The 56th annual Beaux Arts Krewe Ball was held at Boutwell Auditorium on Feb. 17.
The Beaux Arts Krewe has been a major supporter of the collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art, and for the past 56 years, the ball has served as a fundraiser for the Krewe Acquisition Fund. These contributions have enabled the museum to spend more than $1 million to purchase important European paintings, sculptures and drawings.
Ruling over the event, the theme of which was “Arabian Nights,” was King Henry Barnes Ray Jr. He was joined by his wife, Carolyn, and Queen Alice Alden Monk, escorted by Forest Leland Whatley.
Presented as the queen’s ladies in waiting were Barbara Bugg Holloway, with trainbearer Violet Dumas Bond; Catherine Edith Driscoll, with trainbearer Kathryn Camille Butrus and Virginia Florence Vogtle, with trainbearer Celia Frances Davis.
Princesses presented were Eugenie Joyce Allen, Sara Frances Berte, Susannah Bristow Blount, Gilder Scout Carruthers, Courtney Alice Clark, Anne Carlton Clegg, Elizabeth Patterson Cooper, Sally Grace Cooper, Evelyn Claire Couvillon, Callie Ryan Dukes, Emily Bricken Evans, Mary Catherine Fowlkes, Anna Beverley Hoyt, Elizabeth Grace Hulsey, Salter Conary Hydinger, Marilyn Douglas Joyce, Adaline Elizabeth Lawson, Rosemary Katherine Lee, Katherine Elisabeth McDonald, Louisa Eleanor Patrick, Theresa Elizabeth Patton, Caroline Warner Payne, Alexandra Catherine Ritchie, Caroline McClendon Ritchie, Marguerite Alice Sprain, Georgia Ellen Stewart, Lauren Campbell Walston and Anna Caroline Williamson.
The king’s dukes were John Fletcher Abele Jr., Arthur Philip Cook Jr., Carey Parks Gilbert II, Leland Hull, Henry Barnes Ray III, Thomas Atkinson Roberts Jr., James Whitfield Waitzman Jr. and Guy Allen Weatherford.
The king’s trainbearers were Sally Frances Blair, Annie James Clay, Laura Thomas Clay, Laurie Price Ray, Margaret Leary Ray, Katherine Estes Vaughn, Catherine Sullins Whatley, Charles Sheppard Caldwell Whatley, and James Vann Worthen, Jr.
The queen’s guards were David Mitchell Benck, Arthur Phillip Cook III, Dean Dillard Matthews, Guy Kenneth Mitchell III, William Kelly Nicrosi II, Charles Walton Redden, George Malcolm Taylor and William Copeland Wood III.
The queen’s trainbearers were Elizabeth Brockman Bankhead, Juliet Hamilton Girvin, Margaret Bibb Girvin, Julianna Elizabeth Little, Carleton Leighton Neighbors, Lela Jane Owenby, Annabel Jane Wallace, Evelyn Bransford Wallace and Sally Comer Worthe.n
Serving as pages for the festivities were Ann Evans Allen, Katherine Love Allen, Kathryn Pritchard Allen, Mary Carolyn Wittichen Anderson, Virginia Grace Blair, William Wade Brooke III, Charlotte Ann Chambliss, Evelyn Palmer Davis, Emma-Kathryn Day, Marion Elizabeth DeBuys, Livia Rast DeBuys, Catherine Jane Emanulsen, Jane Briggs Harrell, Nancy Ryals Little, Jane Ellis Karpeles, Lacy Kay Karpeles, Virginia Wallace McCoin, Catherine Jane Mears, Eleanor Gresham Nelson, Drennen Ireland Nichols and Emily Hughston Nichols.
Also serving as pages were Carolyn Hill Noble, Barbara Wallace Rich, Charles Stewart Robinson, Elizabeth-Anne Donald Robinson, Phoebe-Grey Crist Robinson, Sarah Turnley Robinson, Catherine Forman Samuels, Caroline Reid Samuels, Margaret Ann Spann, Anne Louise Sullivan, Clarke Keenon Sullivan, Emma Catherine Sullivan, Lillian Rose Sullivan, Sarah Frances Sullivan, Stephanie Ann Terrell, Carolyn Hill Noble Bell Trimmer, Steven Robert Thompson III, Emily Hartman Tomlinson, Catherine Jane Woods and Gabriella Oliver Worthen. ❖
Also serving as pages were Carolyn Hill Noble, Barbara Wallace Rich, Charles Stewart Robinson, Elizabeth-Anne Donald Robinson, Phoebe-Grey Crist Robinson, Sarah Turnley Robinson, Catherine Forman Samuels, Caroline Reid Samuels, Margaret Ann Spann, Anne Louise Sullivan, Clarke Keenon Sullivan, Emma Catherine Sullivan, Lillian Rose Sullivan, Sarah Frances Sullivan, Stephanie Ann Terrell, Carolyn Hill Noble Bell Trimmer, Steven Robert Thompson III, Emily Hartman Tomlinson, Catherine Jane Woods and Gabriella Oliver Worthen.
