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December 15, 2008
2nd Mikulás Holiday Party for the
Washington Partners and Friends of the Embassy of Hungary
The
Embassy of Hungary hosted the 2nd Mikulás Holiday Party for the political,
diplomatic, military and cultural partners and friends of the Embassy on
Tuesday, December 9 from 5pm to 7pm.
Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi welcomed all 100 guests, including Congressman Dennis
Kucinich (D-Oh.) and US Chief of Protocol Nancy Brinker, and wished all friends and partners a merry Christmas and a
successful new year.
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Ambassador Ferenc
Somogyi welcomed all 100 guests |
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Ambassador Ferenc
Somogyi and State Department Chief of Protocol Nancy Brinker |
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State Department
Chief of Protocol Nancy Brinker and Andrea Bors Somogyi with her son,
Bence
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Ohio Congressman
Dennis Kucinich (middle) with Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi and Andrea
Bors Somogyi |
The Embassy Mikulás Holiday
Party Choir sang a traditional Hungarian Christmas holiday song (Pásztorok, pásztorok) and
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells in
both Hungarian and English.
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The Embassy Mikulás Holiday
Party Choir sang a traditional Hungarian Christmas holiday song and
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells in
both Hungarian and English.
The choir included (from left to right): wife of the Ambassador,
Andrea Bors Somogyi, Economic Counselor Edit Pápai, Economic
Assistant Ilone Volter de Thier, Assistant to the DCM Mónika Varga,
Press Attaché Zoltán Fehér (at the piano), Cultural Attaché Béla
Gedeon, Science Attaché Balázs Erdei, and Political Counselor Sándor
Mihálkó. |
The Who Knows
More About Hungary holiday party quiz consisted of 17 historical,
cultural and gastronomical questions, with three participating teams:
Super Santa, Spring of Freedom, and Santa Squad, competing
for the grand prize: a cake by Embassy Chef Lázár Kovács. The final results
turned out to be a 15-15 tie between Super Santa and Santa Squad, and the
shootout catapulted the Super Santa team into the first place.
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Three members of
Super Santa, the winning team of the Hungary quiz: Jay Burgess,
Director of Central and East European Division of the Department of
Commerce (far right), Balázs and Bence Somogyi, sons of Ambassador
Somogyi, with Embassy Chef Lázár Kovács (middle) and Cultural Attaché Béla Gedeon (left) |
After the quiz, the Tisza Dance Ensemble performed
traditional Hungarian folk dances.
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The Tisza Dance
Ensemble performing traditional Hungarian folk dances |
Upon departing the holiday party, all guests received a
traditional Hungarian Mikulás package of treats and a special holiday jam
suprise by Embassy Chef Lázár Kovács.
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International Club of DC President
Sanjaya Hettihewa, Press Attaché Zoltán Fehér, Rotary Club leader
Nabil Bedewi |
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Assistant to the Czech Ambassador Eva
Cerníkova and Assistant to the Hungarian Ambassador Márta Szepesi
Németh |
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