The evening, which featured cocktails, buffet, dancing and entertainment, was held under the high patronage of His Excellency Francois Delattre, Ambassador of France to the U.S., and Mr. Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy.  FHS Chairman Elizabeth Stribling and FHS President Comte Denis de Kergolay were joined by Gala Chairmen CeCe Black, Margo Langenberg, Liz McDermott, Betsy Santarlasci, Jean Shafiroff and Ann Van Ness; New York Chapter Co-Chairmen Odile de Schiétère-Longchampt and Guy N. Robinson; and Associate Chairmen Anthony Ames, Alison Harmelin, Alexandra Hoyle, Elizabeth Ann Kivlan and Whitney Wolfe.  

Board Members Christian Draz, Ronald Fleming, David Gray, Kazie Metger Harvey, George Sape and John Worthington gathered with guests including Harry Winston CEO Frederic de Narp, Château de Clos Lucé President François Saint Bris, Janna Bullock, Sharon Bush, Geoffrey Bradfield, Patricia Farman-Farmaian, Fred Hoff, Hunt Slonem, Liliana Cavendish and Silvina Leone, dancing to the live jazz music of The Alex Donner Orchestra and enjoying the entertainment of a magician and a caricaturist throughout the night.

French Heritage Society was founded in 1982 as a two way street for Americans and French to share their love ofhistoric architecture. FHS has contributed to almost 500 restoration grants and helped secure almost $18 million dollars for historic monuments, buildings and gardens in every department in France and to properties in the United States that reflect France’s historic influence. FHS has intervened after numerous natural disasters such as the 1999 storms in France and Hurricanes Hugo andKatrina in the U.S. FHS also organizes unique student internship opportunities in both countries and offers enriching cultural trips in France and the U.S. for its members. There are 13 Chapters in the United States and one in Paris.  For more information regarding FHS, please visit www.frenchheritagesociety.org.