Pointe Ball Honors Board Member Ray Jordan and Raises Funds for the Ballet

The Rolling Stones-themed night featured design elements of rock and roll with an “edgy formal” dress code.

The annual fundraiser benefits Alabama Ballet and helps to support the four major productions the professional ballet company stages each season. Event sponsors were McKinney Capital, Protective and Regions Bank. ❖

Valentine Party Featured Pianist and Traditional Carousel Horse

Carousels celebrated Valentine’s at The Country Club of Birmingham with well-known pianist Jon Michael Ogletree entertaining the crowd.

Before the dinner, members gathered in the living room to drink cocktails and socialize.

The antique musical Carousel horse that has been a focal point at Carousels’ parties through the years again was made part of the festive decorations.

Tables in the dining room were decorated with white cloths and vibrant pink napkins and centered with sparkling lighted trees and hearts. Party chairman Pattie Perry Finney along with her daughter, Margaret Billingsley, an event plan- ner from Atlanta, provided the decorations.

For dinner, guests had a garden salad topped with sugared pecans and bacon, followed by filet, chicken Marsala, asparagus and small heartshaped roasted potatoes. Dessert was a medley of chocolate and lemon delicacies. Upon leaving, each member was given a Valentine gift bag of chocolates.

Those at the party included, Lynn Ault, Mary Alice and Don Carmichael, Martha Cheney, Adele and Chuck Colvin, Bebe and Roy Costner, Sarah Creveling, Charlotte Donald and Bobby Boisky, Pattie Perry Finney, Augusta and Bill Forbes, Joanne and Nick Gaede,

Alabama Ballet Board President Lindsey Druhan, center, with Maggie O’Connor and Jessica Lane, from left.

Pattie Perry Finney, Bill and Augusta Forbes, Sarah Creveling, Charlotte Donald and Bobby Boisky.