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Calendar
Please see our Language Groups page for the regular meetings of German, Italian, and Spanish conversation groups.
Thursday, June 25, 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Sister Cities First Summer Mixer at Flyte World Dining & Wine<http://www.flytenashville.com/>
718 Division Street (at the corner of Division St. & 8th Ave.
S.)
Come out for a little cross-cultural mixing and mingling at Flyte, which will be offering excellent happy hour specials
on drinks and food.
July 5-10 Mayoral delegation visit from Taiyuan to Nashville in association with the International Tai Chi Chuan Symposium
on Health, Education and Cultural Exchange at Vanderbilt University. One of the visiting Tai Chi masters is from
Taiyuan. For information and registration, go to www.taichisymposium.com.
July
6, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
SCN
Board President David Briley speaks at a banquet at Vanderbilt University honoring Tai Chi masters. Tickets are $35
each and can be reserved through www.taichisymposium.com.
July 10, 7:30 - 9:30
p.m.
SCN members (with dues current) and U.S.- China Peoples Friendship
Association members are invited to the Tai Chi Symposium's Friendship Picnic, a casual barbecue dinner (with music, line dancing,
etc.), which will take place in a tent outside the Common Center Dining Hall at Vanderbilt University. Admission is
complimentary for members. Please email your reservation (and any other Sister City member names) to director@scnashville.com. Non-members can attend for $15 and can make reservations through www.taichisymposium.com.
July 29 - August
1
Sister Cities International Conference will take place for the first time
outside the U.S. in Belfast, Northern Ireland (Nashville's sister city). A delegation from Nashville will participate
in the conference, network with other Sister City members and tour the area. Please contact director@scnashville.org if you are interested in joining the delegation.
August 26, 9:00 a.m.
A commemoration honoring
Captain Charles M. Peal, the WWII ace fighter pilot who was the impetus for our International Friendship City relationship
with Crouy, France, will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery; there will be a simultaneous ceremony in Crouy. Read more about the Captain Peal story. Thursday, Sept. 24,
5:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Sister Cities of Nashville Celebrates a World of Friendship...dinner and silent auction to raise funds for our programs
and scholarships for Nashville exchange students in need of financial aid. October 9–10
A delegation
from Sister Cities of Nashville will travel to South Korea and join Jeong Song-Hag, mayor of Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul for
the annual Achasan Goguryeo Festival. October 12 A delegation from Sister Cities of
Nashville and the Nashville Bar Association Sister City committee will visit Caen, France. The trip will include a visit
to the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, Mont St. Michel, city hall and the courts, and favorite local restaurants.
Exact trip dates to follow.
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