Beaux Arts Ball Introduces Debutantes and Escorts—Parties Extra!—November 30, 2008
MORTON PAYNE IS BEAUX ARTS BALL KING
Alex Stapleton, Leigh McCoy and Francie Love talk before they are presented at the Beaux Arts Ball. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
OU-OSU fans headed for the television set up in the Terrace Bar at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. They watched the football game until time for dinner the debutante presentation.(Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
The Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club was filled with people Saturday for the 2008 Beaux Arts Ball presentation of the King, Debutantes and Escorts.
Community leader Morton Payne was selected as the 63rd Beaux Arts Ball King. The traditional Ball formally presents young women and men to society.
Red rose balls decorated the club. They were centerpieces and on the walls near the fireplace. The rose balls were set on urns and pedestals near the columns where the debs and escorts were introduced by announcer Bill Wallace.
Nosegays of red roses decorated the family tables and red rose sprays were anchored at the end of each table providing a rosy aisle for the court procession. Debutantes carried nosegays of red roses. Floral designer for the ball was Jim Vallion.
A 50- inch big screen television was set in the Terrace Bar and guests gathered there for the OU-OSU football game. They sat quietly for dinner and the presentation with their cell phones turned on mute, but after the debs and escorts left the stage for dancing, the football fans made their way back to the tv for the final plays.
The debutantes, all wearing long white ballgowns and long white gloves, were Sarah Rainbolt, Claire Philbin, Ruby Coyle, Francie Love, Alex Stapleton, Leigh McCoy, Eleanor Isaacs, Karoline Knapp, Maguire Hall, Janell Fryer, Elizabeth Geren, Alix Benear, Lindsay Howard, Greer Colton, Rachel Flesher, Kylie Esco, Audrey Johnston, Margaret Salyer, Alice Frederickson and Kendall Claus.
They were escorted by their fathers.
Escorts, all dressed in formal attire, were Stephen Sanger, Robert Samis, Patrick Nesbitt, Johnson King, Robert Blair, Richard Hill, Colin Bright, Philip Gresham, Jay Wallace, Daniel Price, Taylor Eisner, Thomas Holden, Kirk Miller, Alex Swisher, Robert Bradford, Miles Dunning and Jon Robinson.
This year’s committee members were: Libby Denner, chairman, Connell Branan, co-chairman; Teri Benear, Mindy Cunningham, Kathryn Crabb, Shirley Everest, Tricia Everest, Elain Frogge, Karen Hanstein, Caroline Hendee, Anne Henderson, Ciane Hogan, Linda James, Laura Kirkpatrick, Tricia Law, Bebe MacKellar, Susan McPherson, Lisa Pierce, Dana Price, Leslie Russell, Karen Samis, Mary FitzSimons, Lauren Sullivan.
Pages/attendants for the King were Matthew Cowan Price and Blake Davison Brigham.
Former Kings attending the Ball and announced during the procession of kings were Bill Cleary, Dick Clements, Bill Swisher, Dan Hogan, Ed Cook, G.T. Blankenship, Ralph Thompson, John Mee, Ron Elkins, Jim Everest, Bob Johnson, Dick Sias, Lee Allan Smith, Gene Rainbolt, Ted Elam and John Bozalis.
The 2009 Ball chairman is Connell Branan.
Connell Branan and Kathryn Crabb (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)
Linda James and Elain Frogge (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Ruby and J.W. Coyle wait their turn for the presentation. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)
Guests enjoyed dinner prior to the presentation. The red rose balls decorated the tables. Jim Vallion and Trochta’s created flower arrangements and decorated the Club for the Ball. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
The king’s chair where Morton Payne sat during the procession. (Somehow I missed getting a picture of him with his wife Libby and a photo of chairman Libby Denner. Look for them in Peggy Gandy’s column in Sunday’s Oklahoman next week. HFW)
Parties Extra!—November 14, 2008—Beaux Arts Ball chairmen visit NewsOK studio
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PARTIES EXTRA!
A Parties Extra!Podcast—Helen Ford Wallace interviews Beaux Arts Ball Chairman, Libby Denner; Co-Chairman and next year’s chairman Connell Branan, and last year’s chairman Elain Frogge, CLICK HERE to listen
Connell Branan, Libby Denner and Elain Frogge were in the NewsOk studio for a podcast.
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Beaux Arts Ball Kings meet for Cocktails—Parties Extra!
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NOVEMBER 6, 2008
Former Kings of the Beaux Arts Ball met for a stag party in the home of Dr. John Bozalis.
The group had cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and speculated about the 63rd king who will be revealed at the Nov. 29th Ball at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
Debutantes and escorts will be introduced as well as the new king.
Ed Cook, Stanton Young, John Mee, Lee Allan Smith, Dan Hogan, Dr. John Bozalis, Bob Johnson, Jim Everest, Tom Dulaney, Judge Ralph Thompson, Gene Rainbolt, Dick Clements and Bill Cleary. (Photo provided).
Society events in Oklahoma—Parties Extra!—October 10, 2008—MOTHERS MEET TO HEAR BALL PLANS
BEAUX ARTS BALL MOTHER’S COFFEE
Connell Branan and Libby Denner
When mothers of the 2008 Beaux Arts Ball debutantes and escorts met October 8 in the home of Co-Chairman Connell Branan, they received information about the 63rd annual Ball.
The coffee table was decorated with white roses in silver goblets and at the front door were pumpkins and white pansies.
Libby Denner is Ball chairman. On the committee are Denner, Branan, Elain Frogge, Ciane Hogan, Leslie Russell, Laura Kirkpatrick, Kathryn Crabb, Karen Hanstein, Caroline Hendee, Mary FitzSimons, Anne Henderson, Lauren Sullivan, Tricia Law, Bebe MacKellar, Dana Price, Mindy Cunningham,Terri Benear, Tricia Everest, Susan McPherson, Linda James, Shirley Everest, Lisa Pierce and Karen Samis.
The Ball will be at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club on November 29th. Proceeds benefit the Acquisition Fund at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
