Karen and Fred Hall entertain at Beaux Arts Ball King’s party at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club

Posted by Helen Ford Wallace

on June 28, 2010M at 10:36 am

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Fred Hall and his wife, Karen, were hosts for the Beaux Arts Ball King’s party. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace).

The Beaux Arts Ball’s king’s party was held at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.

Karen and Fred Hall were hosts for the “King’s Ball.” Fred Hall was the 2009 Beaux Arts Ball King.

The Country Club was transformed into a New York supper club with lighted vases filled with white feather plumes on all the tables. Cocktail tables and bistro tables held lamps with beaded shades surrounded with roses and votive candles.

The tables set in Harry’s Bar were filled with shrimp and grits, Cajun shrimp, salmon, sushi and caviar. There was a large table filled beef tenderloin, chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese, fried okra and Caesar salad in the ballroom and a dessert table with cupcakes and an ice cream bar. Outside there was a tent and the menu included hamburger sliders, corn dogs, grilled cheese sandwiches and French fries.

Two orchestras played during the evening: Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings and the late night band was Mitch Bell and Powerhouz.

Cigarette girls held trays of cigarettes, cigars and candy and nuts for the guests

Among the 400 guests were Christy and Jim Everest, Connell and Cliff Branan, Bebe and Bruce MacKellar, Tricia Everest, Libby and Morton Payne, Susan and Mike McPherson, Linda and Ron James, DeAnn and Lee Alan Smith, Gennie and Bob Johnson, Candy Dulaney, Sharon and John Bozalis, Lindsay Hightower, Millie and Johnson Hightower, Libby and David Denner, Margo and Harper Ward, Shirley and Pete Everest and Kim and Michael Joseph.

“Summer cocktail attire” was suggested on the invitation and that included everything from white dinner jackets to men in suits, sport coats, with ties, without ties, open shirts and women in strapless dresses, beaded cocktail outfits and evening slacks and tops. Fred Hall wore his King’s medallion around his neck during the party.

Guests received party favors as they were leaving the party…more great music….a compact disc of Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings “I Learned The Hard Way.”