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The event was held at the Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club near Kilmarnock.

Sen. John H. Chichester, orator for the gala event, crowned Miss Stephens with the traditional crown worn by past queens. She succeeds Miss Lacie Marie Deihl of Reedville, the daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Montgomery Carter Deihl of Reedville.

Miss Stephens is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Wood Stephens of Irvington. She was presented by her father and was escorted by Charles Landon Clark of White Stone.

Miss Stephens chose as her attendants Miss Alanna Rhiannon Jenkins, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Van Jenkins of Wake, and Miss Kylie Brooke Robbins, the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Leo Stoneham Robbins of White Stone. Randolph Wood Stephens Jr. of Irvington escorted Miss Jenkins, and Steven Kyle Pittman of Lancaster escorted Miss Robbins.

Ammon Gresham Dunton Jr. was master of ceremonies. Ushers for the event were Samuel Somers of White Stone, Joel Hudnall of Kilmarnock, Sam Haynie of Reedville and Brady Haynie of Kilmarnock.

Holly Ball debutantes for 2007

The debutantes were Miss Ann Elizabeth Carpenter, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Herbert Carpenter of Irvington, presented by her father and escorted by Rudolph Prosser Crowther III of Reedville; Miss Clare Randolph Clements, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sterling Clements of Warsaw, presented by her father and escorted by Jared Taylor Gammon of Aylett; Miss Margaret Anne Cox, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Frederick Cox of Richmond, presented by her father and escorted by Nicholas William Gorman of Richmond; and Miss Amanda Dawn Dreylick, the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Robert Lacey of White Stone, presented by her father and escorted by Justin Garrett Guthrie of Weems.

Also, Miss Caitlin Rebecca Hall, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anthony Hall of Burgess, presented by her father and escorted by Emory Carl Rice IV of Reedville; Miss Lauren Adair Harrow, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Carter Harrow of Deltaville, presented by her father and escorted by Gary Ryan Williams of Urbanna; Miss Brittany Lauren Jefferson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dameron Jefferson of Lancaster, presented by her father and escorted by Patrick Randall Oliver of Lancaster; and Miss Afton Elizabeth Jenkins, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Jenkins Jr. of Warsaw, presented by her father and escorted by Earl Grayson Packett of Warsaw.

Also, Miss Alanna Rhiannon Jenkins, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Van Jenkins of Wake, presented by her father and escorted by Randolph Wood Stephens II of Irvington; Miss Allison Patricia Ledwith, the daughter of Dr. Beth Lynn Faber of Mechanicsville and Dr. James Joseph Ledwith of Franklin, Maine, presented by her father and escorted by Michael James Ledwith of Mechanicsville; Miss Virginia Caitlin Mapes, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kimes Mapes of Cincinnati, Ohio, presented by her father and escorted by Cory Barrett Buse of Cincinnati; and Miss Kari Elizabeth Mitchell, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin Mitchell of Kilmarnock, presented by Jack Warren Hoffman of White Stone and escorted by Jonathan Carroll Somers of White Stone.

Also, Miss Victoria Hart Pickett, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lee Pickett of Chesapeake, presented by her father and escorted by William Bryce Dryden of Blacksburg; Miss Andrea Tatiana Pitman, the daughter of John Lester Pitman of Heathsville and the late Mrs. Tatiana Golub-Pitman, presented by her father and escorted by Thomas Andrew Frere of White Stone; Miss Tabitha Ann Rinehart, the daughter of Robert John Rinehart Jr. of York, Pa., and Mrs. Kelli Ann Barnhardt of Lancaster, presented by her father and escorted by David Allen Belcher of Topping; and Miss Kylie Brooke Robbins, the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Leo Stoneham Robbins of White Stone, presented by her father and escorted by Steven Kyle Pittman of Lancaster.

Also, Miss Sara Alexandra Robertson, the daughter of The Honorable Michael Alexander Robertson of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Barbara Ann Robertson of Kilmarnock, presented by her father and escorted by John Noah Tingle of Irvington; Miss Alexandra Elizabeth Sherrill, the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Edwin Livingston Sherrill III of Weems, presented by her father and escorted by 2nd Lt. Brian Jennings Webb of Weems; Miss Madison Rose Smith, the daughter of The Honorable Curtis Henry Smith and the late Mrs. Marilyn Rose Bowles-Smith of Kilmarnock, presented by her father and escorted by Private lst Class Alex Vandervort Hand of Lively; and Miss Katelyn Carter Tignor, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Eugene Tignor of Caret, presented by her father and escorted by Derek Kyle Berhalter of Farnham.

Also, Miss Emily Anne Webb, the daughter of Thomas Hawthorne Webb and Mrs. Joanne Alston Fary Webb both of Gloucester, presented by her father and escorted by Chad Everett Anglin of Gloucester; and Miss Anne Randolph Wilkins, the daughter Mrs. Martha Beale Wilkins and the late Randolph Doulin Wilkins of Montross, presented by her uncle, Otis Michael Crowther of White Stone, and escorted by Joshua David Luebke of Montross.

Proceeds from the Holly Ball are dispersed by The Tidewater Foundation to charitable organizations supporting education and youth in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. Last year, $26,000 was distributed.