During the Pandemic...

We understand that we have a responsibility to limit the spread of the virus and we will only host events where we believe that the type of the event and the location are appropriate.

However, to keep everyone safe, we will also need your help and we ask all Members to adhere to our health and safety guidelines when attending in-person events:

• Wash your hands regularly
• Keep a comfortable and safe distance
• Wear a mask if required
• If you feel unwell, please do stay at home
• If you cough or sneeze, please do so away from others, or into your elbow

If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and you have attended an in-person event during this period, please contact us at jf@jfdor.org so we can inform the rest of the attendees

If we all follow these basic safety guidelines, we are sure that we can safely reunite you and your fellow Members or Customers at our events.

Season's Greetings and Round robin

Dear Friends and supporters,

December is a wonderful time of the year when I can wish you all the very best for Christmas, Bodhi Day, Return of the Wandering Goddess, Id al-Fitr, Winter Solstice,  Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yuletide & Saturnalia and a healthy, loving, peaceful and prosperous year 2020.

Thank you for contributing to the success of JFDE.

Here is my round robin of the year: :-)

Please note and see at the bottom of this email my new websites and email addresses.

The Gay Professional Network met regularly this year, it included a reception at the House of Lords hosted by The Lord Scriven of Hunters Bar , various talks by  Sir Stephen Wall, Joseph Galliano,  Andrew Lumsden and dinners and plenty of networking!

In 2020, GPN's 10th anniversary  year,  we kick out the year with Matthew Hodson followed by Pliny Soocoormanee and Peta Cooper, Ed Davies, Carla Ecola, Peter Tatchell, Dan Nouveau, Mark Bunyan, Ian Dodds and Paul Burston.

The Network saw its revival after a few month away  and we had talks by Roland Marsden about China and Kim Rix about Diamonds

In 2020, we kick out with Cedric Torossian about PropTech , Dexter Moscow about 'standing up and sell!' Sandra Shevey about Alfred Hitchcock

I promoted various other events, one of which sadly fell on this blackest of Black Friday.

As an event organiser, I organised and recommended various venues for various events that will remain nameless to protect the privacy of my clients and businesses.

As a catering consultant,  people keep trying to pick my brain so I ask them to pick a time and method of payment:  Good advice saves you bucks  and free advice peanuts. I am well worth the investment.

I came to a sudden conclusion that it is now 40 years that I started Hotel School and started work alongside it.

As Hon. Secretary of the Whitefriars Club,and under the chairmanship of Alessandro Gallenzi  our dinners were graced by the presence, their talks and even songs, in one instance,  of Sir John Tomlinson,  Nigel Newton, Sir Anthony Beevor, Lisa Hilton, Anthony Mc Carten, A.N. Wilson and Kate Mosse .

In 2020 Bee Rowlatt and Richard Stokes are coming to speak to us.

I did a few films but less so now as I travel to and fro Belgium, Wales and London and occasionally to other shores. Check me on http://www.imdb.com/list/ls038032236/ 

My painting is evolving too and you can see some on on http://jeanfrancoisdor.pictures

Season's Greetings!

It remains to me to wish you and your family a wonderful end of year's festivities

Yours ever,

Jean-François.

PS: just in case you wonder what is the return of the Wandering Goddess or other festivities, please look at http://www.religioustolerance.org/xmas_conflict1.htm

Please note the new websites and emails addresses:

https://jfdor.org	jf@jfdor.org
https://www.the-network.one	jf@the-network.one
https://gpn.one	jf@gpn.one
https://www.jeanfrancoisdor.pictures	jeanfrancoisdor@gmail.com

Please delete from your database www.jeanfrancoisdor.com,  www.jfdor.co.uk, events@jeanfrancoisdor.com & info@jeanfrancoisdor.com  that are no longer in use.

Season's greeting and round robin

Dear Friends and supporters,

December is a wonderful time of the year when I can wish you all the very best for Christmas, Bodhi Day, Return of the Wandering Goddess, Id al-Fitr, Winter Solstice,  Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yuletide & Saturnalia and a healthy, loving, peaceful and prosperous year 2020.

Thank you for contributing to the success of JFDE.

Here is my round robin of the year: :-)

Please note and see at the bottom of this email my new websites and email addresses.

The Gay Professional Network met regularly this year, it included a reception at the House of Lords hosted by The Lord Scriven of Hunters Bar and  various talks by  Sir Stephen Wall, Joseph Galliano,  Andrew Lumsden and dinners and plenty of networking!

In 2020, GPN's 10th anniversary  year,  we kick out the year with Matthew Hodson followed by Pliny Soocoormanee and Peta Cooper, Ed Davies, Carla Ecola, Peter Tatchell, Dan Nouveau, Mark Bunyan, Ian Dodds and Paul Burston.

The Network saw its revival after a few month away  and we had talks by Roland Marsden about China and Kim Rix about Diamonds.

In 2020, we kick out with Frank Mc Gillion about his books, Cedric Torossian about PropTech , Dexter Moscow about 'standing up and sell!' Sandra Shevey about Alfred Hitchcock

I promoted various other events, one of which sadly fell on this blackest of Black Friday.

As an event organiser, I organised and recommended various venues for various events that will remain nameless to protect the privacy of my clients and businesses.

As a catering consultant,  people keep trying to pick my brain so I ask them to pick a time and method of payment:  Good advice saves you bucks  and free advice peanuts. I am well worth the investment.

