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The Belles of the American Royal – Presidents’ Tea

The Belles of the American Royal held its annual Presidents’ Tea on September 10th at The Kansas City Country Club. Past Presidents Julie Townsend Smart and Carol Fryer served as co-chairmen of the Tea, where the 2016 BOTAR class and Pages were introduced. The BOTAR Ball will be held on October 22nd at the Muehlebach Tower of the Kansas City Marriott Downtown.

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The 2016 BOTARs who served as Pages posed with this year’s Pages. Smiling for the camera were (Seated) Maggie Frame with Pages Emily McShane, Mary Jeanne Thompson, Leila Stadler, Georgia Boyd, and Kate Schoenfeld, and Lissy Hodge (standing) Libby Sauder, Caroline Savage, Cassie Sterbenz, and Diana Russ
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President Missy Love, Sarah Smart and Julie Townsend Smart, Tea co-chairman
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Grace Stafford, Laine Schwarberg, Abigail Lutz, Hannah Bortnick, and Ellie Stafford
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The beautiful table décor
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Meg Stafford and Ellie Stafford
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Tea Co-chairman Julie Townsend Smart with Jan Coulson
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President Missy Love with Myron Wang, honorary BOTAR
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Abigail Lutz and Laura Weber Lutz

Additional photos featured in the October 15, 2016 issue

 

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