What U.S. cities have Bastille Day Celebrations or events in 2003?
Please provide a website or contact for these cities if possible.

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Request for Question Clarification by saxifrage-ga on 05 Nov 2002 16:33 PST

Hi, ace123 --

How many cities would be sufficient for a good answer? I've found
several, but I'd like to know how many you need before posting an
answer.

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Clarification of Question by ace123-ga on 06 Nov 2002 05:54 PST

I want events occurring in major market areas (surrounding suburbs or
the cities themselves)in particular New York metro, Boston, Balt/Wash
DC, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, L.A., San Francisco, Portland and
Seattle. If you can find events occurring in at least four or five of
these areas that would be great.  If you can find more than that I
will be VERY appreciative.

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Request for Question Clarification by rippo-ga on 06 Nov 2002 12:12 PST

Hello - 

I have contacted the French Alliance headquarters in most of the major
cities you are interested in, and all have confirmed that formal
citywide Bastille Day festivities have not been finalized yet. They
suggest contacting them after the beginning of the year.

I have a list of contacts that can give you EXACT dates and details of
all formal Bastille Day city celebrations in the following cities:

Miami
Washington D.C.
Fort Lauderdale
New Orleans
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Boston

In addition, I have a list of a few local Bastille Day events in
Boston, San Francisco, Miami, and New York.

As festivities in most of the cities you are referring to are not
finalized yet, I will not post an answer and receive payment for it
unless you confirm that you are interestd in the information I can
provide:

+ contact info for the French Alliance in the major cities above that
can provide EXACT details on festivities in those cities in a few
months, AND
+ the local event info I was able to collect on my own.

Please let me know if you would like me to post my answer with the
information I have above.

Thank you.

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Clarification of Question by ace123-ga on 06 Nov 2002 13:48 PST

Are you saying that the French Alliance contacts have confirmed there
will be Bastille day events/activities, but have no firm plans yet?
If the answer above is yes, then I would like to receive the
information you found for both the French Alliance contacts and the
other local celebrations.

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Request for Question Clarification by rippo-ga on 06 Nov 2002 16:53 PST

In short, yes, but I want to be clear:

The organizations I have contacted in each of the cities below have
all said that it is too early to confirm any details of events.
However they have all referenced details (locations, festivities) of
past events indicating that they plan to hold or release details for
similar events in 2003. (For example, in San Francisco, there is an
annual event on Bush street in the "French Quarter", which will likely
go on as it has for years past, but at present, there are no details
around it because no one has planned the 2003 event yet.)

In other cases (e.g., Miami) it is just a matter of the French Embassy
being allowed first rights to plan Bastille Day festivities. Thus,
other Bastille Day celebrations will follow after the primary city
celebrations are planned.

It varies from city to city. As we are a good 8 months away from
Bastille Day, few cities have confirmed much, but those that I spoke
to have confirmed that calling back around the new year should afford
far more detail on any celebration plans in that city.

As I mentioned, I can offer you these cities' contact info, as well as
whatever events I could dig up - sponsored privately, for the most
part - for Boston, San Francisco, Miami, and New York.

Sorry for delaying posting this info - I just don't want to post it
unless you are happy with paying for the above information. Please let
me know if this is acceptable.

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Clarification of Question by ace123-ga on 07 Nov 2002 07:52 PST

Hi - rippo-ga: I like your answer; it seems you have found what I
need.  Send it on. Thanks.

Hello,

Formal Bastille Day festivities in many of the major cities you
specify have not been finalized yet. However, after contacting a
number of the cities' French Alliance headquarters, I discovered that
more detail on any Bastille Day festivities may be available after the
beginning of the year. You should get in touch with the French
Alliance in cities listed below in early 2003, after that city has
finalized Bastille Day plans, for further information.

Google Answers does not permit posting of contact information, so
please refer to the websites below in early 2003:

Washington DC
http://www.francedc.org/

San Francisco, CA
http://www.afsf.com/contact.html

Hartford, CT
http://www.alliancefrancaisehtfd.org/

New Orleans, LA
http://www.af-neworleans.org/

Miami, FL
http://www.afmiami.org
NOTE - The above website is occasionally hard to get to but you can
get the Miami French Alliance's phone number off of the site below as
well:

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:WoCz092wiyYC:www.where-miami.com/story.cfm%3FID%3D138+Bastille+Day+festivities+2003&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Atlanta, GA
http://www.afatl.com/aboutus.htm

Houston, TX
http://www.afdehou.org/

Denver, CO
http://www.afdenver.org/

In addition, please see a full list of French Alliance contacts
worldwide (including other American cities you did not mention) at
this website:

http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/alliance_francaise.htm


Below is Bastille Day event information in a handful of U.S. cities
that did have festivity information available (may be privately
funded, as opposed to city-sponsored):

