FRANCE COMMITTEE
Current Committee Chairman:
- Douglas Miller - douglas.miller6780@gmail.com
Cell: 316-208-1052
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/WASC.France/
Committee Meetings (anyone is welcome!):
- 1st Saturday of each month at 12:00 PM at Watermark Books 4701 E. Douglas Ave., Wichita, KS. Zoom is also available if needed.
2026 Dates:
- April 4
- May 2
- June 6
- July 11
- August 1
- September 12
- October 3
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In February 2023 in honor of our 50th anniversary as Sister Cities, WASC and WSU produced concerts and masterclasses in both Orléans and Wichita. In honor of this historic anniversary, the concerts featured music from American and French composers. Here are the Youtube videos of the two WSU concerts featuring Vincent Mitterrand:
February 19th - Vincent performed in the Faculty Artist Chamber Music Chamber recital featuring WSU French faculty for the 2nd half. Click here for the link to this concert.
February 21st - Vincent performed the "Concerto for Trumpet" by French composer Henri Tomasi with the WSU Wind Ensemble. Click here for the link to this concert.
Previous event pictures:
left - placing WWII commemorative plaque by Joan of Arc statue downtown in Sept. 2021
below - Nov. 11th, 2022 Veteran's day event - planting tulip bulbs around Joan of Arc and the WWII commemorative plaque
Upcoming WASC France Committee Events:
The next Entre Nous is in April. Keep an eye out on the France Committee Facebook page (click here)
Past Events:
- Wichita Area Sister Cities France Committee held Entre Nous on February 14 at La Galette & the Tallgrass Film Center at the LUX. To see pictures of the event, please check out our Facebook events: La Galette (click here) & Tallgrass Film Center (click here)
- Entre Nous - November 8 at 3 PM. The France Committee presented "Le Magnifique". See attached details on the Facebook event (click here).
- Entre Nous - June 21st featuring "Les Choristes". See Facebook link for details:
- A French delegation from Orléans, France, visited Wichita April 5-12, 2025. Please visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WASC or click here to see pictures of the visit on our website.
- Volunteers from the WASC France committee watered and weeded the flower beds around Joan of Arc on March 15, 2025. If you are interested in future events, please see our Facebook page (click here).
- Entre Nous in February 2025 featured the movie "Le Temps des Secrets"! See below, and on Facebook, pictures of this event. Click here for FB event.
- Mayor Whipple and Orléans Mayor Serge Grouard meeting in June 2023 to renew and strengthen our Sister City relationship in honor of our 50th anniversary
- Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/wasc-50th-anniversary-commemor/1378802152916442/
PDF of the May 8th program - click here
On March 18, 2026, OW! celebrated 10 years of Laurent Doisneau-Herry's presidency. He has now been replaced as president by Isabelle Bourrée. We wish Laurent the best in all his future endeavors and appreciate all he has done to promote our Sister City relationship! See more pictures by clicking here.
