Belle of the Anna-ball

The Anna Ball Ball is a traditional event in Balatonfured in Hungary every year in July. The in 2010 for the 185th time conducted Ball is an important factor in summer tourism at Lake Balaton.

History

The ball was first held on July 26, 1825 in honor Anna Krisztina, the daughter of the house Szentgyörgyi - Horváth in their house. Built in 1798 Home made next to the center of the settlement also a kind of artist's workshop, where guests like Lajos Kossuth, István Széchenyi, Miklós Wesselényi were frequent guest. On this ball got Anna Krisztina also her future husband Ernő Kiss, who counted later as Lieutenant-General of the War of Independence of the thirteen martyrs of Arad.

Since then place the ball on Saturday, the closest to July 26, which is the name day of Saint Anne, is located. The ball became one of the most elegant balls in Hungary. It soon gathered the members of the aristocracy, politicians and artists such as the writer Mór Jókai, the actress Lujza Blaha or the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.

After the First World War, the ball became less important, but still took place in the interwar period. After the Second World War, the ball was first held in 1954 in Lake Balaton Restaurant despite the communist rulers instead. 1957 joined the event in the theater hall of the Kurhaus and later in the SZOT sanatorium, now Anna Grand Hotel.

Since the 1950s, has become established practice that the prom queen gets an apple of Eris and the two ladies a vase of Herend.

In 1962, the waltz of the Anna Balls, the last works by the Hungarian composer Jenő Huszka, first performed. Since the 150th ball in 1975, already provide the traditional Hungarian regions imagine. So it was in 1976 Kalocsa, 1977 and 1980 Hódmezővásárhely Karcag.

Since 2003, a porcelain figure of Ernő Kiss to persons who have rendered outstanding services to Balatonfüred is awarded.