JUNIOR COTILLION/ANNUAL SPRING BALL
Texarkana—The National League of Junior Cotillions, Texarkana Chapter, held its annual Spring Ball on Saturday, March 4, at the Texarkana Country Club.
Dressed semi-formally about 80 sixth- through eighth-grade students then participated in the elegant evening, complete with dance cards, contests, prizes, corsages and boutonnieres.
The evening ended the 20162017 Junior Cotillion season, giving the members the opportunity to put into practice all the dances and etiquette that they learned during the past year in Cotillion classes.
The second year students enjoyed a special pre-ball event with a five-course Instructional Dinner.
Students earn points by attendance and participation in the Cotillion classes and each spring students are asked to nominate the lady and gentleman who most exemplify the skills being taught in the classes. The cotillion court is chosen from this selection of students. The queen and king for this Spring Ball were second year students Julia Ryden and Andrew Snow. The first year students selected as princess and prince were Madelyn Bixler and John Tullis.
Prizes were awarded to Rhett Gatlin, Sarah Cook, Ethan Thompson, and Edie Neal for the swing contest; Savannah Munkel, Zane Henry, Peyton LeGrand, and Sarah Cook for the Foxtrot contest. The ChaChaCha contest winners were Abbey Fricks, Andrew Green, Hensley Whitten, and Peyton Stringer. The Globe Tag Elimination winners were John Tullis, Stone Robertson, Abbey Fricks, and Marlee Bledsoe. Lawton Nichols, Madison Louckes, Ben Adkison, Mary Dowd, Macy Maynard, and Mccall Warren won the border patrol game. Those winning the Parent-Child Swing Contest were Ava Welch and her father Will, Alysha McClure and her father Will, and Ethan Ross and his mother Tara.
Parents chaperoning for the evening were Stephanie Jones, Aurelia McKinnon, Tina Griffin, Shelly Frazier, Elaine Boehmke, Kelli Barnett, Tiffany Horton, Jean Tullis Carroll, Karen Tullis, Toni Sexton and Karen Ryden.