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Bastille Day at the Embassy of France
Embassy of France
4101 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
La Maison Française and the Comité Tricolore invite you to celebrate "Bastille Day at the Embassy of France," an evening of feasting, music and dance on Saturday, July 11 from 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m!
Take an imaginary trip to France as you visit different Parisian "arrondissements" (neighborhoods) throughout the evening. Cocktails and a silent auction will begin the festivities. You will have a chance to bid on restaurant and hotel vouchers, paintings and other pieces of art, as well as luxury items!
In our cafés, chefs from the area's most prestigious kitchens (Café du Parc/ Willard InterContinental Washington, URBAN Bistrot/Sofitel, Ritz Carlton, La Ferme Restaurant, Bastille Restaurant, Ronald Reagan International Trade Center and Panorama Bakery) will offer mouth-watering creations. A luscious dessert service (Pâtisserie Poupon and Cacao Fine European Chocolate & Pastry) will follow and open bars will serve a variety of refreshing spirits and soft drinks.
Throughout the evening enjoy French cancan music and dancing with singer Simone Marchand (outside under the tent) and accordionist Estelle Sauvain with pianist Angélique Sauvain (inside in the ballroom).
WHAT: Bastille Day 2009…. Ca c’est Paris!
WHEN: Saturday, July 12, 2008 from 7p.m. to 12a.m.
WHERE: La Maison Française, Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Rd, NW
ADMISSION: - General admission: $85 ($45 tax deductible) - Benefactor ticket: $150 ($110 tax deductible)*
*Benefactor ticket will include a listing of your name in the evening's program and on the official Bastille Day 2009 website.
TICKETS: http://www.instantseats.com/
The Comité Tricolore (www.bastille-day.org)— a coordinating committee of French and French-American associations in the Washington metro area — is a non-profit volunteer organization that provides healthcare support to the sick and elderly in the local French and French-American community. Proceeds from the evening will sustain this mission throughout the year. Celebrate Bastille Day and support a worthy cause!
Serge Bellanger, President of the FACC has departed
It is with great sadness and sense of loss that the French-American Chamber of Commerce of DC announces the death of, Serge Bellanger longstanding President of the French-American Chamber of Commerce. Serge was a great supporter of the reconstruction of the chapter of Washington DC, and he will be greatly missed in DC.
Mr. Bellanger was a pillar of the French-American community, a dedicated ambassador for strong French-American relations and a consummate professional, whose tireless work ethic, guiding wisdom and commitment to all of the many professional and philanthropic causes he supported will be sorely missed.
For thirty years, Serge Bellanger brought boundless energy to his positions as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) in New York, President of the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the Union of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry Abroad as well as to the Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur, the Maison Française at Columbia University, the Grand Marnier Foundation and a variety of other volunteer positions. Mr. Bellanger was a Commander in the French Legion of Honor and National Order of Merit. To view Mr. Bellanger's complete biography, please click here.
Christine Lagarde, French Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment, and Anne-Marie Idrac, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, have issued statements mourning the loss of Serge Bellanger and saluting his contributions to French-American relations. During his hospitalization, Mr. Bellanger asked FACC Vice President Stephen L. Dreyfuss to serve as acting President in his absence. The Executive Committee has asked Mr. Dreyfuss to continue in that role until the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors have designated Mr. Bellanger's permanent successor. The officers, directors, members and staff of the French-American Chamber of Commerce express their profound sympathy to Mr. Bellanger's wife, Danielle Bellanger, and pledge to continue his work to advance the cause of French-American cooperation.