The National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball
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The National Debutante Cotillion of Washington, D.C. is an annual dance and formal presentation of young ladies to society usually held at Thanksgiving.
The cotillion was founded in 1950 by Mary Stuart Montague Price, daughter of Captain Price, U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1917. The beneficiary is this event is the Children's National Medical Center.
A Cotillion Debutante is young lady from a representative family and is considered a new adult who is introduced to Washington, D.C. society at a formal presentation known as her "debut" or "coming out".
The 58th National Cotillion is the Thanksgiving week of November 2007.
