Gunnedah Town Hall was fit to bursting for Swimming Gunnedah's 41st Deb of the Year Ball on Friday.
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Nineteen debs were presented but it was Gunnedah High School's Kaytlyn Murrell who took out the title of 2019 Debutante of the Year.
Steven Craig was named Partner of the Year and Savanna Cull was runner-up Debutante of the Year.
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The long-running Swimming Gunnedah event was organised by friend Di Hobden and Lyn Gurney who were thrilled with the huge turnout.
"We had 270 guests and then we had 25 officials, including life members, and 38 debs and partners. It was unbelievably massive," Ms Hobden said.
"It was better than what we could hope for."
This year's theme was top hats and tiaras and judges were Peter and Lindsay Sheedy, and James and Kate Bradford.
Trish Studdy was matron of honour, Evan and Jake Hausfeld were page boys, and Aimee Hobden and Annabelle Mitchell were flower girls.
The debs and their partners danced to Iris by the GooGoo Dolls and a mash-up of songs. They received instruction from Tyson Hubbard and Rhana Harley in the lead-up to the event.
Ms Hobden said it took six months to organise the deb but she's keen to do it again.
"We've had a lot of positive feedback and a lot of people hoping we'll do it again next year," she said.
"It was one of those nights that was unbelievable. Everything came together and it just worked."