Poinsettia Debutantes prepare for annual ball

Poinsettia Debutantes and their fathers are preparing for the 48th annual Poinsettia Debutante Ball. 

The debutantes will be presented at the ball on Dec. 29, and the 10 Poinsettia Debutantes began waltz lessons at a party on Nov. 22. Tammy Towns, owner of Jackie O’Neal Dance Studio in Vestavia Hills, guided the debs and their fathers.

Guests received monogrammed commemorative plates and a ball gown cookie.

Debutantes from Hoover include Susanna Bagwell, escorted by her father Terry Bagwell; Paige Burleson, escorted by her father Jeffrey Burleson; Katherine Brightbill, escorted by her father Todd Brightbill and Mary Katherine Manakides, escorted by her father Nikolaos Manakides.

The party was hosted by Donna Bagwell, Joanna Burleson, Stacy Hall, Debra Pounds and Mary Margaret Yeilding.