Snapshot: Inaugural Bastille Day celebration held in Carmel
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Alice Hansen of Urbana, Ill., purchases French treats from Jean-Pierre Fartouh of Pastries Chef. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Alice Hansen of Urbana, Ill., purchases French treats from Jean-Pierre Fartouh of Pastries Chef. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
From left, Barbara LeMay and Rachelle Woolston of the Indianapolis Opera perform, La Marseillaise, the French national anthem. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Frédéric Cholé, deputy consul general at the Consulat Général de France in Chicago, addresses the crowd. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Jean Minka, president of Alliance Française d’Indianapolis, welcomes the crowd. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
The Alliance Française d’Indianapolis hosted the inaugural Bastille Day celebration July 13 in Sophia
Square in downtown Carmel. Guests enjoyed French cuisine, wine, music and more at the festival that
celebrates the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution. The Alliance Française
d’Indianapolis recently relocated to Carmel from Indianapolis.
