The public has been invited to celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th Birthday at a special Garden Party to be held in the magnificent grounds of the Geneva English School on Saturday, 28 May 2016.
With views over Lake Léman and the Haute Savoie, the school is a perfect location for the Garden Party, which is being organized by the Romandie West Region of the British Residents’ Association of Switzerland in collaboration with the Royal British Legion, the Royal Air Forces Association, the Commonwealth Association of Geneva, the Royal Over-Seas League, the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Geneva Chapter, the Victoria British Aid Fund and the Rolls Royce Enthusiasts’ Club.
The Guest of Honour will be the British Ambassador to Switzerland, HE David Moran, who will propose the Loyal Toast. The dress code for the occasion will be `smart casual ́ or national dress and decorations may be worn.
Plus a unique opportunity to play with the stars…
Now celebrating its 10th year in business, the JoTo Tennis Club will host a special exhibition match in Chavannes-de-Bogis between 7-times Grand Slam winner, Mats Wilander, and JoTo co-founder Jonas Svensson.
With two such high ranking tennis players on the court, the match is sure to be a delight for tennis lovers of all ages! Once ranked as the No. 1 tennis player in the world, Mats has a string of Grand Slam titles to his name, gained between 1982 and 1988. Also previously ranked as No. 10 in the world, Jonas was twice a semi-finalist at Roland Garros. Both Mats and Jonas represented Sweden in the winning Davis Cup team in 1987, as well as being in the team of finalists in 1988 and 1999.
On its way from Olympia to Brazil, the Olympic flame will be stopping off in Lausanne. For all those with a burning desire to find out more about this flame, you can go to The Olympic Museum for a special event of free activities being held this weekend, Saturday 30 April and Sunday 1 May 2016.
From Olympia, where it is lit, to the stadium in the host city, the Olympic flame marks the approach of each edition of the Games through the ritual of the torch relay. On Thursday 21 April, the flame for the Rio 2016 Games was lit in Olympia. It has been traveling around Greece and then, before leaving for Brazil, it will make a brief stopover in Switzerland!
On Friday 29 April 2016, it will be presented at the UN headquarters in Geneva, before heading to The Olympic Museum in the afternoon, via the lake, carried in its safety lamp – on a rowing boat. A nod to the sport much loved by Pierre de Coubertin!
A ceremony will be held in its honour in the presence of IOC President Thomas Bach, Rio 2016 Organising Committee President Carlos NUZMAN and various personalities from the canton and commune invited for the occasion.
On Saturday 30 April and Sunday 1 May, the general public can discover the flame which will light up the Games in Rio this summer. It will burn in the Rio 2016 cauldron installed at the Museum entrance. As such, it will join the Olympic fire which burns constantly under the benevolent gaze of Pierre de Coubertin’s statue. The flame will then head off towards Brasilia at the end of the day on Monday 2 May.
The last time the Olympic flame was in Lausanne was during the relay for the Games in Athens in 2004; and before that it was for the 1948 Games in London. In both cases, it was part of the official relay, with torches and torchbearers. This year, it is a flame presentation.
To mark this great first, The Museum is organising an event weekend open to everyone. The programme includes a special exhibition, mini-visits of the flame and relay, creative workshops, film screenings and concerts. All this will be free of charge, with no need to reserve beforehand (except for the brunches).
Following the recent opening of her brand new studio in Vinzel, Vaud, Michelle Petersen is launching a new series of photography courses, the first of which begins this Thursday, 28 April 2016.
Targeted at amateur photographers and parents keen to learn how to take better photos of their children, the new 8-week “Framing Kids” course will not only help you to understand the settings that are on your camera, but it will also help you to capture all the everyday joys and adventures of your family.
Each class will be split between lesson time and feedback on assignments that you will be set each week to do at your own pace at home. “Home-work” is optional, but highly encouraged, as this is how you will learn the most. There will also be a field-trip once the technical and compositional foundations have been laid, so that you can get hands-on coaching from Michelle.
The countdown is on for one of Europe’s most anticipated and lavish annual fundraising events, the Geneva Charity Ball (GCB). With this year’s "Red Carpet" theme, the 2016 Ball looks set to be one of the best gala events yet.
Hailed as “a must-attend event on the European expatriate social calendar” by The Telegraph, more than 300 guests, amongst them leading figures from the worlds of business, finance and media, are expected to attend this year’s event, which is being held at the Grand Hôtel Kempinski in Geneva on Saturday 30th April.
Featuring a glitzy champagne reception, a gastronomic dinner, auction, and luxury raffle as well as live music performances and a DJ, the Organizational Committee is hoping to raise a record-breaking amount of money for the GCB’s two Geneva-based children’s charities: Paidos, a Swiss NGO helping distressed teenagers reintegrate into society; and Clair Bois, the largest institution for poly-handicapped children in the canton of Geneva.
