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Many thanks to AAFSW Vice President Elaine Neumann for hosting our annual Volunteer Luncheon Tuesday June 9 in her home-and on her lovely deck. AAFSW members, click here to view more photos of the event.
AAFSW's July Program
We cordially invite AAFSW members and their guests for a Monday, July 13th, educational tour of one of the most interesting exhibits at the Freer-Sackler Museum. The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in the Moscow Kremlin.
Organized by the Smithsonian Institution's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in collaboration with The Moscow Kremlin Museum, this presentation features more than sixty exceptional objects that diplomatic missions, and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey to Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia from the early sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries.
AAFSW members, click here to read more and reserve your place for this tour.
AAFSW's September Program
AAFSW cordially invites you to join us on September 22 for the recital that was originally scheduled for April, but was postponed due to a scheduling conflict with the Diplomatic Reception Rooms.
The recital will feature the gifted International Ukrainian Pianist Oksana Skidan, who will perform a duet with Dmitri Nazarene, including the music of Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Manuel de Falla, and Franz Schubert.
Anne Foley, a brilliant music director and pianist, will be accompanying Erik Foley, who will be singing “Every Day is Ladies’ Day with Me” by Victor Herbert and “Santa Fe” by Alan Menken.
We will also enjoy the performance of a trio of accomplished students from Rockbridge Academy in Millersville, MD. Emily Hinz, 1st. flute, Meredith Caton, 2nd flute, and Alexa Cripe, cello. They will perform London Trio No.3 in G. Major, Hob. IV: 3- 1 Spiritoso – II Andante – III Allegro
AAFSW members, click here to read more and to reserve your seat for this event.
Other news of interest:
The Summer 2009 issue of Global Link is now available in PDF format for AAFSW members only.
Global Link Goes Green. Due to cost and environmental concerns, we will be moving to electronic delivery of the Global Link newsletter beginning with the October 2009 issue. AAFSW members should check that the email address on file with AAFSW is current, and update it if necessary. More information in our members-only section.
AAFSW Scholar Named. Where does my money go? Some AAFSW funds from membership dues, BookFair proceeds and designated donations go to funding for the annual AFSA Scholarships and Merit Awards. This year we are extremely proud and delighted that the AAFSW scholarship winner was Rachel Midura, daughter of our own Creative Director Kelly Bembry Midura and FSO Chris Midura. AAFSW members, click here to read more.
SOSA Awards. Nominations are now being sought for the 2009 Secretary of State's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. The deadline for nominations is September 11, 2009. Visit our SOSA page for more details.
AAFSW is seeking member volunteers for several positions in the Washington, DC area. Click here for more information.
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