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Community Ball and Cotillion – Dads’ Ice Breaker

December 4th is the date chosen for the Community Ball and Cotillion. Events leading up to it have included the Dads’ Ice Breaker, which was held on October 10th. This event, a chance for the fathers of the participants to mix and mingle, was hosted by the Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas.

Jason Middleton with Cary Shiner

 

Chad Brungardt and Gary Nesslein

 

Lisa Quinlan, president; with Marsha Oyer, Cotillion chairman


Read more from the November 27, 2021 issue of The Independent
Photo credit: David Riffel

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