The Columbia Cotillion holds its 2010 Winter Ball

Margaret Taylor Cain

The Columbia Cotillion Club, a gentleman’s dance club founded in 1890, held its Winter Ball Wednesday evening, December 29, 2010, at the Columbia Marriott Hotel. Eleven daughters, four granddaughters, and two great granddaughters of members were presented. A reception and receiving line were followed by the debutante figure. Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr. directed the figure, which was followed by dinner and dancing to the music of The Jimmy Farr Orchestra.

Daughters presented were Margaret Taylor Cain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lowndes Cain Jr., escorted by Thomas Robertson Kibler; Katherine Sparkman Heyward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Clinch Heyward, granddaughter of Mrs. Alexander Campbell Heyward Jr. and the late Mr. Heyward, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Campbell Heyward, escorted by Anthony Austin Hood; Hunter MacMillan Glenn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lyles Glenn IV, granddaughter of Mrs. Terrell Lyles Glenn and the late Mr. Glenn, great granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Frank Capers Owens, escorted by Davis Wilder Boyle; Virginia Miller Sims, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lana Hancock Sims Jr., granddaughter of Mrs. Lana Hancock Sims and the late Mr. Sims, great granddaughter of the late Mr. Lana Hancock Sims and the late Mrs. Jacob Davis Hill, escorted by Mark Wesley Brax; Miriam Adair Sadler Keenan, daughter of Mrs. Christopher deGraffenried Keenan and the late Mr. Keenan, granddaughter of Mr. William Joseph Keenan III and the late Mrs. Keenan, escorted by Christopher deGraffenried Keenan; Charlotte Lillian Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Herbert Walker, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walker Jr., escorted by James Herbert Walker Jr.; Mary Myers Walker, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Holler Walker and Mr. James Felix Walker II, granddaughter of Mr. Robert Bratton Walker Jr. and the late Mrs. Walker, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bratton Walker, escorted by William Rowan Render; Mary Ross Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker III, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker, escorted by John Anderson Wells IV; Charley Summerlin FitzSimons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duke FitzSimons, granddaughter of Mrs. Christopher FitzSimons III and the late Mr. FitzSimons, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher FitzSimons Jr., escorted by Thomas DuBose Bryan; Julia Smith Theus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison Theus, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnstone Dana Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnstone Dana Sr., escorted by Richard Patton Bunch; Sara Dargan Williamson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benton DuBose Williamson, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lockehart Mays Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lockehart Mays, escorted by Aaron Adger Rice III.

Mary Myers Walker

Hunter MacMillan Glenn

Katherine Sparkman Heyward

Granddaughters presented were Sarah Elizabeth Budd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Richard Budd, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lockehart Mays Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lockehart Mays, escorted by David Crawford Prezioso; Murray Elizabeth Corbett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James William Corbett Jr., granddaughter of Mrs. George Monroe Black and the late Mr. Black, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smyly Tompkins Jr., escorted by Richard Simons; Catharine Millice Ellerbe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Mason Ellerbe, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Ellerbe Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Wallace Robinson, escorted by Mr. David Mason Ellerbe Jr.; Anne Morrison Payne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Christopher Payne, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Williams Manning, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Preston Cocke Manning and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Ray Weston, escorted by Daniel Malloy McEachin III.

Mary Ross Walker

Great granddaughters presented were Mary MacAllister Reames, daughter of Mrs. Caroline Coxe Reames and Mr. Louis Gillis Reames, great granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Robert Llewellyn Sumwalt, escorted by Raymond Emery Clark Jr.; Mary Katherine DuBose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dial DuBose, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David St. Pierre DuBose and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Louis Dial, escorted by Mr. Charles Alston James III.

Guest debutantes were Amelia Sikes Baxley, escorted by Douglas Scott Schultz Jr.; Elizabeth Alexander Cotter, escorted by James Augustus Herlong Jr.; Margaret Deans Richardson Fawcett, escorted by Richardson Gaillard Seabrook; Sarah Reaville Frantz, escorted by Philip Garland Matthews II; Harriett Howell Hensel, escorted by Edward Springer Wilson; Margaret Gibbs Kapp, escorted by Walter James Bristow IV; Harriet Nelson Kneece, escorted by Robert Edward Kneece III; Caroline Ruth Lambert, escorted by Marion McLean Sims; Anne Marie Langley, escorted by William Walker Roth; Sara Taylor Mills, escorted by William Thomas Mills; Elizabeth Simms Byrd Oliphant, escorted by Dillon Edward Brady; Virginia Maybank Prioleau, escorted by James Perrin Guignard; Catherine Lawrence Roach, escorted by Andrew Enrique Mendoza; Katherine Rowe Tribble, escorted by William Graham Tribble; and Barbara Ann Ward, escorted by Thomas Hodges Hipp.

Charley Summerlin FitzSimons

Seated at the head table were Mr. William Harrison Theus, president, and Mrs. Theus; Mr. Lana Hancock Sims, Jr., president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Sims; Mr. John Lyles Glenn IV, vice–president, and Mrs. Glenn; Mr. Raymond Emery Clark, secretary–treasurer, and Mrs. Clark; Mr. William Powers McElveen Jr., past president and debutante announcer, and Mrs. McElveen; Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr., director of the debutante figure, and Mr. Heath.

Also seated at the head table were executive committee members Mr. Ansel Claiborne Bunch and Mrs. Bunch, Mr. John Heslep Moorman Jr. and Mrs. Moorman, Dr. Angus McKay Brabham III and Mrs. Brabham, and Dr. Joseph Sherrard Rice Jr. and Mrs. Rice.