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Some debutantes key into the tradition more than others. With her short hair pulled back in sparkly barrettes, funky jewelry dangling from her neck and Saucony sneakers peaking out from the bottom of her pants, Elizabeth H. Hagan ’02-’03 looks like she’d rather be at a SoHo coffee house than a formal tea party. But Hagan was born and raised in Atlanta and comes from a long line of debutantes. “I absolutely refused to participate in the process,” she says...
...While Hagan didn’t have to learn a special dance, her debutante process monopolized a few months of her life. The summer before her sophomore year of college, she attended the Pastel Ball and then an endless stream of parties—one for each of the 20-odd debutantes. They led up to the culminating event, the Harvest Ball, held over Thanksgiving. “Some of the people were perfectly nice. Lovely manners, very pleasant. But not very interesting,” Hagan says. “I think it was that summer I developed...
...were so old-fashioned,” she says. “A lot of them really think they’re going to marry one of the escorts. I don’t think New York debutantes go into it with that kind of outlook.” Hagan shared a similar experience. “Every now and then I’d crack a joke about how silly it was and people would kind of look at me in a very strange way. That was a little upsetting,” she says...
Having kids back to back might suit other needs too. Says Joseph Hagan, a committee chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics: "People put such a premium on getting birth spacing 'right,' but there are so many other factors in family planning--finances, work, the age of the mother--that couples might not want to wait the full two years...
...doubles, the duo of Mike Halperin and Stefan Paulovic defeated Barker and Turner, 8-5. Lee and Riddell equalized the match with an 8-5 win over Pat Hagan and Russ Gimelstob in the No. 2 slot. Rounding out the doubles action, Dalibor and Choo coasted past Zach Gallin and Mike Mestel...