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These are two important, but different, Southern traditions—so don’t get them confused.
Birmingham: . The Ball of Roses [1]; Mobile. The Camellia Ball, [2] held the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. A souvenir recording released by Verve Records in the summer of 1959 featuring longtime San Francisco bandleader Ernie Heckscher playing for The Cotillion at The Fairmont.
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 ...
A mid-17th century painting by Jacob Duck, called The Cotillion, is the earliest possible reference to a dance with this name.. The name cotillion appears to have been in use as a dance-name at the beginning of the 18th century but, though it was only ever identified as a sort of country dance, it is impossible to say of what it consisted at that early date.
Ball dancing emerged from formal dances during the Middle Ages and carried on through different iterations throughout succeeding centuries, such as the 17th century Baroque dance and the 18th century cotillion. Several variations exists such as the masquerade and debutante ball as well as the more modern prom.
CANTON − When a television producer reached out, members of the Stark County Debutante Cotillion had no idea it would put the group at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
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.
Christian Basinger Frierson and Emma Deas Pickens will rule over the 75th Anniversary of the Cotillion, ... The 2024 Ball Chairwoman Lara Yerger's theme for the Cotillion's 75th anniversary: "L ...