Events in May
Drinks (as usual) at the Bowler
7th May , from 6.30 pm
13 rue d’Artois,
75008 Paris
Métros : St Philippe du Roule (best one), George V or Franklin-Roosevelt. Remember, a pint of beer there will cost 5 euros instead of 6 only if you announce yourself as being Oxbridge!
Wednesday 21st May: Annual General Meeting
Our AGM will take place on Wednesday 21 May at 18:30 at Chateauform sur le Pouce, 2 avenue Velasquez, 75008 Paris, and we hope that many of you will be able to come along. As usual, we will be having a champagne reception after the formal meeting where we approve our 2007 accounts and elect members to our Committee. .
Tuesday 3rd June - The Queen's birthday in Meudon
The Executive Committee of the British Community Committee is organising a cocktail to honour the official birthday of the Queen, on Tuesday June 3rd from 7.00 p.m. - 9.30p.m. at the Standard Athletic Club, Meudon. Any members of BCC member associations may attend.
The British Ambassador and Lady Westmacott will be present as will the NZ and Tanzanian Ambassadors.
This will be a paying event, at 30€, to help cover some of the cost. Those interested may download a registration form here. This document should be filled in with the name and address of the person wishing to attend, and then be sent, together with a cheque for the corresponding amount made out to the British Community Committee, to Mrs Penny Girinsky, 7 rue du Cher, 75020 Paris. An official invitation will then be sent to the applicants. This invitation must be presented at the door, and proof of identity will be required.
To find your way interactively,
(or copy):
Standard Athletic Club, Meudon
26th June: Garden party at the Embassy
Please note: previously announced for the 25th the date has now been shifted to the 26th.
News will be forthcoming on the annual Garden party. This year it is organised by Cambridge.
19-21 September: Oxford Alumni Weekend (in Oxford, of course)
The new Oxford Alumni Weekend website is now live at www.alumniweekend.ox.ac.uk . Browse the programme, view photos and videos from last year’s highlights, request email notification for when booking opens and invite your friends to join you with an e-card.
Friday 3rd October - Monte Cassino with Oliver Warman
The plan is to fly to Naples with Easyjet on Friday afternoon, pass by Salerno where there were allied landings and on to Gaeta for two nights. Saturday up to Monte Cassino. Sunday drive to Anzio and on to Rome (Ciampino) airport for flight back to Paris.
Annual Oxford-Cambridge Pétanque tournament
Date to be announced
Visit of the Arts et Métiers museum
Date to be announced
Tuesday 27th May - Twelfth Night in the Shakespeare Gardens
This is our reserved performance (not on the public schedule) for this year’s Shakespeare production of “Twelfth Night” a delightful comedy of confused identities in the Shakespeare Garden in the Bois de Boulogne (Pré Catelan).
The cost is €18 each for members and their guests, with Champagne and strawberries in the interval included. Children under 14 years € 10. Tickets will be distributed at the entrance and gates will be open from 6.30 pm.
Please send in your reservations ASAP by printing and sending this form and your cheque made out to The Cambridge Society of Paris to Clare Hohler. For further enquiries e-mail Clare Hohler.
There should be no need to market what is possibly Shakespeare's most delightful mature comedy. Let's simply hope that Feste's concluding song belongs more to the world of Elizabethan fiction than to that of Parisian meteorology: "...and the rain it raineth every day".
Our AGM will take place on Wednesday 21 May at 18:30 at Chateauform sur le Pouce, 2 avenue Velasquez, 75008 Paris. As usual, we will be having a champagne reception after the more formal part of the meeting where we approve our 2007 accounts and elect members to our Committee.
It is important for us to have a quorum in order to have our accounts approved, therefore if you are not able to join us, members are kindly requested to complete the voting form you should already have received (together with, if you wish, the proxy form) and return it by Monday 19 May.
Attending the AGM is free for paid-up members. Guests are also welcome, however there is a 10 euro charge for guests.
Please note that only paid-up members may vote.
If you are able to attend the AGM please let me know (together with the name of your guest, if any) so that we may organise the appropriate number of chairs/glasses.
