Jr.; Fredda Claire Cardwell, daughter of Mr. Cameron Stuart Cardwell and Mrs. Jaclyn Stewart Vann, sponsored by Mr. William Oliver Vann; Lelia Sykes Carlson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth James Carlson, sponsored by Mr. Richard Murray IV; and Mary Tynes Flake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jared Grey Flake, sponsored by Mr. Charles Sheppard Caldwell III.

Suzanne Cotten Hillhouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Louden Hillhouse III, sponsored by Mr. James Bailey Knight III; Lyla Murfee Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall Jones III, sponsored by Mr. William Elliott Matthews V; Elizabeth Hamilton Lanier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monro Banister Lanier III, sponsored by Mr. Mark Legrand Myatt; Farley Southland Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Norwood Morris II, sponsored by Mr. Joseph McConnell Farley Jr.; and Caroline Lee Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McWhorter Pope, sponsored by Mr. Hobart Amory McWhorter Jr.

Mary McLaurine Trammell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Monroe Trammell III, sponsored by Mr. Henry Levi Mellen III; Elizabeth Roberts Vann, daughter of Mr. William Oliver Vann Jr. and Mrs. Kimberly Moore Vann, sponsored by Mr. William Oliver Vann; Emma Kate Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Walker III, sponsored by Mr. John Reese Murray III; Rebecca Fairbanks Hart White, daughter of Mr. David Hart White and Mrs. Catherine Caddell Hoff, sponsored by Mr. Gene Ruffner Page Jr.; Virginia Cobb Witherington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Witherington Jr., sponsored by Mr. Frank Mobley Young III; Sarah Shepard Yates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Blake Yates, sponsored by Mr. Charles Trueheart Clayton Jr.

At the ball luncheon, held at the Mountain Brook Club on Dec. 17, both groups of presentees were introduced to the club membership and received some background on the long history of the event and the club itself. Also represented were several of the original members of the 1970 and 1971 presentee classes, whose 50th anniversaries were celebrated.

The “golden girls” from 1970 were: Beverly Comer Nabers Bowring, Martha Murray Harsh Chapman, Katherine Barrett Coe, Elizabeth Morgan Kinney Daniels, Euguenia Wimberly Smith Edwards, Jane Campbell Brown Grant, Virginia Brasfield Cooper Hardie, Katherine Barrow Hiden Kettig, Mary Elizabeth Forman

Sallie Evans Simpson, Lucy Jordan Smith, Katherine Lee Seibels and Lelia Sykes Carlson. Emma Kate Walker, Sarah Shepard Yates, Fredda Claire Cardwell and Rebecca Fairbanks Hart White.

Marian Mead Oliver, Adele Tydings Bloodworth, Farley Southland Morris and Mary Tynes Flake. Lucille Grace Christian, Caroline Lee Pope, Kathleen Connolly Wilson and Caroline Judith Knight.

Lyla Murfee Jones, Elizabeth Hamilton Lanier, Suzanne Cotten Hillhouse and Elizabeth Roberts Vann.

2021 Club President Francis H. Crockard III and wife Winn, with Ball Chairman William Bernhart Wahlheim, Jr. and wife Cary.

Norwood, Frances Bradley Matthews Proctor, Donald Munger Anderson Roth, Dorothy Cobbs Shaw, Barbara Mary Chenoweth Shelton, Murray Brown Spencer South, Cynthia Sharpe Shook Sproull and Katherine Elizabeth Perry Wolfes.

Presentees from the 1971 class were: Laura Voorhies Miller Allen, Anne Dudley Anderson, Mary Cecil Berry, Constance Breckenridge Brewer, Virginia Samford Upchurch Collier, Margaret Preston Fletcher, Augusta Cobbs Poellnitz Hassinger, Murray Berry Johnston, Margaret Wellborn Matthews, Martha Parker McDavid Sarah Elizabeth Sproule Mitchiner, Marguerite Nabers McGriff North, Margaret Pollard Marks Porter, Anne Westcott Shaw, Katherine Samford Upchurch Takvorian and Yeardley Eustis Smith Williams.

The ball followed a members-only cocktail party and dinner, spread between Birmingham Country Club’s East Room and dining rooms.

Music chairman John R. Simpson arranged the evening’s accompaniment. For the cocktail party, the debutante presentation and first dance, the Sonny Harris Trio Band set the musical atmosphere. Following the presentation, the Universal Crush band took the stage, turning the formal setting into a rocking dance hall that kept members and presentees dancing late into the evening.

The 2021 Redstone Club officers are: Francis H. Crockard III, president; J. Bailey Knight III, vice president; James H. Hancock Jr., secretary-treasurer; and John C. Morrow, traditions chairman. ❖

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It was a winter wonderland at Mountain Brook Club on Nov. 29 despite the warm weather.

