BABC hosts Garden Party to mark Diamond Jubilee

May 11, 2012 6:03 pm

THE BRITISH-American Business Council will be celebrating HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee with a classic British garden party on Sunday, June 10^th from 11.30am-3pm at the Five-Diamond Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village.

Attendees should wear garden party attire and tickets are available at $75pp with discounted Valet Parking, great music and raffle prizes.

Chef Alex Porter has created a menu of classic British afternoon tea sandwiches, scones, mini-Welsh rarebit and steak pie hors d’oeuvres. Pimms will be the drink de jour; waiters will be wearing Red culinary jackets and serve from white tables, working in front of the Royal Blue fountain that landscape the gardens. Music will be provided by Four Seasons’ Acoustical House Band, who will play British hits from 1952 to 2012, including songs from the Beatles to Adele; the Stones to Oasis. There will be music to suit all occasions and ages! A croquet lawn and the interactive food stations and bars will provide guests the opportunity to fully explore the gardens.

The luxury Four Seasons Westlake Village was voted one of the top Spas in the US by Conde Nast Traveler.

For more information visit the BABC’s website at www.babcla.org.

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