List of debutante balls in the United States

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The list of debutante balls in the United States aims to include notable debutante balls held in the United States.

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Alabama

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. The cover photo models are some of the previous winter's debutantes and their escorts ErnieHeckscher-CotillionAlbumCover.jpg
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. The cover photo models are some of the previous winter's debutantes and their escorts

California

District of Columbia

Florida

Indiana

Kentucky

Louisiana

To be considered a Debutante in *New Orleans, a young woman must be presented at a party by her family and/or their friends, and at one or more of the following Clubs:

New Orleans Debutantes may also be invited to be presented in one or more Carnival organizations' balls, along with other young ladies who may not be making a formal debut, although the organizations generally prefer that the ladies they present are formally debuting):

And/or in other organizations' presentations, like:

In Lafeyette, debutantes are presented at the DAR/SAR George Washington Debutante Ball [12]

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Missouri

Nebraska

New York

The Rochester Bachelors' Cotillion in 1964. Rochester Bachelors' Cotillion.jpg
The Rochester Bachelors' Cotillion in 1964.

North Carolina

Ohio

CINCINNATI - The Bachelors Cotillion, held annually since 1925

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Texas

Virginia

Washington

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Debutante ball</span> Formal ball that includes presenting debutantes during the season

A debutante ball, sometimes called a coming-out party, is a formal ball that includes presenting debutantes during the social season, usually during the spring or summer. Debutante balls may require prior instruction in social etiquette and appropriate morals. The dress code is white tie and tails for men, and strictly floor-length pure white ball gown for women. Long white gloves are commonly worn by female debutantes and are considered a symbol of upper-class femininity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Debutante</span> Upper-class girl introduced to high society

A debutante, also spelled débutante, 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" or possibly debutante ball. Originally, the term meant that the woman was old enough to be married, and part of the purpose of her coming out was to display her to eligible bachelors and their families with a view to marriage within a select circle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vienna Opera Ball</span> Austrian debutante ball

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ball (dance event)</span> Dance party

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Social season (United Kingdom)</span> Annual period when the social elite holds social events

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The Ball of Roses is a well established debutante ball in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It is sponsored by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham and a vital fund-raiser for the Alabama Ballet.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viennese Opera Ball in New York</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Debutante dress</span> Gown worn by girls at debutante cotillions or for presentation at court

A debutante dress is a pure white ball gown, accompanied by long white gloves and pearls worn by girls or young women at their debutante cotillion, although this may not always be the case. Debutante cotillions were traditional coming of age celebrations for eligible young ladies ready to be presented to society as ready for marriage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mystic society</span> Mardi Gras social organization in Mobile, Alabama

A mystic society is a Mardi Gras social organization in Mobile, Alabama, that presents parades and/or balls for the enjoyment of its members, guests, and the public. The New Orleans Krewe is patterned after Mobile's Mystics. The societies have been based in class, economic and racial groups. Mobile's parading mystic societies build colorful Carnival floats and create costumes around each year's themes.

The International Debutante Ball is an invitation-only, formal debutante ball, to officially present well-connected young women from upper-class families to high society. Founded in 1954, it occurs every two years at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mardi Gras in the United States</span> Celebration

Mardi Gras in the United States is celebrated in a number of cities and regions in the country. Most of these places trace their Mardi Gras celebrations to French, Spanish, and other Catholic colonial influences on the settlements over their history.

The Caliphs of Cairo are a New Orleans, Louisiana Carnival krewe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bal des débutantes</span> French debutante ball

Le Bal des Débutantes, also known simply as "le Bal", is a debutante ball and fashion event held annually in November in Paris, bringing together between 20 and 25 debutantes aged 16 to 22 from many countries, together with their parents and a similar number of young men. It started as a social event and was first held in the Orangery of the Château de Versailles on 10 July 1958.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen Charlotte's Ball</span> English debutante ball

The Queen Charlotte's Ball is an annual British debutante ball. The ball was founded in 1780 by George III as a birthday celebration in honour of his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, for whom the ball is named. The Queen Charlotte's Ball originally served as a fundraiser for the Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital. The annual ball continued after Queen Charlotte's death in 1818, but was criticised by the British royal family in the 1950s and 1960s and folded in 1976.

Society of Patriarchs was a society founded in 1872 in New York City by Ward McAllister that are known for hosting the Patriarch Balls, the "epitome of conspicuous display and upper-class ritual and etiquette" during the Gilded Age.

The Richmond German Christmas Dance is an annual ball held during the Christmas season at The Commonwealth Club in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1866, shortly after the end of the American Civil War, it is the oldest debutante ball in Virginia.

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