Bayanihan at Kennedy Center
Below, from left, Ambassador of Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Ambassador of Brunei Dato Paduka Haji Yusoff bin Haji Abdul Hamid, Ambassador of the Philippines Jose L. Cuisia Jr., Ambassador of Cambodia Hem Heng, and Ambassador of Laos Seng Soukhathivong attend a performance of the Filipino dance company Bayanihan sponsored by the Philippine Embassy as well as the U.S.-Philippines Society.
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From left, Ambassador of Brunei Dato Paduka Haji Yusoff bin Haji Abdul Hamid, wife of the Singaporean ambassador Gouri Mirpuri, Ambassador of the Philippines Jose L. Cuisia Jr., Maria Victoria J. Cuisia, wife of the Brunei ambassador Datin Mahani binti Dato Abu Zar, and Jan Du Plain of Du Plain Enterprises attend a reception following the performance of Bayanihan, the national dance company of the Philippines, pictured at right, at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.
Above, from left, Ambassador of Peru and Mrs. Harold Forsyth join Mrs. and Dario G. Bauder at a post-performance reception held at the Roof Terrace Restaurant of the Kennedy Center.
Liechtenstein Embassy
From left, International Monetary Fund Executive Director and IMF Executive Board member René Weber, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein Aurelia Frick, and Ambassador of Liechtenstein Claudia Fritsche attend a reception celebrating the 10th anniversary of Liechtenstein’s embassy in Georgetown.
St. Vincent Independence
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From left, Pakistani Ambassador-at-Large Ray Mahmood, Willee Lewis, Shamim Jawad, and former Ambassador of Afghanistan Said Tayeb Jawad attend a reception celebrating Liechtenstein’s embassy and residence, which overlooks the Georgetown Waterfront.
From left, Ambassador of Monaco Gilles Noghès and his wife Ellen Noghès join Ambassador of Brazil Mauro Vieira and Ambassador Stuart Holliday, president of the Meridian International Center, at the reception marking 10 years since the Embassy of Liechtenstein opened in Georgetown.
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Former Ambassador of Bolivia Jaime Aparicio, now with Aparicio, Arp, Schamis and Associates, left, joins Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines La Celia A. Prince (also permanent representative to the Organization of American States) at a reception marking the 33rd anniversary of independence for St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Photo: Morris Simon for the Embassy Series
World Music Day for Daniel Pearl
From left, Ina Ginsburg, Ambassador of Austria Hans Peter Manz, Shelia Saleh and Peter Saleh attend a reception celebrating the Liechtenstein Embassy, which opened 10 years ago at 2900 K St., NW.
From left, Ambassador of Norway Wegger Christian Strommen, President of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Patricia Ellis, Ambassador of Sweden Jonas Hafström, and Glynn Jones of Jolt Productions attend a reception celebrating the 10th anniversary of Liechtenstein’s embassy.
From right, Len Garon, an artist in Alexandria, Va., and Jerome Berry, artistic director and co-founder of the Embassy Series, present Sarit Arbell, director of cultural affairs at the Israeli Embassy, with a commemorative poster at a “World Music Day” concert held at the Embassy of Israel and hosted by the Embassy Series to commemorate the life of Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter and a professional violinist who was killed by al-Qaeda-affiliated militants while on assignment in Pakistan in 2002.
Nyumbani Benefit
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From left, Sister Mary Owens, executive director of Nyumbani, joins supporters James and Prissy Ryan at Nyumbani’s annual benefit dinner and auction, held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Nyumbani, which is Swahili for “home,” is Kenya’s largest facility for HIV+ children.
Nyumbani Vice President and former U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol Lawrence Dunham, left, talks with Kathleen Matthews, right, a former TV news anchor who is now chief communications and public affairs officer for Marriott International, as MaryLynn Qurnell, president of the Nyumbani U.S. Board of Directors, looks on at the annual Nyumbani benefit dinner, which was emceed by Matthews.
From left, Ambassador of Peru Harold Forsyth, Lucia Parsan, Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago Neil Parsan, and Ambassador of Dominica Hubert John Charles attend the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day reception.
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Former Ambassador of Macedonia and President of Pencils4Kids International Ljubica Z. Acevska, left, joins psychiatrist Joseph Novello at Nyumbani’s annual benefit dinner “From Vision to Reality: A 20-Year Journey,” which celebrated the 20th anniversary of Nyumbani, founded in 1992 by the late Rev. Angelo D’Agostino.
From right, Ryan N. Burnette, director of Richmond-based Alliance Biosciences, joins his fiancée Kady Dudley and father Jim Burnette, president of Alliance Engineering Inc., at the annual Nyumbani benefit dinner. Alliance Biosciences helped to build and certify the Nyumbani Diagnostics Laboratory that opened in 2011.
December 2012
From left, Ambassador of Jamaica Stephen Vasciannie, Ambassador of Guyana Bayney Karran, and O. Hilaire Sobers, a human rights specialist with the Organization of American States (OAS), attend the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day reception held at the OAS.
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