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  2. International Debutante Ball - Wikipedia

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    International Debutante Ball. Coordinates: 40.76518°N 73.97190°W. The International Debutante Ball is an invitation-only, formal debutante ball, to officially present well-connected young women from upper-class families to high society. [1][2][3] Founded in 1954, it occurs every two years at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

  3. List of debutante balls in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Viennese Opera Ball in New York; The Rochester Bachelors' Cotillion in 1964. Rochester: The Rochester Bachelors' Cotillion was founded in 1950 by a group of single young men from some of Rochester's social circles that

  4. Cotillion - Wikipedia

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    Cotillion. The cotillion (also cotillon or French country dance) is a social dance, popular in 18th-century Europe and North America. Originally for four couples in square formation, it was a courtly version of an English country dance, the forerunner of the quadrille and, in the United States, the square dance.

  5. Documentary shines a light on cotillions as a way to ... - AOL

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    The young women of the 2022 Stark County Debutante Cotillion were the first group in decades to take part in the rite of passage ceremony after Black women in Canton began holding cotillions in ...

  6. The Difference Between a Cotillion and a Debutante Ball - AOL

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    The word cotillion was first used in 18th-century France and England to describe a group dance that is considered to be a forebearer of the square dance (à la the dancing in Pride and Prejudice ...

  7. Debutante - Wikipedia

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    Debutantes at the Chrysanthemum Ball in Munich (2012) A debutante, also spelled débutante (/ ˈ d ɛ b j ʊ t ɑː n t / DEB-yuu-tahnt; from French: débutante, ' female beginner '), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (UK: / ˈ d eɪ b juː, ˈ d ɛ b juː / DAY-bew, DEB-yoo, US: / d ...

  8. Christian Basinger Frierson to reign over Shreveport ... - AOL

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    January 27, 2024 at 1:00 AM. The 2024 cotillion. His Royal Majesty Rex LXXV Christian Basinger Frierson, a fifth-generation farmer, will rule over the 75th Anniversary of the Cotillion, "L'Esprit ...

  9. National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball - Wikipedia

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    The National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball is an annual dance and formal debutante presentation of young women in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1949 [1] by Miss Mary-Stuart Montague Price, [2] one of the grande dames of Washington society. "Studie", as she is affectionately known, continues to serve as Chairman Emerita.