1. Art and Diseño

The British Community Committee
Diary of Events
FEBRUARY 2015
JANUARY 2015
Saturday31st to
Sunday 1st
FEBRUARY
until 31 May
2015
BC
Partir étudier à l'étranger – Salon. Paris - Parc des expositions.
http://www.britishcouncil.fr/evenements/salon-partir-etudier-etranger-2015
BC
Exposition Fashion Mix
Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration, Paris (pte Dorée), Paris
http://www.britishcouncil.fr/events/exposition-fashion-mix
Sunday 1st
Monday 2nd
SMV
BC
Tuesday 3rd
FBCCI
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
Friday 5th –
Saturday 7th
CamSoc / OUSP
BC
BSP
10.30am St.Mark's Morning Worship
English on line - MOOC - exploring English: language and culture - course
starts
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-english-language-culture
Les secrets d’une presentation commercial réussie, presentation in English by
SOAP at the Chamber, 10 rue de la Bourse, 75002 Paris from 8.30 to 10am.
“First Wednesday” drinks at Murphy’s House, 10 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin,
75009 Paris. We gather in the mezzanine area of the bar. This is an informal
event, also open to non-members who have been to Cambridge or Oxford
Universities, and is an opportunity to find out about the Societies’ activities.
Contact Tony Banton on 06 25 19 35 31 (Cambridge) or Line Benaderette on 07
60 05 07 77 (Oxford).
Press conference to launch Paris-Londres tandem (Hidalgo and Johnson)
The Senior School is delighted to present The Sound of Music. For further
information and tickets please contact the senior school office at:
[email protected]
th
Friday 5 –
Saturday 7th
BC
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th
Monday 9th
SKP
SMV
ESU
Tuesday 10th
BCWA
Clubroom Talk: Contemporary & Modern Art (Members only)
Wednesday 11th
Wednesday 11th
PWS
BCWA
Thursday 12th
FBCCI
Thursday 12th
Saturday 14th
Sunday 15th
Tuesday 17th
Thursday 19th
PADFAS
RSCMF
SMV
BCWA
IMechE
AGM at The Royal British Legion, 28 rue des Acacias, 75017 Paris at 19.30
Visit to the Musée d'Art Moderne at 1pm - Sonia Delaunay exhibition (Members,
family & friends)
How to employ in France: challenges & solutions in association with GR
International Profiles from 8.30 to 10.30am.
Design in Opera by Simon Rees at the Theatre du Ranelagh at 14.00
Chantilly SINGING DAY
10.30am St.Mark's Third Sunday Service (informal, messy & fun!)
Visit to the Musée Zadkine (Members, family & friends)
The British Engineering Institutions in Paris hold a joint Institutions Social Event
on the third Thursday of every month in Carr’s Bar and Restaurant in Paris from
19:00 onwards.
The Meta-Perception Club exhibition - Dan Shipsides. Paris - Centre Culturel
Irlandais. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/agenda/dan-shipsides
10.30am St.Mark's Communion Services
“Worlds Apart? Internationalization of Higher Education in Francophone and
Anglophone Worlds” roundtable seminar. Paris ULIP.