Boston, MA

Bastille Day Festival
Date: 07/11/2003
7-11pm
Marlborough & Clarendon Streets
Contact Info is available here: 

http://www.bostonusa.com/visitor/resdet.php?cat=&cat_seqnum=&type=event&seqnum=9861

Bastille Day in Cambridge
7/13/2003
Holyoke Street
1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Free Admission to the Public
Contact Info is available here:

http://www.bostonusa.com/visitor/resdet.php?cat=&cat_seqnum=&type=event&seqnum=9935


San Francisco, CA

Union Square Between Grant & Kearny / Bush & Sutter
July 2003
Every year, 6,000 festive people converge on this day at Café Claude &
Café Bastille, located at the heart of the "French Quarter" in honor
of the people victory during the revolution of 1789. Found here:

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:cB6tTGpb3_AC:www.sfstreetfair.com/+Bastille+Day+festivities+2003&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Bastille Day at L'Olivier
Davis Street in San Francisco
Saturday, July 13, 2002 
Gourmet Dinner & Accordion Music
$45.00 per person
Reservations Only - Contact Info is here:

http://www.ggra.org/calendar/calendar.cfm?Type=event&EventID=1311&date=7%2F13%2F2002

Bastille Day at Moose's
Stockton Street in San Francisco
July 14, 2002 
Contact Info Here:

http://www.ggra.org/calendar/calendar.cfm?Type=event&EventID=1312&date=7%2F14%2F2002

Hotel Sofitel
Bastille Day, Celebrate French Independence Day with Hotel Sofitel
07/13/2003 
5PM-11PM
Free admission
Live music with The Fundamentals, Fireworks.
Contact Info:

http://www.sofitel.com


Miami, FL

Bastille Day Celebration
July 17, 2003
Wine tasting. 
Rutherford's 465 in Destin, northern Florida
Contact Info: 

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:qS0QT4eCYlIC:www.nwfdailynews.com/today/happenin.shtml+Bastille+Day+festivities+2003&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

North Miami Beach Bastille Tribute
July 21
Intracoastal Cinema will screen Le Monde de Marty by Denis Bardiau
(breakfast, lecture, Q&A) Contact info: for this event as well as the
French-American Chamber of Commerce of Miami, the Consulate General of
France in Miami, and the Alliance Francaise of Miami  (which are first
sources for Bastille Day activities in the greater Miami area) are
located at this website, in the section titled "Independence,
Subtitled":

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:WoCz092wiyYC:www.where-miami.com/story.cfm%3FID%3D138+Bastille+Day+festivities+2003&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


New York, NY

July 14, 2003
Gilda's Club of New York City invite guests to the VIP Bastille Day
reception for a wine-tasting, music and entertainment at West Houston
Street.
Contact Info is here:

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:b4rcxw5JSVQC:www.thenewyorkseason.com/NYwhat%27shot.htm+Bastille+Day+festivities+2003&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


ADDITIONAL LINKS:

French Alliance Homepage:

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:DDYmO308Xt0C:aps.naples.net/community/NFNWebpages/storyboard

.cfm%3FStoryBoardNum%3D121%26PageNum%3D30+2003+bastille+day+seattle&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Worldwide French Alliance Contacts:

http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/alliance_francaise.htm


SEARCH STRATEGY:

Bastille Day festivities U.S.
"French Alliance" + celebration info
French Alliance + contact info
[cityname] + "French Alliance"


I hope this helps, and good luck!

This is my first experience with Google answer and I am very impressed
with the service and the way it is organized. I will recommend it to
my colleagues.

This is what I found
Bastille Day 2002, Celebrate Bastille Day In New Hope - July 13 & 14.
http://www.newhopepennsylvania.com/bastilleday.htm

Cabaret singer Ginette Bernard will lead Bastille Day celebrations
in two locations in New York City on Sunday, July 14th, 2002
http://www.svhamstra.com/News2002BastilleNYC.shtml

Waitersâ race tops bill as New York starts celebrating Bastille Day 
New York City waiters and waitresses -- long aprons, loaded trays and
all -- will race for a free round-trip New York-to-Paris ticket on
Sunday as part of a weekend of Bastille Day celebrations in New York
commemorating Franceâs July 14, 1789 independence.
http://starchefs.com/news/press_releases/html/a_23.shtml

Bastille Day Celebrations in the Midwest Célébrations du 14 juillet
http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/France-Midwest/0701fetenat.htm

July 14, 2002. New Hope, PA. New Hope, PA. Bastille
Day celebrations. Pétanque tournament
http://www.petam.com/events.html

Thanks so much for the tip! Glad the info was useful.