These days, it’s all about real time. Whether we’re talking audio and images streamed live on the Internet, Facebook status updates or Twittered “tweets” … everything, it seems, is out there as it happens.
Even the Fine Arts Foundation Debutante Ball.
Thanks to a location perhaps best described as a high-tech wonderland, and a team of digitally equipped photographers, scenes from the 41st edition of this summer tradition were uploaded to the big screens inside the University of Denver’s Cable Center within minutes of when they actually occurred.
Unlike the past, when it took weeks for film to be developed and negatives to be scanned, everyone could relive the event while it was still taking place.
The 17 debutantes, their families and friends also were treated to video highlights from some of the special events that had taken place over the nine months leading up to the ball, such as the announcement reception last September, February’s Citizen of the Arts Jubilee, and the mother-daughter fashion show held in the spring.
Money raised at the Fine Arts Foundation Debutante Ball is distributed in the form of cash grants to at least a dozen cultural arts organizations in the Denver area. D’Wayn Stone and Lynn Hinkle chaired the ball; the Rev. John Henry Bell Jr. was master of ceremonies.
Kendall Calderone and Caroline Caplis were the tiara mistresses and Dave and Pam Duke stood in the receiving line to be recognized as Citizens of the Arts.
The debs were presented in a flower-bedecked amphitheater beside the Cable Center; an Occasions by Sandy dinner of Caesar salad and beef tenderloin, with dancing to Jerry Barnett’s New Society, took place inside. Design Works by Dave and Mike executed the Crystal Garden theme with arrangements of ivory and ice-blue roses, crystal candelabra and silver accents.
The 2009 debutantes, and their parents, are:
Alexandra Albert, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Richardson of Parker; ChrisAnn Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop of Denver; Natalie Foulk, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Foulk of Broomfield; Paige Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greene of Centennial; Greer Harris, Vilia Valentine and David Harris of Broomfield; Caroline Henry, Timothy Henry and Mary Ann Henry of Lone Tree; Cassie Heringer, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Heringer of Littleton; Kathryn Iseman, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Iseman of Littleton.
Jacqueline Kading, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Kading of Highlands Ranch; Mollie Karns, Mr. and Mrs. James Karns of Winter Garden, Fla.; Sarah Long, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Long of Centennial; Molly Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Mitchell of Greenwood Village; Blythe Olsen, Guerin Olsen and Warren Olsen of Cherry Hills Village; Sara Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. George Bye of Lone Tree; Thea Tran, Steven Tran and Dr. Lan Phuong Nguyen of Cherry Hills Village; Brandelin Veselka, Mr. and Mrs. Randall Veselka of Highlands Ranch; and Tricia Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Williams of Centennial.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com; also, and GetItWrite on Twitter
