Sample of Debut Program Flow:

1st: Guests arrive

2nd: Welcoming of guests
3rd: Ushering of guests by ushers to their designated seats
4th: Cocktails for guests to mingle (so that they would not mingle once the program
starts, and to give the debutante time to prepare before her grand entrance).
5th: After everyone has settled in their place, the host will make mention of important
people who graced the occasion (if there are).
6th: At this point, cocktails are being served.
7th: Audio-visual presentation of debutante from infancy to present. 8th: GRAND
ENTRANCE of debutante
9th: Parents talk about debutante (brief summary of achievement, goals, ambitions,
etc.)
10th: Toast in honor of the debutante
11th: Debutante speech
12th: Prayer
13th: Dining
14th: AVP of well-wishers
15th: Father and daughter dance (This may also be incorporated into the eighteen
roses. Fathers are usually the first or last dance of the debutante) 16th: Eighteen roses
(speech/dance)
17th: Eighteen treasures (speech)
18th: Singing of birthday song
19th: Cutting of birthday cake
20th: Games 21th: Introduction of the debutante, her escort and her cotillion court
22th: Grand Cotillon Waltz Dance
23th: Debutante’s thank you speech
24th: Party time.