Parties, Etc. for Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018
BACHELOR'S CLUB BALL
The Ball: The seventy third annual Bachelor's Club Charity Christmas Ball was held at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club and 28 debutantes were presented to friends and family members. The young women, college sophomores, were escorted by members of the Bachelor's Club. Cole Patrick Terlip is president. Souled Out played music for the event.
Everything came up roses: White roses and carnations decorated the tables and a white rose and hydrangea arch provided the entryway for debutantes and escorts as they started the presentation. Floral arrangements were by The Fleuriste.
High award: The Walter M. Powell Outstanding Alumni Award was presented to Clay T. Farha. Traditionally, the winner shows loyal support for the club and exemplifies the ideals of the group.
Breakfast was served: After the debutante presentation, debs, escorts, their parents and guests danced in the Great Hall and had a late- night breakfast of waffles, bacon, biscuits, sausage and fruit.
Proceeds: Sunbeam Family Services was the beneficiary and $35,000 was raised for the organization.
Debutantes/escorts: Introduced during the formal evening were Savannah Caroline Adkins, escorted by Emory John Hood; Grace Monroe Allen, escorted by Joseph Gabriel Romano; Madison Kay Baetz, escorted by Jacob Andrew Mullins; Kendall MacKenzie Bates, escorted by Jacob Patrick Rainbolt; Milly Miranda Bock, escorted by Stuart Henry Krous; McKenzie Ann Carlin, escorted by James Finley Bennett; Madison Elizabeth Coury, escorted by Cole Thomas McDaniel; Olivia Anne Derryberry, escorted by Glenn Marks Harris; Ellie Katherine Dunn, escorted by Jack Sherman Baze; Catherine Anne Ecker, escorted by Joseph Gregory Wheeler; Arden Joy Hall, escorted by Blake Calvin Turner; Jessica Dansey Hardin, escorted by Phillip Louis Pippin; Lauren Kathryn Jeldy, escorted by Chase Michael Skelton; and Elizabeth Marie Knight, escorted by Andrew McDonald.
Also, Mackenzie Lane McCuan, escorted by Blake Davison Brigham; Sally Jane Merrill, escorted by Jennings Patterson Jarman; Caroline Jeannine Rainbolt-Forbes, escorted by Kyle James Fitzgerald; Eleanor Jane Rainbolt-Forbes, escorted by Jakob Alex Trachtenberg; Emma Jane Richmond, escorted by John Spencer Bates; Katherine Leigh Roberts, escorted by William James Harlow; Sophia Marie Romano, escorted by Kieran Tilak Raj; Emmery Rae Rund, escorted by David Marshall Wright; Madeline Morgan Thrush-Cooley, escorted by Matthew Cowan Price; Sophie Bea Trachtenberg, escorted by Samuel Britton Jackson; Katherine Elizabeth Vesper, escorted by Coleman McHugh Moody; Savannah Rian Vogler, escorted by Marcelo Lucas Puiggari; Audrey Elizabeth Wheeler, escorted by Jacob Michael Ellis; and Kathryn Elizabeth Wheeler, escorted by Cort Preston Hagan.
TREE TRIMMING PARTY
Christmas fun: Christi Coyle invited friends to her home for the 10th annual “Casa Coyle” tree trimming party. (She has the tree mostly decorated, but guests add a few ornaments while they are visiting.)
Menu: Spiced apple cider mimosas were served, along with lobster mac & cheese, bacon wrapped crackers, pesto pasta and caramels.
Guests: At the party were Linda Howell, Jenifer Cefalo, Aimee Harlow, Susan Jordan, Julee Coyle, Whitney Tero, Jamie Farha, Camilla Ostrowe, Jill Greene, Mandy Heaps, Kristin Brown, Lillie-Beth Brinkman, Pam Campbell, Sheena Karami, Heather Ward, Zoe Butts, Alex Brady, Debra Bair, Diane Stockton, Claudia Robertson, Janet Daugherty, Cortney Smith, Lexy Lux and Lori Mayhue.
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