Richmond German Christmas Dance
richmond german christmas dance annual ball held christmas season commonwealth club richmond virginia founded shortly end american civil war oldest debutante ball virginia richmond german christmas dance founded shortly end american civil war city civil leader named popular prussian dance ball served way prominent family antebellum period maintain status new era dance one two premier debutante ball richmond bal du bois dance held annually commonwealth club private gentlemens club hosted richmond german gentlemens secret dance society debutante typically relative member society