Debutantes from left are (front row) Kelsie Sloan Rogers, Olivia Teagan Packett-Beck, 2024 Queen Nathalie Elizabeth Biddlecomb, Anne Sterling Motley and Samantha Brie O’Bier; (next row) Alexandra Westley Perez, Olivia Grace Newsome, Kaley Marie Litzinger and Leah Maryn Gallagher; (next row) Layton Edith Trible, Lily Grace Hathaway and Hailey Michelle Bruce; (next row) Reagan Elizabeth Harding, Elizabeth Wynne Smith and Grace Leontine Etherington; (next row) Ryland Christopher Pearson, Ellie Grace Franklin and Anne Tyler Shackleford. Anna Elizabeth Carey also is among the debutantes.
The Holly Ball Committee recently announced 18 young ladies will be presented at the 129th Tidewater Foundation Holly Ball at 7 p.m. December 27 at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club (ICYCC).
The Holly Ball dates from 1895 and has been continuously observed annually except during World War I, World War II and the Covid pandemic. John Armistead Palmer crowned the first queen at the Eubank Hotel in Kilmarnock while hosting a holiday party. It became the precursor of the Tidewater Assembly Holly Ball and the subsequent crowning of a queen in each year thereafter, reported publicity chairman Patricia Gallagher.
On Saturday, November 29, the debutante season commenced at ICYCC where the committee hosted a coffee for debutantes and their mothers. Also present were….
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