The 45th annual Beaux Arts Krewe ball and pageant will be held Feb. 17 at Boutwell Auditorium. The event, which benefits the Birmingham Museum of Art, will mark the annual coronation of the King and Queen of the Krewe.
Thirty-six young women from Birmingham and other cities will be presented.
In the historic tradition of the Beaux Arts Krewe, the identities of the Queen and her Court are kept secret until their announcement at the ball.
The 2012 ball decorations and tableau will recall scenes of Oriental grandeur, while dancing pages in Chinese costume will join in the merriment with the Royal Court and the members of the Krewe.
The Beaux Arts Krewe is a men’s organization which, since its founding in 1967, has served its primary purpose of supporting the Birmingham Museum of Art with an annual debutante ball.
The presentees of the 2012 Ball are:
Elizabeth Ann Bean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Straub Bean; Anne Hayden Bromberg, daughter of Mr. Frank Hardy Bromberg III and Ms. Anne McMillan Bromberg; Elizabeth Bentley Bruhn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hansel Peacock Bruhn and Ms. Elizabeth Bentley Bruhn; Koula Michelle Callahan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Alston Callahan; Anna Kathryn Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lange Clark;
Kathryn Quinn Corey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rushton Corey; Sarah Bunnell Crosier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ray Crosier; Elizabeth Grier Darnall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Palmar Darnall IV and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hughes Bundy; Margaret Fairfax Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Davis; Catherine Kelsall Dodson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Selden Dodson Jr.;
Evelyn Adams Drennen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hagood Drennen; Elisabeth Gaillard Foster, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Caffey Foster; Virginia Lyle Hazelrig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Keith Hazelrig; Madelyn Fletcher Hereford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schley Hereford; Frances Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Mrs. James Stivender Holbrook Jr. and Mr. Michael Craig Jones;
Lillian Halcott Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Williamson Jones Jr; Rose Caldwell McCraney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Robert McCraney; Virginia deVilliers Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyd Miller; Mary Jordan Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John David Moore; Sarah Walden Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Claiborne Morris; Mary Ryan Nielsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Axel Nielsen;
Lynn Otey Priester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Louis Priester; Margaret Tutwiler Priester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Louis Priester; Margaret Carson Scott Jr.; daughter of Mrs. Melissa Fick Scott and Mr. Drayton Trucks Scott; Barbara Gage Smith, daughter of Mr. Hatton Coulbourne Valentine Smith and Mrs. Virginia Ellen Jackson; Carolyn Adele Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Cecil Smith Jr.; Elizabeth Marie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Cecil Smith Jr.;
Katherine Theresa Sprain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Sprain Jr.; Margaret Loyd Stone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ira Stone; Emily Elizabeth Suggs, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Patrick Suggs; Collier Dickinson Tynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ingram Dickinson Tynes; Elissa Handley Tyson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marc Bryant Tyson;
Elizabeth Parker Wade, daughter of Mrs. Walter Bellingrath Sandlin Wade and the late Mr. Wade; Roxanne O’Neal Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Orr Walker Jr. and Ms Joni Brown Walker; Elisabeth Smith Welden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bowen Welden; and Rushton Elizabeth Wood-Thuston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dixon Thuston.