I came to a sudden conclusion that it is now 40 years that I started Hotel School and started work alongside it.

As Hon. Secretary of the Whitefriars Club,and under the chairmanship of Alessandro Gallenzi  our dinners were graced by the presence, their talks and even songs, in one instance,  of Sir John Tomlinson,  Nigel Newton, Sir Anthony Beevor, Lisa Hilton, Anthony Mc Carten, A.N. Wilson and Kate Mosse .

In 2020 Bee Rowlatt and Richard Stokes are coming to speak to us.

I did a few films but less so now as I travel to and fro Belgium, Wales and London and occasionally to other shores. Check me on http://www.imdb.com/list/ls038032236/ 

My painting is evolving too and you can see some on on http://jeanfrancoisdor.pictures

Season's Greetings!

It remains to me to wish you and your family a wonderful end of year's festivities

Yours ever,

Jean-François.

PS: just in case you wonder what is the return of the Wandering Goddess or other festivities, please look at http://www.religioustolerance.org/xmas_conflict1.htm

Please note the new websites and emails addresses:

https://jfdor.org	jf@jfdor.org
https://www.the-network.one	jf@the-network.one
https://gpn.one	jf@gpn.one
https://www.jeanfrancoisdor.pictures	jeanfrancoisdor@gmail.com

Please delete from your database www.jeanfrancoisdor.com,  www.jfdor.co.uk, events@jeanfrancoisdor.com & info@jeanfrancoisdor.com  that are no longer in use.

DANCE, MUSIC & CONVERSATION with Menaka PP Bora, Alan Yentob & Guests - Royal Albert Hall Friday 29th November @7:30pm

Dr. Menaka PP Bora   Multi-award winning classical dance soloist, Bollywood choreographer-actor and musicologist.   Celebrated for her youthful take on classical dance and music, Menaka is the winner of the coveted Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships in Music in Britain and Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva Puraskar (India's most prestigious national award in classical dance)   Alan Yentob   Legendary British TV broadcaster and former Creative Director of BBC   In conversation with Menaka PP Bora

Hope you are well and that you will be able to support Menaka PP Bora in her Elgar Room debut performance at the Royal Albert Hall, in the Elgar Room,  on Friday 29th November 2019 at 7:30pm.   This show is multi-cultural and  includes freshly choreographed pieces from classical and experimental South Asian dance and music and is a milestone in her career.   8 pm: The show starts in a conversation on ideas, inspiration and humanity in 21st century cross-cultural London with legendary British TV broadcaster and former Creative Director of BBC, Alan Yentob.    8:35 pm: South Asian classical dances including Sattriya - a 16th century old Indian classical dance from Assam based on traditional drums and music and blended with modern sound technology (the track was played on BBC Radio as world music), played by renowned guests musician and musicologists Prof. John Baily and Veronica Doubleday.   9:00 pm: Interval  - Refreshments available in the room.   9:15 pm: Experimental dance inspired by India followed by raga based music and dance piece , Lariya. This will be played with a rare Afghan instrument called Rubab, see below.   9:45 pm: Carriages    Thank you for your consideration and do get your tickets soon with the Royal Albert Hall directly (£16.50) on https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2019/dance-music-and-conversation-with-menaka-pp-bora/   Yours sincerely,    Jean-François.

Rubab   Rubab, robab or rabab is a lute-like musical instrument originating from central Afghanistan. The rubab is mainly used by various ethnic groups in Western Asia. Rubab is one of the national musical instruments of Afghanistan. It has "proliferated throughout West, Central, South and Southeast Asia.   This show is cross-cultural, emphasizing The Arts and looking into the Orient.

DANCE, MUSIC & CONVERSATION with Menaka PP Bora & Guests   This show brings together an immersive visual world using contemporary classical and experimental South Asian dance and music responding to a fresh conversation on culture and identity in contemporary London. “ the exquisite Indian dancer...” (The Skinny at Edinburgh Festival) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   Tickets

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DANCE, MUSIC & CONVERSATION with Menaka PP Bora & Guests - Friday 29th November @7:30pm. Join me to support her first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Dear Friends,   I have known Menaka for some times now and I am delighted to let you know that she will be at the Royal Albert Hall, in the Elgar Room,  on the 29th November 2019 at 7:30pm.   I hope that you will be able to join me in supporting her.   Buy your tickets with the Royal Albert Hall directly (£16.50) on https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2019/dance-music-and-conversation-with-menaka-pp-bora/   Yours sincerely,    Jean-François.   DANCE, MUSIC & CONVERSATION with Menaka PP Bora & Guests   This show brings together an immersive visual world using contemporary classical and experimental South Asian dance and music responding to a fresh conversation on culture and identity in contemporary London. Multi-award winning classical dance soloist, Bollywood choreographer-actor and musicologist Dr. Menaka PP Bora makes her debut at Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room by performing freshly choreographed pieces from classical and experimental South Asian dance and music including the rare 16th century Indian classical Sattriya dance of Assam along with renowned guest musicians and musicologists Prof. John Baily and Veronica Doubleday. Celebrated for her youthful take on classical dance and music, Menaka is the winner of the coveted Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships in Music in Britain and Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva Puraskar (India's most prestigious national award in classical dance). There will be a short in - conversation about ideas, inspiration and humanity in the 21st century cross-cultural London. “ the exquisite Indian dancer...” (The Skinny at Edinburgh Festival) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   Tickets