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 Vestavia Hills include Mary Amada Hall, escorted by her father David Hall; Mary Frances Yeilding, escorted by her father John Yeilding; Allison Pounds, escorted by her father James Pounds and Joan Leslie McGill, escorted by her father Bradley McGill.

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

-Submitted by Debra Pounds