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Dear Members and Friends of FACC,
Autumn is my favorite season. Summer was
great but rather than mourn its passing, I
feel a sense of excitement and anticipation.
The weather softens and days become crisp,
the colors of the transition, especially in
Colorado, are spectacular, and we start
looking forward to the events and holidays of
autumn and winter.
A special holiday that comes each fall in
France, and that has become very special to
us all, is the celebration of wine and food:
the festival of Beaujolais. This year we
will be celebrating our 9th Annual Beaujolais
Festival and even adding a Culinary
Competition in coordination with the American
Culinary Federation!
I would like to thank in advance our
members, the many
volunteers, the support of our sponsors, and
the talent and dedication of our Executive
and Assistant Directors for making this
special evening possible.
Please join me at our Beaujolais Festival to
enjoy the taste of fall!
Bob Snyder
FACC President
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| WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS! |
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Small Business
Member:
Dinolt Becnel & Wells
Investigative Group LLC
A team of investigative professionals
offering integrated
investigative solutions to businesses, law
firms and corporations in a variety of
industries:
staffing, training and consulting on issues,
including
litigation assistance,
risk management, internal investigations and
insurance fraud.
Contact: Pierre Russell -
russell@dinolt.com
Associate
Members:
Francois Lacour-Gayet
Head of the Cardiac Surgery Department
at the Children's Hospital
Allen Loew
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| COMPANY PROFILE: Davis Graham & Stubbs |
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Davis Graham & Stubbs
Colorado Casual. French Formal. Regardless
of your view, we'll come to the table prepared.
When the chairs push back, everyone will
agree: DGS got the deal done.
Davis Graham & Stubbs, a prominent,
full-service Colorado law firm, has a strong
national reputation for trial, corporate and
natural resources work for companies that
operate domestically as well as abroad. The
firm's 115 attorneys offer expertise to
public and private companies, with an
emphasis on counseling, transactions and
commercial litigation.
For French companies and businesses
focused on working with them, DGS has the
expertise to guide clients through
complicated transactions or litigation
matters - by delivering personal service
based upon a thorough understanding of
Colorado, U.S. and international law.
Sybil Kisken, a lawyer with DGS and a
board member of the French-American Chamber
of Commerce, would be pleased to talk
with you about how DGS can help you achieve
the goals that you set, and that we support.
DGS has relationships with firms like Gide
Loyrette Nouel, one of many premier law firms
that expand our market knowledge and help
connect you with access to the best legal
resources in Paris and beyond. Such
relationships result from our role as the
exclusive Colorado firm of Lex Mundi, the
world's leading association of independent
law firms.
Much like the FACC, networks like Lex
Mundi help DGS deliver legal expertise,
practical insights and international
resources. Sybil and others from DGS look
forward to discussing these and other topics
with you at a future French-American Chamber
meeting.
For More Information:
Davis Graham & Stubbs
1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: 303-892-9400
Fax: 303-893-1379
www.dgslaw.com
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| 2007 BEAUJOLAIS & BEYOND FESTIVAL |
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9th annual Beaujolais and Beyond
Festival
A Food and Wine tasting
extravaganza celebrating the arrival of the
new vintage with the area's most exciting
chefs and restaurants Thursday,
November 15, 6-10pm
Presented by the FACC
and the
American Culinary Federation Colorado Chefs
Association
Be the first to uncork the
Beaujolais Nouveau
2007!
The evening will feature all types of
Beaujolais wines including the 2007
Beaujolais Nouveau as well as many
excellent French wines.
Participate to the first
FACC
Culinary Challenge
and vote for your favorite
chef!
Denver's top chefs and restaurateurs will
showcase
their cuisine by creating French inspired dishes
paired with Beaujolais Nouveau.
ACF Colorado judges and guests will recognize
chefs
who best exemplify the French flare cuisine.
Opportunities for travel, luxury
goods and delicacies
can be found at our
Silent Auction
Live Music with Azur
Trio Jazz Group
an eclectic melange of soulful jazz from
around the
world
Master of Ceremony: Bill
Clarke from Channel 7
Member Price : $45 until November 14
Non-Member Price : $50 until November
14
Door Price : $55 on November 15
Buy Your Ticket Today!
Purchase Tickets Here
For More Information please visit
our website
or call the FACC office at
303
695 7818
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| FACC EVENTS |
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Interested in European Networking?
Join us for a Euro Holiday Party!
Meet other international peers from the
British-American Business Council and the
German-American Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, December 13
5:30pm -8:00pm
Location: The Squealin' Pig Irish Pub, Cherry Creek
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| COMMUNITY NEWS |
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Pierre Vimont Appointed French
Ambassador to the United States
Mr. Pierre Vimont was appointed Ambassador of
France to the United States by President
Nicolas Sarkozy on August 1, 2007.
Prior to his present appointment, Vimont was
chief of staff to the minister of foreign
affairs, a position he had held since 2002.
Vimont joined the Foreign Service in 1977. He
was first posted to London from 1978 to 1981
before spending the next four years with the
Press and Information Office at the Quai
d'Orsay. From 1985 o 1986 he was appointed to
the Institute for East-West Security in New
York.
Returning to Europe, he served in Brussels
(1986-1990), and was subsequently chief of
staff to the minister delegate for European
affairs from 1990 to 1993.
He went on to serve as director for
development and scientific, technical and
educational cooperation and then for
cultural, scientific and technical relations.
