Arnold Schwarzenegger - GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE
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Sopranos Jacquelynne Fontaine (l.) & Michelle Patzakis<br />
along with Peter Nathan Foltz (tenor) entertained the guests<br />
A Sold-Out Affair: Viennese Luncheon<br />
of the Zachary Society<br />
Despite financially difficult times, Nedra Zachary, president of The<br />
Loren L. Zachary Society for the Performing Arts, had no problems in<br />
filling the elegant ballroom at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on<br />
October 10 for the society’s annual fundraising luncheon to benefit<br />
young opera singers. This year, the guest of honor was Maestro Frank<br />
Fetta, the long-term conductor of the Zachary Society Vocal<br />
Competition’s final concert. Sopranos Jacquelynne Fontaine (l.) and<br />
Michelle Patzakis along with Peter Nathan Foltz (tenor), accompanied<br />
by Daniel Faltus, piano, entertained the guests (large photo). - gw/ps<br />
Dr. Siemon-Netto (center) with Helga, Kyle and Serge<br />
Kasimoff (3.f.l.), Dr. Thompson (3.f.r.), Consul General Drautz<br />
(2nd f. r.) and Dr. Michael Reksulak (r.)<br />
Nedra Zachary & Maestro Frank Fetta<br />
Erika Ross (l.) congratulated freshly<br />
engaged Dr. Carol Spanier & her fiancé<br />
Lee Ladwig<br />
Dr. Siemon-Netto congratulating Gabriele and Mark<br />
Hayes on their film.<br />
German Day in Irvine<br />
On the occasion of 20 years of German Reunification, Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto, journalist, professor at<br />
Concordia Lutheran University in Irvine, and Executive Director of “The Faithful Masks,” put together<br />
a very ambitious one-day program of musical performances, lectures by eyewitnesses, a reading by Dr.<br />
Angela Thompson, and the screening of “One Germany, Twenty Years Later,” a film directed by<br />
Gabriele and Mark Hayes. The event was sponsored by Kasimoff-Bluethner Piano, and Serge<br />
Kasimoff, an accomplished pianist, performed jazz on a Bluethner piano, one of the highlights of the<br />
event that attracted many students and professors from the university. It was a very informative day that<br />
gave new insights about recent German history to a young American audience - gw/ps<br />
Austrian National Day<br />
Celebration in Los Angeles<br />
On October 28, the Consul General of Austria, Dr.<br />
Karin Proidl (photo, l.), invited the VIPs of the Austrian-<br />
American community to a festive reception on the<br />
premises of her Brentwood residence to celebrate<br />
Austria’s National Day, October 26. City and county<br />
officials attended attend the event, among them Billie<br />
C. Greer (center), director of Governor <strong>Schwarzenegger</strong>’s<br />
office in Los Angeles who expressed her regrets of —<br />
due to the governor’s parting from office in January 2011 — not being able to attend the event in this<br />
function again. Austrian music performed by a chamber orchestra quartet and Austrian culinary<br />
delights made this evening again a very memorable event. - gw/ps<br />
All photos: GW/ps<br />
SPOTLIGHT • CALIFORNIA<br />
Winter 2010/11 www.german-world.com 47
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