List of débutante balls in the United States

Notable débutante balls in the United States include:

Contents 1 Alabama 2 Arizona 3 California 4 Colorado 5 Connecticut 6 Delaware 7 District of Columbia 8 Florida 9 Georgia (U.S. state) 10 Illinois 11 Indiana 12 Kansas 13 Kentucky 14 Louisiana 15 Maryland 16 Massachusetts 17 Michigan 18 Mississippi 19 Missouri 20 Nebraska 21 New Mexico 22 New York 23 North Carolina 24 Ohio 25 Oklahoma 26 Oregon 27 Pennsylvania 28 South Carolina 29 Tennessee 30 Texas 31 Vermont 32 Virginia 33 Washington 34 Wisconsin 35 References

Alabama

• Birmingham
  • The Ball of Roses
  • The Beaux Arts Krewe Ball
  • The Redstone Ball
  • The Heritage Ball
• Mobile
  • The Camellia Ball
  • The Nutcracker Charity Ball
• Montgomery
  • The Krewe of the Athenians
  • The Krewe of Maskers
  • The Mystic Order of Minerva
  • The Mystic Order of Revelry
  • Blue Gray Colonels Ball
  • Phantom Hosts
  • Montgomery Debutante Cotillion
  • Harlequins Ball
• Huntsville
  • The Symphony Ball
• Tuscaloosa
  • Holiday Cotillion

• Bulleted list item

Arizona

• Phoenix:

Tucson Symphony Cotillion

• • Board of Visitors Ball (formerly St. Lukes Ball)
  • Chandler Service Club Cotillion (Flower Girls)
  • Scottsdale Honors Cotillion
  • Phoenix Honors Cotillion
  • Desert Foundation Auxiliary (DFA) Ball (http://www.desertfoundationauxiliary.org)
  • Brophy/Xavier Cotillion
  • Phoenix Links Cotillion (Elite Afican American)(www1.phoenixlinksinc.com)
  • Phoenix - Queen Esther's Debutante Ball - Faith based preparation to womanhood (http://www.thequeensball.com)

California

• Lancaster:
  • Alpha Charter Guild Débutante Ball, which benefits Antelope Valley Hospital.
• Los Angeles:
  • Las Madrinas Ball, which benefits Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
  • Silver Rose Debutante Ball, which benefits Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
• Newport Beach:
  • Debutantes' Cotillion
• San Francisco:
  • The Cotillion
  • The Thanksgiving Cotillion, also known as The Mills-Peninsula Debutante Ball [3]
  • San Francisco Debutante Ball
  • Winter Ball, which benefits Children's Hospital Oakland
• La Jolla:
  • La Jolla Debutante Ball

Colorado

• Denver:
  • Central City Flower Girl presentation, benefiting the Central City Opera
  • Fine Arts Foundation Summer Debutante Ball^[1], held yearly at the University of Denver, which benefits the Fine Arts Foundation, an organization supporting the arts in Colorado.
  • Bal de Ballet, which benefits the Colorado Ballet.
  • Colorado Junior Cotillion^[2]
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • The Debutante Ball in support of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centers

Connecticut

• Greenwich
  • Junior League of Greenwich Cotillion

Delaware

• Wilmington:
  • The Holly Ball

District of Columbia

• Washington, D.C.:
  • The National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball, celebrating the 59th Anniversary in 2008, and benefiting the Children's National Medical Center.
  • The Washington Holiday Ball, held annually over Christmas at the Mayflower Hotel
  • District of Columbia Society Sons of the American Revolution Potowmack Ball and Debutante Presentation, held annually over the Thanksgiving weekend at the Almas Temple.
  • Hungarian Freedom Fighters Ball, held annually in the spring. Escorts are midshipmen from the US Naval Academy in nearby Annapolis, MD.

Florida

• Fort Lauderdale
  • Lauderdale Debutante Ball
• Jacksonville
  • The Magnolia Ball
  • Commodore's Ball
• Lakeland
  • Lakeland Assemblies Cotillion Club
• Orlando
  • The Bridgadette Club Inc.
• Sarasota
  • Sarasota Cotillion Club
  • Sarasota Debutante Ball
• Tampa
  • The Krewe Of Venus Debutante Ball

Georgia (U.S. state)

• Atlanta:
  • The Harvest Ball
  • The Christmas Ball
• Augusta:
  • Cotillion of the Rosa T. Beard Debutante Club
  • Augusta Symphony Guild Cotillion
• Columbus:
  • The Cotillion Ball
• Savannah:
  • The Christmas Cotillion - The oldest Cotillion in the United States

Illinois

• Chicago:
  • The Passavant Cotillion
  • The Christmas Ball
  • Presentation Ball

• Evanston
  • North End Mother's Club Cotillion

Indiana

• Indianapolis:
  • The Dramatic Club Presentation of Daughters, held at Christmastime every other year. It is conducted by The Dramatic Club, founded in 1890.

Kansas

• Wichita
  • The Cotillion
  • Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson County Community Ball and Cotillion.[4]

Kentucky

• Lexington:
  • The Bluegrass Charity Ball
• Frankfort:
  • Investor's Hertaige
• Louisville
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Graduation

Louisiana

• Baton Rouge:
  • The Charity Ball
  • Le Cirque De Baccus
  • Baton Rouge Assembly
• New Orleans:
  • The Debutante Club Ball
  • Le Debut des Jeunes Filles de la Nouvelle Orleans
  • The Pickwick Club
  • The Bachelors Club Presentation
  • The Mid-Winter Cotillion
• Shreveport:
  • The Cotillion
• Monroe:
  • Bayou DeSiard Country Club Cotillion

Maryland

• Baltimore:
  • The Bachelor's Cotillion

Massachusetts

• Boston:
  • The Boston Cotillion, which benefits the Vincent Memorial Hospital.

Michigan

• Detroit:
  • UESA Detroit Chapter Debutante Ball.
  • White Rose Ball (Hungarian Arts Club) founded in 1958.
• Lansing:
  • Les Meres et Debutantes.

Mississippi

• Jackson:
  • The annual ball of The Debutante Club, founded in 1933.
• Greenville:
  • The annual Delta Debutante Ball at the Greenville Golf & Country Club has been hosted by the Bachelor's Club of the Delta since 1942, when it was inaugurated by Mrs. Judge Rabun Jones, with the assistance of Stuart Whitemarsh of New York City, editor of the Debutante Register.
• Natchez:
  • The Order of the First Families of Mississippi hosts a semi-annual Debutante Ball at the Eola Hotel in historic downtown Natchez.
  • The Natchez Garden Club and Pilgrimage Garden Club crown respective Monarchs every year, along with their Courts, during the Spring Pilgrimage Season for presentation at the Pageant and Tableaux, first held in 1932.
• Greenwood:
  • The annual ball of The Southern Debutante Assembly
• Hattiesburg*

Hattiesburg Debutante Association

Missouri

• Kansas City:
  • The Jewel Ball, founded in 1954, which benefits the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Symphony.
  • The Belles of the American Royal Ball (abbreviated "BOTAR"), which benefits the annual American Royal.
• St. Louis:
  • The Veiled Prophet Ball, founded in 1878, which caters to the members of the Veiled Prophet Organization, a secret society of prominent St. Louisans
  • Fleur de Lis Ball, a Roman Catholic ball founded in 1959, named after the symbol associated with French kings and the city's French heritage, which raises money for the Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital.

Nebraska

• Omaha:
  • Omaha Symphony Debutante Ball
  • Omaha Chapter of the Links Cotillion
  • Knights of Ak-sar-ben Coronation Ball

New Mexico

• Albuquerque:
  • The Senorita Ball

New York

• New York City:
  • The Junior Assemblies, a collection of debutante balls held annually which comprise the traditional "debutante season" of New York society
  • The Viennese Opera Ball in New York
  • The Quadrille Ball
  • Le Bal des Berceaux ("The Cradle Ball") is New York's Spring débutante ball and benefits needy children in the U.S. and France.
  • The Northeastern Conference Coronation
  • The Infirmary Ball, officially called the "Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball," which benefits the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
  • The International Debutante Ball, held each even-numbered year
  • The Thanksgiving Eve Ball, held each year, benefits the charitable activities of the New York Junior League
  • The Paas Ball, held each year by the Saint Nicholas Society of the State of New York for descendants of early colonists. saintnicholassciety.org Society founded by writer Washington Irving 1835.
  • The Annual Debutante Ball and Reception, held each year by the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New York
  • The Debutante Cotillion of the Kosciuszko Foundation Annual Dinner
• Rochester, New York
  • The Bachelors' Cotillion, a white tie ball at The Genesee Valley Club held since 1902. Gentleman aged 22-35 are selected by a committee from prominent families in the community. It is one of few "Gentlemans" balls in the country.
  • The Lilac Ball, held each spring, debuts around 30 young ladies from the community aged between 18-20. Held in conjunction with the city's famous Lilac Festival, it benefits local hospitals.

The 1996 movie Metropolitan is about New York Debutante Balls in the 1970s.

North Carolina

• Charlotte
  • The Cabarrus County Chapter holds an annual Christmas and Spring Ball at the Cabarrus Country Club
• Durham
  • The Debutante and Christmas Ball
• Greensboro:
  • Greensboro Symphony Presentation Ball [5], founded in 1978
  • The Greensboro Debutante Society also hosts a ball that predates the Symphony Ball
• Raleigh:
  • The North Carolina Debutante Ball, held annually in September and sponsored by the Terpsichorean Club, a secret society of prominent Raleigh residents.

