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November 6, 2008      The Beach Club. Welcome to New Members. Complimentary Tea.
“Celebrate or Commiserate”

November 10, 2008    Bethesda-by-the-Sea Parish Hall 3p.m. Screening of “American Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill”. A talk by Anne Sebba, an English journalist, recorded by WGBH Boston at The Boston Atheneum. Members and guests – donation $5, lemonade and cookies.

November 29, 2008    The Colony Hotel. Luncheon 12:30 p.m. “Great Scots, Great Castles”. A “pre-Highland Fling” presentation by Walter Ross, illustrated with slides. By invitation.

December 12, 2008    The Beach Club. Tea at 4:00 p.m. The Teacher Scholarship Awards Reports, following the recipients’ return from their UK Summer Schools.
A film presentation by Kenneth Durran reporting on the ESU world conference held in Edinburgh in September, 2008.

Several speakers have been confirmed for 2009. Among them: Curt DiCamillo "Jewelry", Louise Nicholson "India", Flora Fraser (daughter of Lady Antonia Fraser), Elizabeth Sharland and Charlotte Nees "Ancient Maps of Asia". Details will follow.