The Grand Dame of the Dallas Social Season Dazzles With A New York Holiday — Inside The 73rd Annual Crystal Charity Ball

Texas' Own Rockettes, Ice Skaters, and More Transform Hilton Anatole Into Central Park

Another busy Dallas event season has officially come to an end with the 73rd annual Crystal Charity Ball at the Hilton Anatole.

The song that was playing as I searched for my outfit for the grand dame of the 2024 Dallas social season (other highlights included Cattle Baron’s Ball and Art Ball) was Nina Simone’s “Exactly Like You.” It had been a drizzly day, but I knew that a little rain wouldn’t keep the ladies from donning the most black tie of black tie gowns for the annual occasion. The lyrics to Miz Simone’s classic seemed oh-so appropriate: “You make me feel so grand. I wanna give this world to you.”

Under the leadership of ball chair Cheryl Joyner, this year’s hallowed affair was titled New York Holiday and drew 1,500 guests to the Hilton Anatole for an evening that raised more than $7 million for seven children’s charities. As always, the ballroom had been magically transformed by designer Tom Addis. Instead of being in Dallas’ dreary weather all day, we all felt like we had perhaps been ice skating at Rockefeller Center and walked back to our pied a terre on Park Avenue to dress for a night of dancing.

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