I looked down. My ankles were crossed; my gloved hands rested lightly in my lap; I hadn't spilled a drop of our 10-minute-break Sprite on my tea-length dress. Why, then, was my instructor gliding ...

One Austin mother bribed her daughter with acrylic nails. Another promised her child a few shopping trips if she’d just give it a chance. Enticing a modern-day tween to attend cotillion classes, ...

It’s no secret we Southerners love traditions, especially those that become a rite of passage for each generation to participate in. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that two well-known coming-of-age ...

The Gaston County Chapter of the National League of Junior Cotillions was recently re-established under directors Weston and Lindsey Williamson. Registration is now open for Pre-Cotillion I & II, the ...

“Soaring to Greater Heights of Grace, Scholarship and Service” was the theme for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Kappa Upsilon Omega and Mu Lambda Chapters biennial “A Touch of Class” Cotillion on ...

There is an old saying that goes, “If we are willing to settle for less than the best, that is exactly what we will have.” Of course, this is true in many different areas of life, but it is really a ...

Kelly Stafford couldn’t help but pull out the camera on her daughters’ last day of etiquette class — much to their chagrin. To celebrate her daughters completing cotillion — a series of classes meant ...