The Jewel Ball is a debutante Ball in Kansas City, Missouri which benefits the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Symphony.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
United States of America
Placed on record in United States of America.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
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Chapter Takeaways
HistoryThe Jewel Ball was founded in 1954 by Clara Burnham Hockaday and Enid Jackson Kemper as a fundraiser to support the Kansas City Philharmonic, now the Kansas City Symphony.
PublicationsThe Jewel Ball by Heather N.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Jewel Ball in plain words?
The Jewel Ball is a debutante Ball in Kansas City, Missouri which benefits the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Symphony.
Where is Jewel Ball practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Jewel Ball in United States of America.
What is the current condition of Jewel Ball today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this Jewel Ball entry?
Cite as: "Jewel Ball." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/jewel-ball, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The Jewel Ball is a debutante Ball in Kansas City, Missouri which benefits the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Symphony. 1
History
The Jewel Ball was founded in 1954 by Clara Burnham Hockaday and Enid Jackson Kemper as a fundraiser to support the Kansas City Philharmonic, now the Kansas City Symphony. The Ball has been held each year since its founding in 1954, with the exception of 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ball is organized annually by an all-volunteer committee. 1
Publications
The Jewel Ball by Heather N. Paxton (2004) 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Jewel Ball”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Jewel Ball is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2