The show included a look inside a special ceremony — The Victory Matrons Cotillion. Viewers learned how the ball has helped girls for decades step into adulthood with a leg up.

Dec. 10—The Cotillion for Achievement named the 16 finalists for the 2024 Cotillion class Sunday afternoon at the Joyce Ray Patterson Activity Center. The occasion marks the organization's 38th ...

With cotillion experiences being predominantly white since their U.S. inception in the early 1800s, the documentary initiates a dialogue at the intersection of class, race, and gender.

Cotillion's history harks back to 1949, when the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, local merchants and civic leaders held committee meetings to research the creation of a permanent festival of the ...

A powerful new documentary, “The Debutantes,” premiered today, May 1, on Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity and Xumo Play. Directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Contessa Gayles (Songs from ...

Pardue attended a more formal cotillion as a girl in Dallas, but said this version is “not so stuffy.” “People think it’s a rich person’s thing but it’s like 200 bucks,” Pardue said.

Stark County Cotillion was started in 1974 by Yokettes Women's Auxiliary. Documentary also will highlight the history of Black cotillions. Cotillion was revived by Stark Delta Sigma Theta alumni ...