Ovechkin at the Library of Congress tomorrow?
Our blog's reader Emily found this tweet by Open World Program:
- Wow! We just got word that Alex Ovechkin and some other Russian Capitols players will come by tomorrow for a photo op w our gala guests.
More tweets following the one above:
- Working hard on getting the Library of Congress Stradivarius collection in order for the Soloists of the Moscow Symphony to play at the gala
- Just concluded a great dinner with our Russian guests that will be attending our gala tomorrow. Great group! Lot's of energy and ideas.
Open World Hosts Ten Year Anniversary Gala at the Library of Congress
Washington, DC – The Open World Program, managed by the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress will host a gala celebration Tuesday, September 29, 2009 for an international cadre of policy makers, activists, politicos, foreign and U.S. ambassadors, and cultural luminaries. The gala event will be held in the Library of Congress’ historic Thomas Jefferson Building, in the stately Great Hall.
Open World’s anniversary gala is generously sponsored in whole by Donald M. Kendall, Former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Mr. Kendall is well-known for his role in the famous "Kitchen Debate" during the1959 exhibition in Moscow, where Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon entered into an impromptu and often humorous discussion of U.S.-Soviet issues. Prior to the Kitchen Debate that day, Mr. Kendall handed Khrushchev a cup of Pepsi and asked him if he could tell the difference between American made Pepsi and that of a Pepsi made in Russia with Russian water. The colorful Soviet replied, “Drink the Pepsi-Cola made in Moscow. It's much better than the Pepsi made in the U.S.”
Approximately 130 invited guests will attend and take part in a special program of events, enjoying a lavish Slavic-influenced dinner menu. For musical entertainment the Soloists of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra will be making their debut performance in the United States in honor of the event.
Open World’s 15,000th delegate, Ms. Diana Badtieva, of Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the Russian republic of North Ossetia-Alania in the North Caucasus, will attend the gala event as an honored guest. Ms. Badtieva is the director of the State Center for the Prevention of Drug Abuse, Alcoholism and Crime Among Youth and Minors, an agency within the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania’s Ministry of Youth Affairs. Ms. Batieva’s Open World professional programming will be provided by our partners, Supporters of Civil Society in Russia, Inc. and the Moscow School of Political Studies, and take place in Chicago, IL.
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