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1. www.telegraph.co.uk › news › uknewsRecalling the lost era of the debutantes - The Telegraph

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   Mar 16, 2008 · We learned the technique from Madame Vacani, a dancing teacher who held a kind of royal warrant for the curtsey. A Vacani curtsey was part of the mystique.

2. news.bbc.co.uk › 2 › hiUK | Magazine | Come on out, girls - BBC News

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   Sep 16, 2009 · In the latter years of the ball, while working as principal at the Vacani School of Dance, Ms Fallowfield for a time took on the task of teaching debutantes to curtsey and to waltz. "They'd...

3. www.gettyimages.ca › detail › news-photoRoyal dance instructor Madame Vacani teaches three debutantes ...

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   Royal dance instructor Madame Vacani teaches three debutantes the correct way to curtsey, 2nd July 1936. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

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   Mar 7, 2023 · History tells us that the last debutante, Sandra Seagram, presented at Buckingham Palace to the royal family, curtseyed to the Queen Mother and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on July 17, 1958 (via Ottawa City News). Unfortunately, Queen Elizabeth II couldn't attend due to illness.

5. www.gettyimages.com.au › detail › videoYoung debutantes learn how to curtsey in a dress; 1955 ...

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   Sequence showing young debutantes practicing a curtsey as part of outdoor exercise. Match cut to indoor shot of girls dressed in evening gowns practising curtsies; 1955.

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   May 16, 2024 · The Scottish debutantes made their curtsey to the monarch at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on 3 July 1958. The tradition of the social season lasted nearly 180 years, officially lasting from the reign of George III to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

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   When was the last time a debutant curtseyed before the Queen?

   • You may be surprised to find out that the practice of presenting debutantes to the English monarch continued into the mid-20 th century, per Country Life. The last debutantes curtseyed before the Queen in 1958.

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   Why did aristocratic young women play a debutante ball?

   • Aristocratic young women were presented in the court of the English monarch before the Protestant Reformation so the Queen could choose her ladies-in-waiting from prominent English families. However, the structure of the debutante ball that we know today largely emerged during the reign of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

   What Does The Long History Of Debutante Balls Say About the Role of

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   What was the purpose of a debutante ball at Grosvenor House?

   • The massed ranks of debutantes at the Queen Charlotte’s Ball at Grosvenor House descend into the ballroom, 1950. (Photo Credit: Keystone/ Getty Images) The purpose of debutante balls was to ensure that a woman married well. This meant that debutante balls were not open to everyone in English society.

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   What happens after a debutant presentation at court?

   • After this formal presentation at court, the debutantes participated in the season, a series of social occasions where they might form lasting friendships with other elite young women and meet equally wealthy and well-connected husbands.

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   When did a debutante become engaged?

   • A debutante was considered especially successful if she became engaged after a single season The tradition of the social season lasted nearly 180 years, officially lasting from the reign of George III to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

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   What happened to curtseys after 1958?

   • After the Lord Chamberlain's announcement that curtseys would be ceasing after 1958, there was a record number of applications for the final presentations, like a wave of panic buying. One mother was said to have presented all four of her daughters. Under-age girls were brought out of boarding school to curtsey.

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8. www.thevintagenews.com › 2022/02/09 › historyWhat Does The Long History Of Debutante Balls Say About the ...

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   Feb 9, 2022 · Debutantes taking lessons in court etiquette and deportment at a Kensington Academy. Miss Belle harding instructing in the art of curtseying, circa 1920s. (Photo Credit: Topical Press Agency/ Getty Images) Debutante balls provide historians with an interesting way to look at women’s history.