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Some families don't have deb balls, but "coming of age" teas or luncheons, held by the girl's mother. I have read in the archives of The Toronto Star that a mother held a "coming of age" tea reception in her home for her daughter when she was 17 or 18. Deb balls still exist in Toronto (I do know of one, The Helicon Ball, held in early February of each year. The debs aren't necesarily 18, as it's in the middle of the school year, and many are away at school.), but it isn't all that common. I think I only know of maybe four or five girls who were debs, and I attended one of the oldest girls' private schools in Canada. Big deb balls really aren't that big around here anymore. I do know that a few families hold private parties for their daughters though (such as the girls I mentioned earlier). I would have loved to have been one, but it's "not in my culture" (i.e. Chinese families aren't too familiar with debs. The closest thing to a deb is a child's presentation when he/she is a month old. It's usually some banquet held by the parents and well, the child just sleeps away. After all, the kid IS a month old!)
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