{"id":1783,"date":"2011-07-12T02:33:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T02:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friends-international.org\/blog\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2011-07-12T02:33:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T02:33:05","slug":"jubilate-choir-performing-at-the-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-paris-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/index.php\/jubilate-choir-performing-at-the-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-paris-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilate Choir performing at the Church of St.John the Baptist, Paris, France"},"content":{"rendered":"

We at FI are fortunate that we have fantastic support offices and wonderful volunteer supporters across the world. Fiends France recently organised an amazing event to raise both awareness of and funds for FI. On 15 June, in the magnificent surroundings of the Church of St.John the Baptist, Neuilly sur Seine, the internationally renowned Jubilate Choir performed a selection of some of the best loved choral pieces in the world under the direction of Christian Ciuca. Included were works by Verdi, Borodine and Mendelssohn, and the awe-inspiring finale of \u2018Carmina Burana\u2019 by Carl Orff.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jubilate Choir performing at the Church of St.John the Baptist<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe concert was a beautiful experience\u201d explained Denis from Friends France, \u201cit was a very nice moment, which gave us the opportunity to speak to over 300 people about Friends.\u201d
\nIn attendance was the Lao Ambassador to UNESCO and\u00a0the first Secretary of the Indonesia Embassy, countries where FI currently runs programs. \u201cThey were both very nice, positive people and pleased to have come. It has been a terrific amount of work for us and also for the “Choeur Jubilate” team. Everyone did a fantastic job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Denis<\/a>

Denis explaining to the crowd how the sale of one toy elephant can help a child attend school for five days. We sold all of our elephants during the event!<\/p><\/div>\n

During the course of the evening Denis explained to the crowd how the sale of one toy elephant can provide five days of schooling for the child of the producer. He cheerfully added \u201cwe sold all our elephants!\u201d<\/p>\n

Our congratulations and thanks to Friends France for organizing such a wonderful event.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to support Friends you can do so online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Lao<\/a>

Denis and Tamo with the Lao Ambassador to UNESCO.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Denis with the first secretary of the Indonesian Embassy.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Annegret<\/a>

Annegret and Denis explaining to the Lao Ambassador to UNESCO that we have the most wonderful .ookbook for Lao food!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Denis<\/a>

Denis explaining to the crowd how the sale of one toy elephant can help a child attend school for five days. We sold all of our elephants during the event!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Annegret<\/a>

Annegret the pastry buffet. Yum!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jubilate<\/a>

Jubilate Choir performing at the Church of St.John the Baptist<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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