Activities

Greenwich SHAKESPEARE COMPETITION
2025

The Greenwich Branch held its 2025 Shakespeare Competition on 5 March with the following winners -

First place - Abby Kesmodel, Greenwich Academy

Second place - Robyn Sickles, Brunswick School

Third Place - Verbatim Rodriguez, ACES Educational Center for the Arts

Honourable Mention - Kaylin Harrell, ACES Educational Center for the Arts

The first place winner will compete in the ESU NATIONAL COMPETITION on Monday 28 April 2025 at Lincoln Center, New York City.

For further information email Anne Elser - AnneElser4@gmail.com

Wednesday 9 APRIL 2025

Luncheon and lecture by Jonathan DuBois on the historic Naval Battle of 1812. British warships against American Frigates. The stunning American victory over 800 British warships would have a lasting legacy on the future relationship between the UK and the US. The lunch and lecture will be at The Round Hill Club at 12 noon.

TuesDAY 6 MAY 2025

Meeting of the Board of Directors will be held at The Belle Haven Club at 3 pm.

WednesdaY 14 MAY 2025

Luncheon and lecture by Sally Bedell Smith. Her REFLECTED GLORY is a biography of PAMELA DIGBY CHURCHILL HAYWARD HARRIMAN. The lecture will cover Pamela's significant relationship with Churchill during WWII, her liaison with Gianni Agnelli, Elie de Rothschild, marriage to Leland Hayward and Averell Harriman, her role in the Democratic Party and appointment by Clinton as Ambassador to France. The lunch and lecture will be at The Round Hill Club at 12 noon.

SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2025

Champagne celebration for the 77th Birthday of His Majesty King Charles III will be held at The Belle Haven Club at 3 pm. Winners of the Connecticut 2025 Shakespeare Competition will perform their winning monologues. HATS ON LADIES

Wednesday 17 SEPTEMBER 2025

Luncheon and lecture by Page Knox on the JOHN SINGER SARGENT exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York from April to August 2025. The exhibition will then move to the D'ORSAY museum in Paris. Sargent was an American artist most famous for portraits of beautiful women. Lunch will be at The Round Hill Club at 12 noon.

Thursday 16 octoBER 2025

Luncheon and lecture by Curt DiCamillo on banker baron J. P. MORGAN. An American collector of fine art, books, gems made possible by his fortune from a railway empire, steel and banking. A Renaissance prince his legacy is a mansion filled with rare books and art on Madison Avenue, New York. Lunch will be at The Round Hill Club at 12 noon.

THURSDAY 21 novEMBER 2024

Luncheon and lecture - THE KING, THE DUKE, THE ROTHSCHILDS - EDWARDIAN COUNTRY HOUSES IN THE ERA OF DOWNTON ABBEY by Curt Di CAMILLO. At the turn of the century, the Regency period was the zenith of the British Empire, London was the global capital, Rothschilds had the largest fortune in the world. The lecture examines the greatest country houses of England - Highclere Castle (setting for Downton Abbey), Blenheim Palace (home of the Dukes of Marlborough) and the glorious Rothschild houses. Lunch will be at The Round Hill Club at 12 noon.

sunday 8 decEMBER 2024

Christmas luncheon by the fireside at The Field Club with artists performing Classical and Christmas music. Lunch will be at 12 noon.

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Thursday 21 SEPTEMBER 2023

James O'Donnell, LVO, British Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 2000 to 2022, led the music at many royal and state occasions, including the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, lifetime Celebration for Prince Phillip, State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II. Mr O'Donnell is now Professor at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Lunch and lecture will be at The Round Hill Club at 12 noon.