
Seventy-five young women will be presented at the annual Ball of Roses June 2 at the Country Club of Birmingham’s East Room, with the presentation beginning at 9 p.m.
The ball is sponsored by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham. Caroline Coats Woods is guild president; Lindsey Tomlinson Druhan is executive vice president.
The Ballet Guild is an invitational organization of young women dedicated to supporting the ballet in Birmingham through fundraising and volunteer work. Since its founding in 1959, the guild has raised more than $1 million for the Alabama Ballet
The first Ball of Roses was held in August 1961. Eleven young women from Birmingham were presented.
This year, the Ball of Roses celebrates its 52nd anniversary and continues to serve as a vital fundraiser for the Alabama Ballet. Ball chairman Katherine Barrow Kettig and co-chairman Ellen McCulley Faust have collaborated with Carole Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs on a colorful palette and organic garden theme for the ball décor.
Presentees and their parents are:
Catherine van Alles Adams, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James Mark Adams; Catherine Jeanine Akin, daughter of Ms. Sarah Reed Akin and the late Dr. John Marvin Akin III; Frances Tate Allison, daughter of Ms. Dale Turnbough and Mr. John Allison; Kaylee Marie Beauchamp, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson Slaughter and Mr. Robert Mason Beauchamp; Leslie Mountain Boozer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Trent Rayford Boozer;
Caroline Sheffield Brady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Chisolm Brady; Katherine Parker Bramlett, daughter of, Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Bramlett; Abigail Elizabeth Lisette Bromberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brooks Bromberg; Katherine Wood Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vincent Brown Jr.; Elizabeth Bentley Bruhn, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Bentley Bruhn and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hansel Peacock Bruhn;
Margaret Amberson Burg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nicholas Burg Jr.; Charlotte Clark Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Euguene Collins and the late Claire Markham Collins; Kathryn Quinn Corey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rushton Corey; Catherine Hall Creighton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Langley Creighton; Emily Lucille Curran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Stockton Curran;
Elizabeth Grier Darnall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hughes Bundy and Mr. and Mrs. John Palmer Darnall IV; Margaret Fairfax Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Davis; Mary Gray DeMetz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald John DeMetz Jr.; Catherine Kelsall Dodson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Soldon Dodson Jr.; Emily Kent Donovan, daughter of Ms. Jackie Donovan and the late Mr. Kent St. Clair Donovan;
Carlee Melissa Duggan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Mell Duggan Jr.; Emily Oliver Eagan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Christopher Eagan and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Ramsay Hansen; Laura Elizabeth Ezell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Edward Ezell; Laura Elizabeth Findley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Findley, II; Alice Dearing Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Harold Fisher; Elisabeth Gaillard Foster, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Caffey Foster;
Ann Marie Gieger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Norman Gieger Jr.; Paige Ellen Grant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mitchell Grant; Amanda Claire Grayson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Andrew Grayson; Madaline Harris Hargrove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John William Hargrove; Gray Shamblin Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Shambling Harris; Catherine Roberts Hawley, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scott Hawley;
Virginia Lyle Hazelrig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Keith Hazelrig; Madelyn Fletcher Hereford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schley Herford; Elizabeth Terry Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barrett Hicks Jr.; Mary Elizabeth Scott Hodges, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Robert Hodges; Allison Marie Hudak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew John Hudak Jr.; Lauren Alexandra Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Felix Jenkins III;
Frances Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Stivender Holbrook Jr. and Mr. Michael Craig Jones; Elizabeth Anne Jordan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael William Jordan; Kathleen Elizabeth Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Heflin Kennedy Jr.; Mary Farley Knipp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Allen Knipp; Chelsey Marie LaRussa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kevin Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Benny Michael LaRussa Jr.;
Mary Ann Matheson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thornton Matheson; Abbie Chapman McCary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Milner McCary; Rose Caldwell McCraney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Robert McCraney; Handley Breaux McCrory, daughter of Mrs. Anne Magee McCrory; Anna Harrison McGehee, daughter of Ms. Leta Naff McGehee and Mr. Howard Harrison McGehee; Lindsay Montgomery Moore, daughter of Ms. Sandra Schultz Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Alan Moore;
Mary Jordan Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John David Moore; Carrie Ellis Morgan, daughter of Mrs. Claire Burge Morgan and Mr. James Richard Morgan; Elizabeth Lee Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Trammell Morris; Madison Anne Morrow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randall Hodge Morrow; Abbie Taylor Motes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCord Motes Jr.; Lucy Owen Newton, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Gattis Newton and Mr. James Todd Newton;
Caroline Wells Philips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Tingen Philips; Jennifer Lee Pittman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman Pittman; Katherine Hayden Raughley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Erwin Raughley Jr.; Mary Emmalyn Reich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Raymond Reich; Alexandra Moore Rhett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Warren Barbour Rhett; Margaret Carson Scott, daughter of Mrs. Melissa F. Scott and Mr. Drayton T. Scott Jr.;
Morgan Lindsey Sellers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randal Hugh Sellers; Laura Elizabeth Serota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Robert Serota; Barbara Gage Smith, daughter of Mrs. Virginia Ellen Jackson and Mr. Hatton C.V. Smith; Carolyn Adele Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Cecil Smith Jr.; Elizabeth Marie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Cecil Smith Jr.;
Emily Caitlin Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Anthony Smith; Katherine Theresa Sprain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sprain Jr.; Madeline Louise Stivender, daughter of Mr. .and Mrs. Paul Stivender; Margaret Loyd Stone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ira Stone; Kathryn Alexandra Tully, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Albert Scott Tully Sr.;
Elisabeth Smith Welden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bowen Welden; Nicholson Marie Wilcox, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Melbern Wilcox Jr.; Rushton Elizabeth Wood-Thuston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dixon Thuston; and Kathryn Kaul Yates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Earle Yates.