Embassy events

Omar Torrez and his group perform at the Ambassador's residence

Of Friday, July 7th, the Ambassador and Mrs. Tefft hosted a reception in honor of Omar Torrez and his group, touring Georgia for the first time. Georgian singer Tika Jamburia accompanied Mr. Torrez on vocals for several of his songs. Besides performing at the Ambassador’s residence, Omar Torrez and his group performed at clubs in Tbilisi and Batumi.

"Omar Torrez is crossing many borders and establishing many unlikely links between classical and pop, virtuoso and hot swinging, Latin and blues, European and American, sexy and pure... and doing all this with style," said world-renowned Russian music critic Artemy Troitsky, of the World Music Consortium.

Foreign Ambassadors, government officials and parliamentarians, as well as cultural and educational contacts of the Embassy, attended reception and concert.

• July 5, Georgian Schools Celebrate U.S. Independence Day
• July 5, Ice Cream Reception for American Councils FLEX Students
• July 5, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Visits White House
• June 30, Freddy Cole Gives a Special Public Lecture to the Georgian Audience
• June 23, Georgian Artists Take Top Prizes in Jazz Festival Poster Contest
• June 23, Train-the-Trainer Courses held at ETAG, Tbilisi
• June 23, Farewell To Fulbright Scholar Clayton Parr
• June 20, Future Journalists Of Georgia Honored
• June 19, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will visit White House 
• June 19, USAID’s Brock Bierman Discusses Volunteerism in Gori, Khashuri and Batumi