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| 2013 SAN FRANCISCO DEBUTANTE BALL by Jeanne Lawrence For the 49th year in a row, 25 outstanding young women from the Bay Area, San Francisco, Marin, and Hillsborough were presented at the San FranciscoDebutante Ball. The 2013 event, held last month, was hosted by the Women’s Board of California Pacific Medical Center Foundation (CPMC) at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in Union Square. More than 600 guests were on hand to observe the young women cross the threshold to adulthood by making their “bows” to society. |
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| Under chairs Pamela Healy and Peggy Jones, the Ball raised $160,000 this year. Always designated to benefit the hospital in a specific way, the funds this year will support CPMC’s Pediatric Emergency Department, the first of its kind in San Francisco, dedicated exclusively to infants and children from birth to 18 years. To benefit the hospital in another way, the CMPC committee encourages the debutantes to become the next generation of social volunteers. At this family-oriented affair, young gentlemen escort the girls to their fathers, who then present the young women to friends and family in the ballroom. The escorts then squire the girls for the evening, serving as dance partners and providing a shoulder to lean on when they need a brief respite from maneuvering around the room in their elaborate gowns and high heels. |
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| Each year the debutante group includes numerous “legacies” whose families have a long-time connection to the charity. This year’s group included Megan Weber, daughter of Karen Weber, a former Ball chair and a Women’s Board member, and granddaughter of the late Beezie Weber, also a Women’s Board member. Megan’s father, as was his father before him, is a doctor at the CPMC. Famed Mike Carney provided the music for the after-party thatkept the young ladies in their long white gowns twirling around the room with their handsome dance partners. In addition to passing the philanthropic torch to a new generation, debutante balls are a lovely occasion for young men and women to become acquainted and enjoy a magical night they will no doubt remember for a lifetime. |
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| In alphabetical order, the 2013 debutantes included Gabrielle Livingston Banta of Stinson Beach, Ariana Taylor Baum of San Francisco, Phoebe Alexandra Boosalis of Tiburon, Connolly Catherine Bottum of San Francisco, Elizabeth Locke Burkett of San Francisco, Carlie Jane Burkhard of Kentfield, Courtney Maureen Carter of San Francisco, Hailey Michelle Carter of San Francisco, Caroline Sutherland Douglas Dicioccio of Hillsborough, Morgan Elizabeth Garnett of Hillsborough, Ivy Love Getty of San Francisco, Virginia Sarah Girard of Hillsborough. Others comprised Caroline Niloufar Hariri of Sausalito, Meaghan Jeanne Hecksher of San Francisco, Kiersten Cameron Hosie of Belvedere, Cassidy Judith Lynch of Tiburon, Emma Louise Rieser of Mill Valley, Rebecca Joan Santos Siegel of San Francisco, Oliva Lauren de Raadt St. James of San Francisco, Ella Sanford Storey of San Francisco, Quincey Alice Tickner of San Francisco, Nicole Katherine Vincelette of Hillsborough, Lauren Elizabeth Walker of Ross, Megan Elise Weber of San Francisco, and Carlyn Heather Ann Williams of Belvedere. |
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| Photos by Drew Altizer. *Urbanite Jeanne Lawrence reports on lifestyle and travel from her homes in San Francisco, Shanghai, and New York, and wherever else she finds a good story. |
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