On Thursday evening, May 22 at The Ledges, debutantes and their fathers attended a new training seminar designed to enhance the beauty and pageantry of the formal presentation of the 2014 Symphony Ball, set for November 1, 2014.

Symphony Ball Chairman, Pam Gann, welcomed the debs and dads with coffee, tea, and elegant desserts prepared by The Ledges’ culinary team.  Announcement photographs of the debutantes taken by Ball photographer, Mark Jaeger, were set against scenic views overlooking Huntsville.

The evening’s events were organized by chairmen Debbie Overcash and Brenda Milberger. 

Long-time advisor to the Symphony Ball, Randy Roper, provided instruction to the debutantes and their fathers on formal presentation and the curtsy.

Dance instructors Debra Jenkins of Merrimack Hall and Hayley Henderson of Element Huntsville, along with their talented assistants Peyton Davis, Corey Rives, and Emma Jenkins, provided instruction to the debs and dads for a choreographed waltz to be performed the night of the Symphony Ball.  They will dance to the Voices of Spring Waltz, by Johann Strauss II.

On the evening of the Ball, November 1, immediately after the presentation of the debutantes and waltz with their fathers, former debutantes of the Huntsville Symphony Ball over the past fifty years will be invited to join the 2014 debutantes in a special dance.

The Symphony Ball, sponsored by the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Guild since 1964, is an annual fundraiser benefitting the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra.

Bow & Curtsy

Gary and Spencer Anglin

Corey Rives, Debra Jenkins, Emma Jenkins

Randy Roper (instructing), Emily and Neil Sutphin