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One of the social scene’s most hallowed traditionspresentation of the Central City Flower Girls — is about to have a more youthful appearance as organizers adjust the age requirement for those being honored.

Nancy Parker, president of the Central City Opera House Association board, explains that instead of being presented at the end of their senior year of high school — as they have for 70-plus years — future Flower Girls will make their debut at the conclusion of their junior year.

The shift will begin in 2011, when junior and senior girls alike will be invited. From 2012 on, all Flower Girls will be presented at the end of their junior year, Parke says. She points out that the change isn’t that radical because when the program began in 1932, the young ladies who were selected were of various ages. Some made repeat appearances.

“Traditions established then continue to flourish today,” she adds. “A blast of dynamite from the hillsides above, the whimsical song of the ushers, the nose gays tossed across the footlights . . . none of that has changed. But what we have found is that senior years are very busy ones, and by the time school lets out, the family is more focused on taking a vacation or getting their daughter off to college. We think this change will be a very positive one, one that gives families a chance to experience this beautiful tradition at a less hectic time in their lives.”

The 2010 Flower Girls — Megan Colip, Rebecca Gleichenhaus, Claire Peterson and Caroline Wong — are to be presented on June 26. The date for 2011 is June 25, and the chairwoman is Kim Morss Dehncke.More good stuff.

The Owl Club Debutante Ball, chaired by Reginald Norman and Ron Washington, takes place Saturday at the Marriott City Center. . . . On June 9, the rooftop of the Denver Cultural Center parking garage is the setting for a mixer hosted by Roots, the organization for young professionals supporting History Colorado. Tickets for the 6 p.m. event are $35 each or $60 for two; call 303-866-3699. . . . Lannie Garrett performs her “Great Women of Song: From Billie to Bette” as a benefit for Excelsior Youth Center on June 12. Tickets, available at , are $100 and include appetizers and champagne at 6:30 p.m. in Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. The show is at 8. . . . Traveling by limousine, pedicab or on foot, teams of Ballet Nouveau Colorado supporters went on a timed treasure hunt in hopes of winning the 2010 edition of Scavenger Nouveau. They followed clues that took took them to about a dozen of Denver’s hottest venues, including HBurger, MIX Music Lounge, Herb’s, Union Station and the Millennium Bridge, and documented their trips on digital cameras for the results party at Below Bar in Larimer Square. Later, it was announced that the Gill Foundation has offered a challenge grant to the Broomfield-based dance company, matching every donation up to $2,500 on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

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