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It pays to be nimble when you’re the father of twin girls being presented at the Fine Arts Foundation Debutante Ball.
Jeffrey Dean McMorris was beaming as he entered the University of Denver’s Margery Reed Terrace during the traditional grand march of dignitaries and debutantes with daughter Brittany on one arm and Lindsey on the other.
But in order to give each twin a moment that was hers alone, the ball committee asked McMorris to first accompany Brittany as she acknowledged the receiving line and then turned to curtsy to family members and friends assembled on the terrace green.
After exiting the stage, McMorris left his daughter in the good hands of her brother and first escort Brock McMorris while he scurried back to walk Lindsey through the same paces. So that he didn’t have to break into a gallop, the alphabetical order was broken and debs Tanya Nathan and Emily Pasternak went ahead of Lindsey.
Thirty recent high school graduates were presented at the July 19 rite chaired by Kathy Brown and Margaret Bell. The theme was Festival of the Flowers, and in a departure from tradition, instead of having every debutante carry an identical bouquet, the night was a literal wave of color.
The first eight debutantes held bright pink bouquets while their escorts wore matching boutonnières. They were followed by seven debs carrying apple-green bouquets, eight with brilliant orange flowers and the final seven holding blooms of lemon yellow.
“The coordination was quite a challenge, since the debs and the escorts line up separately,” noted Guenther Vogt. He and partner BJ Dyer of Bouquets pulled it off with aplomb, earning compliment after kudo from the 450 guests also dazzled by the amazing number of roses, gerbera daisies, dahlias, Asiatic and nerine lilies, bells of Ireland, asclepias, hypericum, marigold, crocosmia, snapdragon, alstromeria, lisianthus, and Fuji and Kermit chrysanthemums that decorated the tent in which an Occasions by Sandy filet of beef dinner was served.
In addition to the college-bound debs, the ball also was a tribute to Citizen of the Arts Margaret Cunningham, who had chaired the ball 20 years ago.
Brooks Walter Betts, son-in-law of Fine Arts Foundation co-president Lynn Hinkle, was master of ceremonies and introduced the debutante class of 2008:
Catherine Ann Boyle, Laura Anne Brown, Courtney Elyse Cahen, Anne Elise DeShetler, Emily Alayne Fisher, Andrea Frances Fitch, Nicole Edith Harvey, Adelaide Ruth Hester, Katherine Elizabeth Jolliffe, Margaret Leslie Keller, Anne Elizabeth Lake, Jessica Anne Lehigh, Katherine Elizabeth Leonard, Alexandra Jordan Levenson, Elizabeth Mary-Lester Mark, Alyssa Ariel McDaniel, Alexandra Grace Pavek, Katherine Korb Porter, Jordan Nicole Poyfair, Melanie Rachel Reiff, Kristina Elizabeth Rogers, Caitlain Ashley Schnell, Margaret Rachel Smith, Kathleen Deborah Spring, Andrea Megan Voth, Cassandra Lynn Wells and the aforementioned McMorris twins, Tanya Devorah Nathan and Emily Rose Elizabeth Pasternak.
Society editor Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com