Friday 20th to 4th
March
Sunday 22nd
Thursday 26th
Expolangues – Salon. Paris - Porte de Versailles
http://www.britishcouncil.fr/evenements/jeux-concours-ielts-salonexpolangues-2015
BC
SMV
BC
Concert by Ali Hirèche (piano)
10.30am St.Mark's Communion Service
Reception of HE Mr Ghalib Iqbal Ambassador of Pakistan to France at the
Embassy of Pakistan, rue Lord Byron
http://www.britishcouncil.fr/evenements/seminaire-internationalisationenseignement-superieur
Thursday 26th
Thursday 26th
MARCH
Tuesday 3rd
RVNA
BCWA
Wednesday 4th
CIMA
Saturday 7th
Thursday 12th
Thursday 12th
Tuesday 17th
RSCMF
CSF
ABAF
FBCCI
Wednesday 18th
Thursday 19th
BCWA
IMechE
PWS
Thursday 19th
Thursday 19th
BCWA
PADFAS
Tuesday 24th
ESU
Tuesday 24th
Thursday 26th
APRIL 2015
Wednesday 8th
BCWA
RVNA
SGACP
Friday 10th to
Sunday12th
IP
Saturday 11th
LP
Monday 13th
LP
Monday 13th
ESU
Thursday 16th
IMechE
Thursday 16th
PADFAS
Tuesday 21st
MAY
Monday 18th
Thursday 21st
BCC
ESU
IMechE
Thursday 21st
PADFAS
Sunday 24th
Luncheon at the Cercle de la Mer
Walk through 1st Ardt (Members, family, friends)
St David’s Day Dinner with Singer Meinir Gwilym at Salon Imperial, Les Noces de
Jeanette, 14 rue Favart, 75002 Paris
AGM and panel discussion ‘Is there a place for management accounting in
France: is it lost in the translation?’ at The St James Club, 75116 Paris at 19.00.
Non CIMA members 27€
Paris Instrumental Workshop and Paris Lecture
Quiz Night at the Scots Kirk from 19.30 for further information call 0145070676
Wine Tasting
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CONFERENCE at The British Embassy, 39
rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 75008 Paris. From: 6.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.
Visit to the Musée Picasso Hôtel Salé at 1pm (Members, family & friends)
The British Engineering Institutions in Paris hold a joint Institutions Social Event
on the third Thursday of every month in Carr’s Bar and Restaurant in Paris from
19:00 onwards.
AGM at St Michael’s Church at 10am (Members only)
The Golden Age of Venetian Glass by Jane Gardiner at the Theatre du Ranelagh
at 14.00
A taste of Provence at Puyricard’s ( avenue Rapp) the famous chocolate maker of
Aix en Provence, chocolate and champagne tasting
Visit to the Cernuschi Musée at 2.30pm (Members, family & friends)
Luncheon at the Yacht Club de France
CONCERT - Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, with Adrian Shaw & Timothy End
(piano)at St George's Anglican Church, 7 rue Auguste Vacquerie,75116 Paris at
19.30. Admission free.
« The Roaring 20’s » in the Salle de Fetes, 3 quai Voltaire, 78230 Le Pecq.
Tickets 20€ or 15€. Reservations www.internationalplayers.co.uk
Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise Op. 52 (Lobgesang) with Lux Perpetua, the choir of
the American Church in Paris and the Association Symphonique de Paris at the
American Church in Paris.
Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise Op. 52 (Lobgesang) with Lux Perpetua, the choir of
the American Church in Paris and the Association Symphonique de Paris at the
U.N.E.S.C.O.
Andrew Lyndon-Skegg, “The World of the Paris Boogie Speakeasy” Salons
France-Ameriques
The British Engineering Institutions in Paris hold a joint Institutions Social Event
on the third Thursday of every month in Carr’s Bar and Restaurant in Paris from
19:00 onwards.
Contemporary Art and the Old Masters; Lessons Learned and Rejected by Ben
Street at the Theatre du Ranelagh at 14.00
The AGM and April Quarterly Meeting will take place at the British Embassy.
Alastair Lack, “The English Country House” in the Salon of Mairie du 7ème
The British Engineering Institutions in Paris hold a joint Institutions Social Event
on the third Thursday of every month in Carr’s Bar and Restaurant in Paris from
19:00 onwards.
Paris Boogie Speakeasy and the Jazz Age in France. By Andrew Lyndon-Skeggs,
at the Theatre du Ranelagh at 14.00
LP
Dvorak, Mass in D major Opus 86 with Lux Perpetua and the Brighton Chamber
Choir at the American Church in Paris
JUNE
Thursday 11th
FBC
Monday 15th
Thursday 18th
BCC
IMechE
A conference involving students, lawyers, academics and others on The Magna
Carta and the declaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen : past and present
and future in London.
Magna Carta Cocktail Party at the Ecole Militare, everyone is most welcome.
The British Engineering Institutions in Paris hold a joint Institutions Social Event
on the third Thursday of every month in Carr’s Bar and Restaurant in Paris from
19:00 onwards.
