BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:251@workinginconcert.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251022T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251105T000000 DTSTAMP:20250920T174525Z URL:https://workinginconcert.org/events/connexion-fan-club-goes-to-france/ SUMMARY:Connexion Fan Club Goes to France DESCRIPTION:\nFamily\, Friends and Fans\, you love the music but are not a singer yourself? Join the Cabaret Connexion FAN CLUB as we travel with our singers to Paris! \n\n\n\nYES\, come with us \;for access to nightly performances and daytime tourism activities \;specially crafted \ ;for you. \; \;\n\n\n\nIn Paris\, your Fan Club membership fee of $250 gives you entry to every Cabaret Connexion event (concerts\, jam sess ions\, walking tour\, \;Josephine Baker musical—10 events all told). Plus you can participate in our daytime itinerary as much or as little as you choose. The daily tourism excursions are à la carte\, some being fre e of charge. \;Our volunteer organizers (led by David Reithoffer) will help guide you\, including the best way to use Paris’ amazing public tr ansportation system. \;\n\n\n\nThe FIAP Jean Monnet conference center in the 14th arrondissement (30 Rue Cabanis\, 75014 Paris) will be the epi center for our activities. This is where more than 40 US and internationa l singers will be staying and sharing daytime workshops with a dozen of th eir French counterparts. As co-travelers\, you benefit from the group-dis count room rate for your stay at FIAP. The café/lobby will be our meeting point for departures of the daily excursions\, and the restaurant serves delicious meals all day.  \n\n\n\nCome enjoy Paris with people who know and love it! \;\n\n\n\nDetails for Paris AND trips to Lyon and Dordogn e are posted at  \;cabaretconnexion.org/calendar#fanclub. \;\n\n\n \nLYON\, October 22-October 25\, 2025 — The \;fee of $500 \;cove rs lodging for 4 nights at the 4-star Collège Hotel in Vieux Lyon and 3 C onnexion concerts. The high-speed 2-hour train from Paris is approximately $80-$120 round trip. \;Lyon is the gastronomic capital of France so e xpect our evening group dinners to be sublime. For performers\, the confer ence participation fee of $300 covers 5 workshops\, 2 round tables\, and s inging in concert.\n\n\n\nPARIS\, October 26-November 2\, 2025 — The&nbs p\;fee of $250 \;covers five Connexion concerts\, open mics\, a singin g tour of Montmartre\, lunchtime round table discussions\, and attending t he smash musical "Josephine Baker" on Sunday\, November 2. Our volunteer a mbassadors have devised a list of optional daytime activities and will be on hand to help you get around. \;We recommend staying with us at FIAP Jean Monnet conference center. Our group rate is about $96 per night for a single room\, $67 per person sharing a two-twin-bed room. Breakfast is i ncluded. The restaurant and snack bar are ample. The location is convenien t to many sites and transit lines. \;\n\n\n\nDORDOGNE\, November 3-5\, 2025 — We have the unique opportunity to sing at and visit Jospehine Ba ker’s chateau\, escorted by her son Akio Bouillon Baker. \;Our chauf feur Pascal will take us on an idyllic tour of the countryside\, the cliff side villages including the historic La Roque-Saint Christophe\, and a vis it with Akio to his town of Saint Cyprien. We’ll stay at the Domaine de la Rhonie\, feted by the owners Emmanuelle and Mickael with local cuisine of paté and duck confit (the vegetarian sèpe mushroom omelette is sublim e). The \;all-inclusive fee of $810 \;covers 4-hour train ride fro m and to Paris\, our bus\, double occupancy lodging\, \;museum entries \, and all meals. \;\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workinginconcert.org/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-4.45.54 PM.jpg CATEGORIES:Associate artist of Black Voices in Cabaret,Associated Artist,Cabaret Connexion,SongShop,SongShop Related,Working In Concert concerts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR