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The Cotillion Dance by James Caldwall (1771) Cotillion figures demonstrated in the Festsaal, Hofburg, Vienna, in 2008. The cotillion (also cotillon or French country dance) is a social dance, popular in 18th-century Europe and North America. Originally for four couples in square formation, it was a courtly version of an English country dance ...
Birmingham: . The Ball of Roses; Mobile. The Camellia Ball, held the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. A souvenir recording released by Verve Records in the summer of 1959 featuring longtime San Francisco bandleader Ernie Heckscher playing for The Cotillion at The Fairmont.
Debutantes at the Chrysanthemum Ball in Munich (2012) A debutante, also spelled débutante (/ ˈ d ɛ b j ʊ t ɑː n t / DEB-yuu-tahnt; from French: débutante, ' female beginner '), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (UK: / ˈ d eɪ b juː, ˈ d ɛ b juː / DAY-bew, DEB-yoo, US: / d ...
Gayles captured an intergenerational conversation in which cotillion co-chair Nicole Bush candidly addresses the heavily gendered components of the debutante ball. While Bush recognized that times ...
The word cotillion was first used in 18th-century France and England to describe a group dance that is considered to be a forebearer of the square dance (à la the dancing in Pride and Prejudice ...
The National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball is an annual dance and formal debutante presentation of young women in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1949 [1] by Miss Mary-Stuart Montague Price, [2] one of the grande dames of Washington society. "Studie", as she is affectionately known, continues to serve as Chairman Emerita.
The 2025 Stark County Cotillion, called Violets in Bloom, will be March 16 at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel. Stark County girls who will be seniors in the upcoming school year are invited to apply.
Savannah Cotillion Club. The Savannah Cotillion Club (also known as the Savannah Cotillion Society) is a formal dance society based in Savannah, Georgia. Its Christmas Cotillion, first held in 1817, [1] it is the oldest debutante ball in the United States. [2] [3] It takes place annually a few days before Christmas.