AUGUST
Sunday 30th
SEPTEMBER
th
Friday 25 and
Saturday 26th
DECEMBER
Saturday 12th
PWS
Summer Picnic in the Tuileries
FBC
ABAF
Bike ride from London to Paris
Biennial Conference.
PWS
Christmas Party at the Royal British Legion, 28 rue des Acacias, 75017 Paris
AQUITAINE +
DORDOGNE +
GIRONDE +
LOT ET GARONNE
FEBRUARY
CdA
Services in English every Sunday throughout Aquitaine in Dordogne, Gironde, et
Lot et Garonne. Please see the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine website for more details:
www.churchinaquitaine.org
Wednesday 4th
Wednesday 18th
CS
CdA
ACTION FOR WORLD CANCER DAY
Wednesday February 18th: Ash Wednesday services in English throughout
Aquitaine in Dordogne, Gironde, et Lot et Garonne. Please see the Chaplaincy of
Aquitaine website for more details: www.churchinaquitaine.org
MARCH
Sunday 29th
CdA
Palm Sunday services in English throughout Aquitaine in Dordogne, Gironde, et
Lot et Garonne. Please see the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine website for more details:
www.churchinaquitaine.org
APRIL
Sunday 5th
CdA
Easter Day services in English throughout Aquitaine in Dordogne, Gironde, et Lot
et Garonne. Please see the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine website for more details:
www.churchinaquitaine.org
BRITTANY,
NORMANDY and
PAYS DE LA LOIRE
FEBRUARY
Tuesday 17th
FNRNA
Lunch at The Duchesse Anne, 10 Place Duguesclin, 22100 Dinan
at 12.15. All welcome. For reservations contact [email protected] .
BORDEAUX
FEBRUARY
Saturday 7th
MARCH
Thursday 19th
RAFA
CS
CHARENTE +
LIMOUSIN +
LANGUEDOC +
CORREZE
Annual General Meeting L’Auberge du Pont Bernet, 33290 LE PIAN MEDOC (on
the outskirts of Bordeaux). For further information and reservations email
[email protected] or telephone 05 46 95 38 89
AGM in Bordeaux
MARCH
OG
"Winter may be upon us but the Open Gardens/Jardins Ouverts season has
already kicked off with guided tours of a garden in the Haute Vienne which has
over 100 varieties of snowdrop. After an introduction by a committed
galanthophile, a tour round the garden reveals the beauties of this flower which
heralds the start of the gardening year. For further details of this event, please
contact Mick Moat in the first instance (05 55 63 43 12 or
[email protected] ). Other events will be starting in March, details of
which will soon be available on the new website www.opengardens.eu The
new site will be live from 8th February......if all goes to plan!!). For any other
enquiries, please use the contact details above."
MONACO
NORD – PAS DE
CALAIS
FEBRUARY
Monday 9th
FBC
Friday 6th,
Friday 13th and
Friday 20th
Lille Cricket
Saturday 14th
IS-Lille
One Day Seminar - The impact of devolution on Franco-British relations: Regional
Challenges and Opportunities.
indoor training takes place at 8pm on Friday evenings at the SportEezy Hall at
Decathlon Campus Villeneuve d’Ascq. Training continues until the Lille area
school holidays, and then takes a break for two weeks, back on 13th March. New
members welcome and the club will lend you bat, pads and gloves so you can join
in. Contact Philippe Dethoor on 06 12 51 35 91
Rehearsals at the Château du Parc in Santes from 10am to 1pm. New members
welcome. Contact Simon Fletcher on 06 23 60 27 42
PROVENCE – COTE
D’AZUR
RHONE-ALPES
FEBRUARY
Sunday 1st
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
ESMG Lyon
WPNG Lyon
Thursday 5th
Friday 6th
Wednesday 18th
Wednesday 18th
Wednesday 25th
Thursday 26th
Friday 27th
GVALB
AFGB Lyon
ESMG Lyon
AFGB Lyon
AFGB Lyon
AFGB Lyon
FIBA Lyon
MARCH
Sunday 8th
Sunday 22nd
Sunday 22nd
RAFA Lyon
LC
RAFA Lyon
Morning Prayer
Playgroup Mardi Gras party
Monthly meeting : using our new website + how to make a lasting impression on
your professional networking contacts + how to apply for a free MBA scholarship
Bingo
English Speaking Luncheon
Playgroup
Poets’ Corner
Scrabble in English
Book Circle : Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Business lunch at the Reine Astrid. The speaker will be Roland Cathebras,
associate director of Invest in Lyon.
