DEBUTANTE DANCE

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27632, 13 April 1955, Page 2

DEBUTANTE DANCE

PRIVATE FUNCTION AT WINTER GARDEN

Five hostesses —Mrs J. K. McAlpine (Innes road), Mrs J. H. Harrison (Te Oka, Little River), Mrs H. Turner Jennings (Fendalton), Mrs G. Edgar Jones (Toppesfield, Waiau), and Mrs Andrew Robinson (Mt. Palm, Rotherham)— combined to give a dance at which their daughters could make their entry into the adult social hie of the community and enlarge their circle of friends. The very pleasant gathermg was held last evening at the Winter Garden, which was artistically decorated for the occasion. At the Stage were big bowls of white leaves glittering with spangles and white bracken banked the sides of the dais. The alcoves were gay with yari-coloured chrysanthemums, massed in white containers, and the supper tables were decorated with low bowls of mixed fl < ThThostesses and their husbands received the guests—about 380—mostly young people, but with a fair sprinkling of friends and their parents. Specially invited guests were Mrs D. H. Jennings and Mr and Mrs E. J. Cordner (Miss Jennings s grandparents), and Mr and Mrs T. C. Robinson (Miss Robinson’s grandparents). Mrs McAlpine’s brocaded frock was uncommonly striped in blue, emerald green and gold, and she wore a spray of pink flowers on the bodice. Mrs Harrison wore a frock of black lace, mounted on taffeta and made-with a scalloped batteau neckline. Mrs Jennings wore pink and blue shot organza mounted on pink tulle with a spray of pink roses on the bodice. Mrs Edgar Jones wore a frock of pervenche blue crystalette with V neckline and folded bodice. Het stole was of fuchsia-red crystalette. Mrs Robinsons frock was of silvery grey nylon organza, with draped bodice and the fulness of the skirt drawn to the back. Her shoulder spray was of pink roses. The debutantes were Misses Elspeth McAlpine, June Robinson, Pamela Edgar Jones, Susan Jennings, and Helen Harrison. Miss McAlpine wore a frock of honey coloured crystalette over tulle, mounted on 'honey coloured taffeta. The bodice was draped over one shoulder and a waterfall panel at the back of the skirt fell from a large flower at the waist. Miss Harrison’s full skirted frock of white embossed nylon had a softly shirred tight bodice and a halter neckline. Miss Jennings wore a frock of white nylon with self-coloured raised hailspots, made with a full flared skirt and pearl shoulder straps caught with pearl and gilt clips. Miss Edgar Jones wore a frock of off-white net embroidered all over with silver beads in leaf design. strapless bodice had a shoe-string halter and the skirt was very full, with it she had an off-white crystalette stole. Miss Robinson’s frock of white Swiss organdie was embroidered with raised white daisies centred with brilliants. The skirt was full and the off-tne-shoulder bodice was outlined with a band of appliqued daisies. Before the dance, the debutantes, their partners, and about 20 friends attended a dinner party and their parents attended a smaller party arranged to mark the occasion.