ASEAN SPOUSES CIRCLE EXPLORES THE KENNEDY CENTER

Members of the ASEAN Spouses Circle at the Justice Forum of the REACH, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.

PRESS RELEASE

WDC-22-2023

24 MAY 2023

Embassy Press and Information Section

info@phembassy-us.org

 

 

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the Volunteer Council of the National Symphony Orchestra organized a special tour for the members of the ASEAN Spouses Circle (ASC) at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts – the nation’s premier cultural center – on 24 May 2023.

 

The tour began at the REACH which serves as the Center’s transformative new expansion, and offers multi-functional spaces and state of the art technology for its visitors, audiences, and artists. This was followed by a guided exploration of the Kennedy Center and its Opera House. The Opera House is home to the Washington National Opera and the second-largest theater in the Center.

 

Among the special guests in attendance were Datin Seri Haflin Nazri Aziz, spouse of Malaysian Ambassador to the United States Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz; and Ms. Htwe Hteik Tin Lwin, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. 

 

The group were also given the privilege to interact with some of the officials of the Kennedy Center such as: 1) Ms. Laurie McKay, Vice President of the Government Relations and Protocol; 2) Ms. Alicia Adams, Vice President for International Programming and Dance; 3) Ms. Jean Davidson, Executive Director of the National Symphony Orchestra; and 4) Ms. Jane White, President of the Volunteer Council for the National Symphony Orchestra. In addition, the group enjoyed a delectable variety of Filipino-inspired pastries such as calamansi shortbread, ube crinkle cookies, Malagos chocolate brownies, and Filipino Food for the Gods.

 

 

By an Act of Congress signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson  on January 23, 1964, the National Cultural Center was designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate his devotion to the advancement of the performing arts in the United States. ###

 

 

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ASC members learn the history and cultural role of the John F. Kennedy Center of Performing Arts.
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Representatives of the Philippine Embassy to the ASEAN Spouses Circle at the Center’s Opera House Lounge