AGM at hotel Campanile, Lyon
AGM after the shortened service.
Messe des Aviateurs St.Bonaventure, Lyon
[email protected]
29/01/2015
With thanks to Mme Beryl Jones, MBE by whom this Diary was originally created
British Community Committee Diary: Abbreviations
ABAF
Association of British Accountants in France
www.abaf.asso.fr
ABRSM
ACC
ACE-Normandy
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music www.abrsm.org
Anglican Chaplaincy in Caen www.anglican-chaplaincy-caen.blogspot.com
Amicale Culturelle Européenne
[email protected]
AFE
Association Franco-Ecossaise
www.franco-ecossaise.asso.fr
AFGB-Paris
Association France – Grande-Bretagne
www.france-grandebretagne.fr
AFGB-Lyon
ALSE
AUEF
BAAM
BA-Monaco
Association France – Grande-Bretagne : Lyon & Rhône www.fgb-lyon.org
Alumni of LSE in France www.lsefrance.org
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh in France www.dev.ed.ac.uk/club/france
British Association of the Alpes-Maritimes www.britishassociation.info
British Association of Monaco www.bam-monaco.org
BBC
BC
BCC
BCF
BCiP
Bordeaux British Community www.bordeaux.british.com
British Council www.britishcouncil.fr
British Community Committee of France www.britishinfrance.com
The British Charitable Fund [email protected]
British Conservatives in Paris www.conservatives-paris.org and
www.votes-for-expat-brits.com
BCWA
B Emb
BFF
BGiFC
British & Commonwealth Women’s Association www.bcwa.org
British Embassy www.gov.uk/world/france
British Freemasons in France [email protected]
British Guides in Foreign Countries www.beneluxandfrance.bgifc.org.uk/fr
www.girlguiding.org.uk/get-involved/register your_interest.aspx
BSLISGL
British Section of the Lycées International de St-Germain-en-Laye
www.britishsection.fr
BL (1916)
BRFC
BSPS
BSO
CCB Lille
CCC
CLE
The British Luncheon (1916)
British Rugby Football Club www.brfcparis.com
British School of Paris Society www.britishschool.fr
British Scouting Overseas [email protected]
Centre Culturel Britannique www.ccb-lille.com
Chantilly Cricket Club www.chantillycricket.com
Charente-Limousine-Exchange.com
www.charente-llimousine-exchange.com
Christ Church Lille www.christchurchlille.com
Anglican Chaplaincy of Aquitaine www.churchinaquitaine.org
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants www.cimaglobal.com
The Clan Macleod Society of France www.clanmacleod.org
Cancer Support France www.csf-forum.org
www.cancersupportfrance.org
CSF
The Caledonian Society of France www.caledonian-society-france.org
CSOP
Cambridge Society of Paris www.camsocparis.org
CTCC
Chateau de Thoiry Cricket Club www.thoirycc.com
DCTC
Dear Conjunction Theatre Company [email protected]
ECCP
English Cathedral Choir of Paris www.ecc-paris.org
EFC
Elizabeth Finn Care www.elizabethfinncare.org.uk
www.turn2us.org.uk
ELIC La Souterraine English Library and Information Centre www.frenchweb.eu/biblio
ENVOL
E.N.VOL (Equipes Nouvelles de Volontaires) [email protected]
ESMG-Lyon
English-Speaking Mothers’ Group, Lyon www.english-mums.com
ESU
The English-Speaking Union, France www.esufrance.org/index.html
CC-Lille
Chap-Aq
CIMA
CMSF
CS
FBCCI
Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry
www.francobritishchamber.com
FIBA-Lyon
FOG
GVALB
HBH
HTCML
ICE
IET
Franco-British International Business Association, Lyon www.fibalyon.org