The Debutante Club of Birmingham celebrated its 92nd year as it honored 14 young ladies.

Reminiscent of the early years of the Debutante Club, a Black and White Ball was held. The young women wore white gowns while their guests were attired in black tie and black cocktail dresses.

The 2021 debutantes and their escorts included Lelia Carlson and Stuart Thornton, Anne Clayton Cole and Jon Natarajan, Gigi Griffin and Christian Huddle, Sarah Hydinger and Harrison Clark, Caroline Knight and James Roberts, Katie Lummis and John Kozar, Ellie Martin and Weston Williams, Farley Morris and Coe Taylor, Kate Seibels and Sean Doud, Mary McLaurine Trammell and Harrison Gorham, Fairbanks White and Hayden Rahr, Sarah Yates and Austin McBee. Lilli Fowler and Caroline Monaghan were honored in absentia.

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The young ladies and their dates shared cocktails and dinner before the party. They dined on silver sequin-covered tables with cen-

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The Mountain Brook Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Delta recently hosted its annual Christmas luncheon at the home of Cameron Hicks.

Collegians and alumnae attended the event.

Each year, the chapter selects a nonprofit organization for which it raises money and awareness. This year, the chapter raised nearly $1,000 for Children’s Harbor at Lake Martin. Children’s Harbor provides services for children with serious illnesses and their families, including through its camp at Lake Martin. ❖

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Sarah Yates, Fairbanks White, Fredda Cardwell, Kathleen Beall, Darby Keith and Evie Morton. Elizabeth Hale, Molly Regan, Nancy Kate Nicrosi, Sarah Hydinger, Carolanne Berte and Laura Doody.

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The Birmingham Museum of Art will be hosting the 54th Annual Krewe Ball on Feb. 25.

This year’s Krewe Ball will feature 51 princesses, which include girls who did not have the opportunity to be presented last year when the ball was canceled due to COVID-19.

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Garlandia Garden Club Gathers for Holiday Luncheon

Members of the Garlandia Garden Club gathered Dec. 15 at Mountain Brook Club for a holiday luncheon, hosted by social and hospitality chairwoman Patsy Hendley and President Mary Sue Durant.

Tables were decorated with fresh evergreen accented in gold glitter, with a focal point of red poinsettias.

Pianist Anna Williams and violinist Katheryn Lamb performed, and many of the pieces played were original arrangements by Williams.

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Riverchase Homes Opened to Public for Christmas Home Tour

Lola Barnes and Ava Schach. Will Landis and David Herman.

Three homeowners in the Riverchase area decked the halls and opened their doors for the Riverchase Women’s Club’s annual Christmas Home Tour and Dinner, held Dec. 17.

One home featured was built this year, with another being recently purchased and remodeled. The third home has been a part of the tour in previous years, but its interior design and renovations are a crowd favorite.

Dinner was held at Riverchase Country Club for participants after the viewing of the homes. This year, the Christmas feast featured live music.

The Riverchase Women’s Club hosts various events, such as its annual Art Show and Tablescapes, with a mission to connect women in the neighborhood and raise awareness and funds for charitable organizations.

Last year, the Women’s Club donated more than $11,000 to a variety of local missions. This year, the group will most likely surpass the previous year’s donations, as the club’s team for the Walk-A-Thon for Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama raised almost $5,000. ❖

Stephanie and Nick Derzis. Jill Miller and Carla Kanafani.

Lisa Carruba and Gloria Nelson. Laurie Johnson and Sam Hyatt Branch.

Sterling and Lesley DeRamus with Elizabeth Crommelin.

Prelude to the Holiday

Birmingham Music Club Kicks of the Season With Food and Friends

The Guild of the Birmingham Music Club celebrated the season with its annual Prelude to the Holiday party Dec. 2.

Held at the Mountain Brook home of Nancy Canada, hostesses for the event were Missy Fooshe, Jocelyn Palmer, Phyllis Pelham, Michele Smith, and party chair Cindy Bowron.

Kevin Canada and Allen Holder served as bartenders, and food was prepared by the hostesses and their spouses. The delicious fare was served by Cara Cooper, John Pelham and Henry Pelham.

Roberta Atkinson, president of the organization, presided over the event. ❖

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Cocktails and Jingle Bells

Reinstated Social Clubs Hold First Party Together

The Spinsters and Bachelors clubs held their first “Cocktails and Jingle Bells” party on Dec. 22 at Carrigan’s Public House downtown.

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Independent Living | Assisted Living | Memory Care Information Center | The Plaza at Riverchase | 1839 Montgomery Highway | Hoover, AL 35244