Natalie Pray
President
Post Office Box 7744
Greenwich, CT 06836-7744
Sir Alan Collins, KCVO, CMG, British Consul General; Natalie Pray, President, Greenwich Branch
SUNDAY 21 JUNE 2009
Greenwich Branch of the ESU celebrated HM The Queen's Birthday with an afternoon garden party at the home of Natalie and Malcolm Pray.
SUNDAY 21 February 2010
Luncheon - 12 noon
The Field Club
276 Lake Avenue
Greenwich
WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW COMES TO GREENWICH
Dr. Bernard E. McGivern, Jr., Judge at Westminster Dog Show and Governor of Westminster Kennel Club, will address members on the many aspects of showing and judging different breeds, the importance of a dog's pedigree, and the history of the Westminster Dog Show. He has judged at Westminster in New York twelve times, and has judged in almost every State in America. He is internationally known as a Vizsla (Hungarian hunting dog, golden short haired) breeder and has won nearly thirty Vizsla AKC Championships. He has judged in Ireland, Hungary Mexico, Canada, Australia, Spain and South Africa.
Judge McGivern will bring and exhibit a champion show dog and will demonstrate to members why that dog meets its breed standard.
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Winners of Greenwich Shakespeare Competition: Gus Ruchman, Third place; Alexa Salame, Second place; Annaliese Kirby, First place; Daniel O'Neill, Honorable Mention
The Greenwich Branch invites you to open the door to global understanding.
Welcome to the Greenwich Branch of the English-Speaking Union, which was established in 1983 and now has a membership of over 200 area residents. The Greenwich Branch supports the worldwide ESU goal of advancing the effective use of the English Language in an expanding global society. Its mission to foster the many uses of the English language is expressed through the varied programmes offering international speakers and cultural events. The Branch is committed to their annual educational programmes and competitions for high school students and fellowships for high school teachers. The members of the Branch support the national programme of “Books Across the Sea” by underwriting a selected series of books to be shipped to our affiliate in Serbia Montenegro.
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Students
In March, The ESU, the Smith College Club and the Greenwich Library co-sponsor the annual Shakespeare contest for public and private students in grades 10th-12th. In April, the local winner participates in the national finals held at Lincoln Center in New York City. The national winner is awarded a summer course in England.
In May, the Lillian Butler Davey Student Communications Awards, supported by Greenwich ESU, are held at Greenwich High School.
The John Douglas Public Speaking Award, in honour of our first president is presented to a senior at graduation. Over 200 students participate and the 25 winners receive awards in seven categories covering academic essay, journalism, public speaking, poetry, drama and video.
Teachers
We offer Fellowships to local High School teachers in English, Social Studies and Creative Writing to pursue summer courses for three to six weeks at Oxford University, the Globe Theatre and Edinburgh University.
The Walter Hines Page Scholarship supports a programme for ESU members here to host a British teacher who wishes to travel to the United States.
Members
The Greenwich Branch offers programmes from September through June with speakers selected from the British Evelyn Wrench Speakers Bureau, cocktail receptions with international guest speakers, the annual Christmas party and tours to museums.
The annual Garden Party celebrating The Queen's Birthday is held in June with the British Consul-General the Guest of Honour. At this event winners of the local Shakespeare Competition perform and the recipients of the Teacher Fellowships are introduced.
All members have access to Dartmouth House in London, the Headquarters of the ESU Commonwealth. Accommodation is available at area hotels which offer reduced rates to members.
Natalie T. Pray
President of the Greenwich Branch
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