Vive la liberté !

Quelle soirée formidable, merci d'être venus si nombreux !

Saturday, October 19; 4:00-7:00pm
CLARA Auditorium
Sing, Dance, Sip, and Celebrate with us at our Fall Fundraiser!

AF Sacramento Members: $60 
Non-member Tickets: $65 

Tickets include your first glass of wine and apéritif dinatoire, additional glasses available for $10
Guest names are on the guestlist, no physical tickets needed

Wine List and Hors d'oeuvres plan details below
This event is similar to our past Fall Beaujolais Nouveau events

There will be a live jazz band, dancing, singing, and
we'll have an outside Parisian sidewalk café for those who would like
to sit, take a break from the dancing and music and catch up with old friends

The Alliance Française de Sacramento is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Allied liberation of France
with a festive evening called Vive la Liberté! on Saturday, October 19, 2024, 4:00-7:00 PM in the CLARA auditorium in Midtown

Vive la Liberté ! aims to recreate the atmosphere of jubilation that swept through France as Allied forces liberated the country from Nazi occupation.

The celebration will kick off with simple swing dance lessons, followed by live music, French hors d’oeuvres and, of course, champagne, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. Of course there will be chocolates and plenty of other desserts. 

To add to the festive commemoration of this pivotal moment in history, the event will feature some dancers in period costume and songs in French and English.

Should you have 1940s /swing-themed attire, it's a great occasion for it. (Completely optional)

$20 Wine Raffle / Wine Pull tickets

will be available for purchase at the event
We'll have approxiamately 18 bottles of wine (some French, some Californian) ranging in retail price from $35 to $155! One of them comes with a bonus tour and tasting at Andis Wines. 
The 18 winners will get to blindly select a bag and go home with a nice bottle of wine (or a holiday present)

Silent and Live Auction Items Include

Original Josephine Baker Art Doll
Wine Tasting for 4 at Acheson Wine Company
A Float Session at Saha Float Spa
Capital Theatre Tickets
The Woodland Opera House Tickets
Sacramento Republic Tickets
Two-Day Tour of Bretagne

Special Live Auction Item

Two-night stay at the new five-star Hotel Balzac in Paris (Junior Suite) & 
4 hours of professional travel planning
Extra-Special thanks to Donna Dyer at World Citizen Travel

Enormous thanks for the generosity of our event sponsors

French American Benevolent Society
CookBrown LLP, Barbara Cotter
Matthew Abergel & Bob Cooner
Burt & Charlotte Cohen
Etienne & Jean Girard
Don & Diane Rodes
Mark Redor

Vins français
Château du Martret Sélection Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 France
Pinot Noir Les Plants Nobles 2021 Ropiteau France
Grand Sud rosé Merlot 2021 France
Sauvignon Blanc La Belle Angèle France
Amour De Paris Brut Sparkling France

Vins californiens
Painted Fields Cuvée Blanc Sierra Foothills Plymouth,
Cabernet Franc 2016 hawk Creek Vineyards Sierra Foothills
Andis wines Estate Grenache 2016 Akuna Block Amador
Andis wines Barbera d'Amador 2016 Amador

Hors d'oeuvres (planned)
Sandwiches jambon beurre
Gougères faites maison Julia
Tapenade noire sur toast (vegan)
Fromage chevre et confiture de figue sur toast (veg)
Endives à la mousse de roquefort et noix de pécans confites (veg)
Endives au thon
Endives à la salade de carottes râpées  (vegan)
Endives with black (or green) lentils (vegan)

“Just ask anyone who has visited the Normandy American Cemetery,” said Don Rodes, the Alliance Française de Sacramento Board President. “In the long history that our two nations share...  no event is more profoundly moving, more deeply connects us to each other, than the liberation of France in 1944.”

D-Day took place in early June 1944, but it took Allied forces, led by General Eisenhower, until the fall of that year to free all of France. In towns and cities all along the route to victory, Allied troops and local folks celebrated together, often overcoming the language barrier with a shared love of music and dance.