Forty young women made their debut at the 47th Peninsula Ball at Palo Alto’s Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel on June 16. All recent high school graduates, the women were presented to friends and family and danced the traditional first dance with their fathers.
Beth Martin of Palo Alto and Nicole Patton of Atherton were ball chairmen. Sonia Shepard McLellan of Atherton, a long-time ball supporter and former chairman, was the honorary chairman.
Proceeds from the Peninsula Ball go to the nonprofit Family and Children Services to assist families in crisis in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Proceeds from the previous 46 balls have contributed more than $3 million dollars to the charity.
Debs and their escorts and guests danced the night away to the music of the Robert Vickers Orchestra.
The debutantes in the Almanac circulation area by city of residence are:
•Atherton: Safia Abbasi, Samantha Carr, Kelly Chang, Lauren Goehner, Kristen Hiller, Natasha Hobbs, Adrienne Joy, Laura Michelson, Catherine McDonnell, Laura Olson, Grace Pluvinage, Katherine Riddle, Alexandra Shepard, Nicole Villeneuve.
•Menlo Park: Gwen Baldwin, Megan Burmeister, Elizabeth Englert, Lauren Duncan, Kathryn Sutherland, Sofia Virani, Jessica Welton, Alexandra Zamaria.
•Woodside: Augusta Loomis, Suzanne Quist, Katherine Schoebel, Caroline Stirn.
•Portola Valley: Laura Kruberg, Melissa Seipp.