He was deputy director general of the entire
Cultural, Scientific and Technical Relations
Department from 1996 to 1997 and then
director of European Cooperation from 1997 to
1999. Born in 1949, Pierre Vimont is a former
student of the National School of
Administration (ENA).
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| MEMBERS' CORNER |
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Fellow FACC Members,
My business is in the Residential Colorado
Real Estate Market and I bring special skills
& training to serve the French Real Estate
Community in Colorado.
As a Small Business Member of the FACC, I
understand the importance of my link to the
French Community and I am here to serve you
in real estate.
If you, a friend or family member are
looking to buy or sell a home - please
contact me directly
at 303-956-4003. I will follow up and
take great care of your situation. I have
solutions to your inquiry's.
Sincerely,
Deborah Lepercq
Please visit :
www.coloradohomes.com/deborahlepercq
La Petite Maison
Wine
Tasting Dinner
On Thursday, November 1 join us for a Peltier
Station wine tasting
dinner. The wine reception will begin at
6:30 pm with a four course/four wines dinner
to follow.
Our dinner/wine menu for this event can be
viewed on our website at
www.lapetitemaisoncs.com
The cost for this wine tasting dinner is $55
per person (plus tax and gratuity).
Please call us at 719-632-4887 or
e-mail us to make your reservation. Merci
Beaucoup!
Penny Christie and Associates
Marking, Public Relations and Business
Development
Offering assistance with public relations and
marketing strategy development; business
development, industry relations, press
release and feature writing, media functions,
marketing; special events, and seminar
development and training.
The small-agency approach offers personalized
assistance to fulfill both short and
long-term needs. No project is too big, too
small, or impossible. We are accessible and
accommodating.
Please contact Penny Christie, Principal
4459 S. Andes Way, Aurora, CO 80015
ph: 303.378.6479
e-mail:
pchristie@mho.com
French 250
the ultimate rendezvous for food and wine
lovers!
Haute Cuisine is magnificent pairings
of tantalizing dishes, fine French sauces,
and elegant wines, combined with sumptuous
decor and exemplary service. Chef
Thomas offers a culinary paradise with an
eye towards market-fresh, healthy French food.
French 250 features wine tasting
Tuesday through Saturday, cheese
tasting and sales, an exclusive Chef's
Table seating two to eight, an elegant
chandeliered dining room, an intimate
bar, and exquisite French cuisine.
Lunch, 11am-2:30pm and Dinner
4:30-10pm
served Tuesday to Saturday.
Sunday
Brunch
10am-3pm features Endless Mimosas.
Traditional Sunday French Family
Tasting Dinner served 4:30-8pm.
Visit www.french250.com
for more information and upcoming events.
Seasonally, an outdoor garden patio with
wall fountain and trellises invites diners to
be transported to the south of France without
leaving Denver.
Cherry Creek North
250 Steele Street
Denver, 80206
303.331.0250
DISH Network and TV5 MONDE
Proud sponsors of Denver French
American Chamber of Commerce
TV5MONDE, the world's leading French-
language network, offers news, sports,
cultural and lifestyle programs - all
commercial-free. All French movies are
subtitled in English.
Call today 1 877 586 9675 to subscribe to
TV5MONDE on DISH Network in Denver and
everywhere in the U.S.
Toll free number: 1 877 586 9675
www.dishnetwork.com
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| FACC PAST EVENTS REFLECTION |
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Euro Networking
A joint event with the BABC and the GACC
Thursday, October 18
Over 40 business men and women, associated
with either the French-American or
German-American chambers of commerce or the
British-American Business Council, attended
this very pleasant networking event at Le
Central. With an expansive array of
appetizers and a varied guest list,
the evening was sure to be a success.
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| ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ACTIVITIES |
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Ciné Club
Come be part of our new "Ciné Club" to start
in 2008! One Tuesday every month
Denver Film Society, in collaboration with
the Alliance Française, will host a French
film, have a short guest lecture and provide
a reception with wine and French
hors-d'oeuvres after.
Tickets on sale now!
The Musée du Quai Branly
The Douglas society, Alianza, the Denver Art
Museum and the Alliance Française de Denver
invite you to attend a lecture by Stéphane
Martin on the new Parisian museum dedicated
to non western art and cultures - the Musée
du Quai Branly.
At once a study and research center,
library, theater and concert hall, the Quai
Branly Museum provides various possibilities
to put on display numerous works and the
cultures from which they come. Stéphane
Martin is the president of the Musée du Quai
Branly.
Date: Wednesday November 7, at 7pm
Location: Lewis Sharp Auditorium,
Denver Art Museum (located on the lower level
of the Hamilton Building).
Cost: AF members - $7
RSVP: Call 303 831 0304 or e-mail afd@afdenver.org
Other: This lecture will take place in
English
The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly
(Le Scaphandre et le papillon)
In the prime of his life, French fashion
magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered
a stroke that left him totally paralyzed, but
with his creative spirit intact. This
astonishing dramatization - which won
Julian Schnabel an award for best director at
Cannes - lets Bauby (as played by Mathieu
Amalric) tell a story like no other, in the
most painstaking, heartrending and inspiring
way imaginable - with his left eyelid.
Location: King Center, Theater, Aurora
Campus
Date: Saturday, November 17th @ 4pm
Cost: $10 for AF members
RSVP: Call 303 831 0304 or e-mail afd@afdenver.org
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Thursday, November 15
6:00 - 10:00pm
2007 Beaujolais & Beyond Festival
Join us for this special Food and Wine
Tasting Celebration!
Thursday, December 13
Euro Holiday Networking
5:30pm-8:00pm
More information...
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