Ohio

• Cincinnati:
  • The Bachelors' Cotillion held during the Christmas season.
• Cleveland:
  • The Assembly Ball
  • The Cotillion Society Ball
  • Jack & Jill Cotillion and Charity Ball
  • Holy Trinity Baptist Church Christian Cotillion
• Oxford:
  • Miami University Western Honors College Cotillion, held for college-aged men and women each autumn

Oklahoma

• Tulsa:
  • Tulsa Opera Ball held at the end of March.
• Oklahoma City:
  • Beaux Arts Ball benefiting the Oklahoma City Museum of Art [6] held on Thanksgiving weekend.
  • Bachelors Club Christmas Ball benefits local charities and "showcases the wonderful young luminaries of Oklahoma City, who will one day be active participants in our community."

Oregon

• Portland:
  • The Portland Holiday Cotillion Ball

Pennsylvania

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • The Lancaster Assembly, founded in 1780.^[3]
• Philadelphia:
  • The Assembly of Philadelphia (dating from 1748), an elite private party held annually around Christmas. Private membership and guests attend. Cotillion is danced.
  • The Philadelphia Charity Ball (founded 1884), a debutante ball held at Thanksgiving every year for Philadelphian families, drawing mostly on prep school graduates. Proceeds go to charities selected by the previous year's debutantes.
  • Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America, Philadelphia PA. Ukrainian Girls, February in Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Hotel at the Bellevue, Broad & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia.
• Pittsburgh:
  • The Cinderella Ball, the 'second oldest debutante ball' in the country, founded in 1926.
  • The Medallion Ball, named for the medallion each debutante receives from the city's Catholic bishop

South Carolina

• Charleston:
  • The St. Cecilia Ball
  • Carolina Assembly
  • The South Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Colonial Ball

• Greenville:
  • The Assembly
  • The Debutante Club
  • The Carolinian Debutante Club

• Spartanburg:
  • The Spartanburg Debutante Club
  • Magnolia Debutante Club
  • The Assembly

• Anderson:
  • Anderson Debutante Ball

• Aiken :
  • The Sweet Sixteen

• Columbia, South Carolina:
  • The Assembly
  • The Camellia Club
  • The Cotillion Club
  • The Poinsettia Cotillion

Tennessee

• Chattanooga:
  • The Cotton Ball
• Knoxville:
  • The Dogwood Ball
• Nashville:
  • Bal d'Hiver
  • The Eve of Janus
• Memphis:
  • The Holiday Ball
  • The Summer Presentation Ball

Texas

• Dallas:
  • Idlewild Club Ball (1884)
  • Terpsichorean Club Ball (1898)
  • Calyx Club Ball (1911)
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Presentation Ball
  • University of Dallas Winter Cotillion
• Fort Worth:
  • The Assembly Ball
  • Steeplechase Ball
  • Ambassador Ball
  • Fort Worth Assembly Ball
• Laredo:
  • The Society of Martha Washington Debutante Ball
• Longview:
  • Longfellows Debutante Ball
• Houston:
  • Sugar Plum Cotillion
  • Allegro Ball
  • Houston Country Club Thanksgiving Ball
  • The Assembly Ball
  • River Oaks Country Club Debutante Ball
  • Lunar Rendezvous Coronation Ball
• San Antonio:
  • Order of the Alamo
  • San Antonio German Club
• Rio Grande Valley
  • Hidalgo County Cotillion Club
• Tyler:
  • The Junior Symphony League Ball
  • The Texas Rose Festival
• Beaumont
  • The Neches River Festival
  • Symphony League Debutante Ball
• Waco
  • The Waco Cotton Palace Pageant

Vermont

• Springfield:
  • Apple Blossom Cotillion

Virginia

• Kilmarnock:
  • The Holly Ball
• Lynchburg:
  • The Spinsters Ball
• McLean:
  • Old Dominion Cotillion
• Norfolk:
  • The German, held each Thanksgiving by the Norfolk German Club.
• Portsmouth:
  • The Thanksgiving Debutante Dinner-Dance, held each Thanksgiving by the Portsmouth Assembly
• Richmond:
  • The Bal Du Bois
  • The Richmond German
• Staunton:
  • The Spinsters Club of Staunton

Washington

• Seattle:
  • The Christmas Ball
  • The Cancer Ball - a percentage of proceeds benefit testicular cancer research

Wisconsin

• Milwaukee:
  • The Charity Ball is hosted annually by The Service Club of Milwaukee

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