LEFT: Members of The British Connection celebrate the Royal Wedding in 2011. BELOW: Frédéric Stephan, Timothy Rodriguez, Deputy Mayor Isabel Fezer of Stuttgart, Helen Marie Frey and Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany Lansing Hecker attend the St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister Cities’ 27th annual Winter Ball at the Missouri Athletic Club.
traveled to Germany and loved it, or simply want to learn more about the country. For St. Louisans from across the pond, The British Connection provides a little taste of home. British women, women with British roots going back three generations, or any woman married to a British man, are welcome to join the organization. Originally a branch of the Transatlantic Brides and Parents Organization, the group broke
free of the national organization in 1994. Tara Dix, former president and current member of the club, says many of the members are GI brides who came to America after WWII, though more and more members are young women who moved to the United States because of their husbands’ jobs. Dix says new transplants sometimes depend on other members of the group for help navigating American culture.
“Some of the foods have different names here,” Dix says. “So if you’re looking for a certain item for a recipe and you can’t find it…they answered silly questions for me [like that].” Members of the organization attend as few or as many events as they like. The club officially meets once a month, in addition to lunches, evening Continued on page 33
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Monday, July 7th, 2014 Ranken Jordan’s 10th annual Golf Tournament norwood Hills Country Club Registration opens and lunch begins - 11:00 a.m. Shotgun start - 12:00 p.m. Cocktails, dinner, Silent auction immediately following golf
To reserve your foursome or to become a sponsor, go to www.rankenjordan.org/golf auction gift donation forms can be found online at www.rankenjordan.org/golf For more information contact Special Events Coordinator, Colleen drazen, at colleen.drazen@rankenjordan.org or 314-872-6512.
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