Ball of Roses Chairs 2014
Making plans for this year’s Ball of Roses are Mary Cox Brown, men’s committee dinner chairman; Mary Bradley Hosch Anderson, ball chairman; and Sarah Norville Peinhardt, ball co-chairman.
The annual Ball of Roses will be held on Saturday, May 31 at the Country Club of Birmingham’s East Room with the presentation beginning at 9 p.m. The Ball of Roses is sponsored by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham’s President Grace Long Kipp and Executive Vice-President Rebecca Morris Wise.
The First Ball of Roses was held in August of 1961. Eleven young women from Birmingham were presented.
Each year, the ball is sponsored by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham, an invitational organization of young women dedicated to supporting the ballet in Birmingham through fundraising and volunteer work. Founded in 1959, the Ballet Guild was organized to promote and foster development of ballet in Birmingham in addition to raising funds for its support. Since its inception, the Ballet Guild has raised more than $1 million for the Alabama Ballet.
This year, the Ball of Roses celebrates its 54th anniversary and continues to serve as a vital fundraiser for the Alabama Ballet. Ball of Roses Chairman Mary Bradley Hosch Anderson and Ball Co-Chairman Sarah Norville Peinhardt have collaborated with Carole Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs on a colorful palette and garden theme for the ball decor. This year’s Men’s Committee Dinner, chaired by Mary Cox Brown and co-chaired by Beverly Long Crawford, has planned a formal seated dinner for donors prior to the presentation.
