Please join us on Thursday, February 17th to welcome our guest speaker Christopher Gaze, who will address our Society on Churchill and Shakespeare.

Best known as Artistic Director of Vancouver's Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, Christopher Gaze has performed in England, the USA and across Canada. Born in England, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before coming to Canada in 1975 where he spent three seasons at the Shaw Festival. He moved to Vancouver in 1983 and in 1990 founded Bard on the Beach which he has since nurtured to one of the most successful not-for-profit Arts organizations in North America, with 2009 attendance exceeding 91,000. In addition to performing and directing for Bard, Christopher's voice is heard regularly in cartoon series, commercials and on the radio. He also hosts Vancouver Symphony's popular Tea & Trumpets series and their annual Christmas concerts.

His many honours include induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Canada's Meritorious Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community Achievement Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children's Theatre Foundation of America (2007) and a Jessie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Equus at The Playhouse. As an Olympic ambassador, Christopher was honoured to run with the Olympic flame for the 2010 Games. A gifted public speaker, Christopher frequently shares his insights on Shakespeare and theatre with students, service organizations and businesses.

Follow this link to download the invitation and RSVP form.

For More Information:

The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Society of British Columbia
Patron: The Lady Soames, L.G., D.B.E .
c/o PO Box 33074, West Vancouver, BC V7V 4W7
www.winstonchurchillbc.org
Phone (604) 290-0880
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Wine and canapés will be served. The cost to members will be £25, and for their guests £30. Please complete the following application form and return it with cheque to the Secretary as indicated as soon as possible (so that numbers can be gauged), and - in any event - no later than 15th November.

Where: Union Club, Eight Park Street, Boston, Massachusetts

Annual Birthday Address will be given by Carlo D'Este
"Winston Churchill: Soldier and Warlord"

Black Tie (optional Black or Navy Business Attire), $85 per person, all-inclusive

Please RSVP by Nov 23

Special dietary requests should be given to Mr. Jay Adrian at the Union Club by November 23 by calling (617) 227-0589.

Carlo D'Este is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and a distinguished military historian. He is the author of acclaimed histories and biographies including Decision in Normandy; Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943, World War II in the Mediterranean; Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome; Patton: A Genius for War; Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life and Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1974-1945. Mr. D'Este received his B.A. from Norwich University and M.A. from the University of Richmond. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Norwich University in 1992. In 1995 he co-founded the William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium.

Copies of Warlord may be ordered with your reply. Mr. D'Este will sign copies of this book at the event.

The Churchillians Names
235 South Avenue 66
Los Angeles, CA 90042

For more information, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
For more information about speaker and author, David Stafford, click here.

From 2004 to 2007 he served as British Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia. Earlier diplomatic experience included working on Iraq, NATO and UN peacekeeping in London, and postings to the British Embassies in Manila and Washington.

Before joining the FCO he worked as an analyst and UK and international investment manager for Morgan Grenfell & Co, a merchant bank in the City of London.