Friends of British Guiding in Ile de France [email protected]
Grapevine - Aix-les-Bains http://sites.google.com/site/grapevineassociation
Hertford British Hospital Corporation – The Charity www.british-hospital.org
Holy Trinity Church, Maisons Lafitte www.htcml.com
Institution of Civil Engineers – French Local Association www.icenet.fr
Institution of Engineering & Technology
www.theiet.org/local/emea/europe/france
I Mech E
IOD
IP
IS-Lille
LPiF
LRC
LAC-Lyon
LC-Lille
LP
OG
OUS
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
http://nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/Europe/france
The Institute of Directors, France www.iod.com/france
International Players www.internationalplayers.co.uk
International Singers, Lille Métropole www.international-singers.eu
The Labour Party in France lwww.labourinternationalistparis.com
Les Rosbifs et Crêpes
Lyon Anglican Church www.lyonchurch.org
Lille Cricket www.lille-cricket.org
Lux Perpetua http://www.choirwebsite.wix.com/lux-perpetua
Open Gardens. www.opengardens.eu
The Oxford University Society www.oxfordinparis.com
OUS SW
PADFAS
PWS
RAD
RAFA
RAFA-Lyon
RBL
RBL-Lyon
RLT
RNA Nord
RNVA
RSCDS-Paris
RSCDS-Lyon
RSCMF
RSSG
SA
SB
SAC
SDM
SGACP
SJRCC
SKP
SLL
SLCF
SMCV
SMC
SOS HELP
SPACC
SPRINT
SSAFA
TBP
TEL (Quillan, Aude)
Toc H
UCL
ULIP
WLP
WPNG
Oxford University Society South West France
Paris Decorative & Fine Arts Society www.padfas.com
Paris Welsh Society www.pariswelshsociety.org
Royal Academy of Dance www.rad.lu
Royal Air Forces Association [email protected]
Royal Air Forces Association, Lyon Jubilee branch [email protected]
Royal British Legion www.rblfrance.org
Royal British Legion , Lyon Liberation branch [email protected]
Riviera Life TV www.rivieralife.tv
Royal Naval Association – France Nord Branch
www.royal-naval-association.co.uk
Royal Naval Volunteer Association [email protected]
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Paris branch www.rscdsparis.org
RSCDS Lyon Branch/Scottish Chanterelle www.rscds-lyon.fr
The Royal School of Church Music in France www.rscmfrance.org
The Royal Society of St George www.royalsocietyofstgeorge.com
The Salvation Army www.armeedusalut.fr
Sunny Bank Association and Charity, Cannes www.sunny-bank.org
Standard Athletic Club www.saclub.org
Scottish Dance Group of Monaco www.scottishdance.monaco.free.fr
St George’s Anglican Church, Paris www.stgeorgesparis.com
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church www.stjoeparis.org
The Scots Kirk, Paris www.scotskirkparis.com
Sète-Lorient-Londres White Horses Charity www.sllassoc.com
St Luke’s Church, Fontainebleau www.saintlukesfontainebleau.org
St Mark’s Church, Versailles www.stmarksversailles.org
St Michael’s Church, Paris www.saintmichaelsparis.org
SOS HELP www.soshelpline.org
St Peter’s Anglican Church, Chantilly www.stpeters.fr
S.P.R.I.N.T. www.sprint.france.free.fr
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association Help
www.ssafa.org.uk/ssafa-near-you/france
Tower Bridge Paris www.towerbridge.fr
The English Library www.network-news.com/eng_lib/librarynews.asp
Toc H Association
UCL France Alumni http://www.ucl.ac.uk/alumni/groups/europe/france
The University of London Institute in Paris www.ulip.lon.ac.uk
What Larks Production www.whatlarks.org
Women’s Professional Networking Group.Lyon [email protected]