The Beverly Canon Committee Pre-Launch Commemoration hosted by Montage Beverly Hills

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March 10, 2016, Beverly Hills- The very posh European & Old Hollywood style quarters of the Montage Beverly Hills, recently hosted an elegant pre-launch High Tea commemoration for The Beverly Canon Committee, a newly formed non-proﬁt organization that helps businesses on Beverly and Canon Drives in the City of Beverly Hills, continue their prolific engagements with the community.

The Beverly Canon Committee Founder & Board President Barry Axelrod . Photo credit: William Kidston Photographer & Video for Demi Goddess Chronicle — The Beverly Canon Committee Founder & Board President Barry Axelrod. Photo credit: William Kidston Photographer & Video for Demi Goddess Chronicle

The private invitation only event captivated guests with a special appearance by the 2016 Cannonball Run Team who displayed some of their exquisite vehicles in the genteel entrance of the Montage Hotel. A couture gown Fashion Walk by fashion designer Sonia Été was enjoyed during High Tea while sandwich plates were served to guests made of mint and cucumber, smoked salmon, egg mimosa with chive and prosciutto arugula with olive; a dignified live performance by singer Maria Elena Infantino delighted the room with songs in French, Italian, and English.

A few notable guests in attendance were Jenny Reed, Executive Producer & Consultant for PBS and BET, who just produced The Ray Charles Tribute on PBS In Performance at The White House, Victorino & Hanna Noval, Billionaire Philanthropist & founder of the Victorino Noval Foundation & GM of Secured Capital Partners and owner of The Vinyard in Beverly Hills. Ambassador Dame Leith Eaton, Former United States Ambassador to Malta 2011 Douglas W. Kmiec, and Michael Rosen (Founder of Herbalife). The Founder & President of BRC Capital Advisors James Huang as well as Film Director Christy Oldham, Todd Johnson, CEO of Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, Steve Goldfield, President & Executive Producer for Cannonball Run & Vigilante Diaries LLC. Miho Nomura, Founder & CEO of nonprofit iMusic Foundation, Jeff Forsythe, Vice President of Torrey Pines Bank, Beverly Hills Branch and World Film Institute Founder Antonio Gellini. Usman Shaikh, Managing Attorney at U.S. Law Group in Beverly Hills & Guest Lecturer at UCLA, and real estate investor Bruce Fertel, BuzzTV producer William Cameron, Photojournalist Clinton H. Wallace and Yongmei Hu, Carnegie Hall concert pianist.

Leith Eaton and Douglas Kmiec. Photo credit: William Kidston Photographer & Video for Demi Goddess Chronicle

The Beverly Canon Committee High Tea Guest Group shot. Photo credit: William Kidston Photographer & Video for Demi Goddess Chronicle

James E. White Jr., Robert Sun, Antonio Gellini. Photo credit: William Kidston Photographer & Video for Demi Goddess Chronicle

The Beverly Canon Committee Guest Group Shot. Photo credit: William Kidston Photographer & Video for Demi Goddess Chronicle

About The Beverly Canon Committee

A 501(c)6 non-profit, the Beverly Canon Committee was formed to Inspire and increase global recognition for Beverly and Canon Drives and keep vital, current, and relevant these legendary iconic corridors, particularly growing appeal to the millennial generation.

The Beverly Canon Committee Founder & Board President Barry Axelrod and Co-founder & Board VP Erik Fulkerson. Photo credit: William Kidston Photographer & Video for Demi Goddess Chronicle

For more information please contact either Founder & Board President Barry Axelrod at +1 (661) 904-2220, or Co-Founder & Board Vice President Erik Fulkerson at +1 (714) 497-8645.

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Christy was educated in Paris at École des hautes études commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris), an international business school in France and studied film and television at LACC (Los Angeles Community College). She is a business owner, published author and a critically acclaimed independent filmmaker. Her 20 year body of cinema work to date includes 2 feature films, 15 short films and one web series. She is a writer, producer, director, cinematographer, actress and editor. Her headlining film credit includes the vigilante feature film "Barracuda" (Released in 2014 by Maverick Entertainment Group) which earned her critical filmmaker acclaim including 3 Best Picture awards at multiple U.S. film festivals. In 2017, she directed 3 episodes of the post-apocalyptic web series "Vape Warz", which she also wrote and produced. It premiered at the 2017 Mediterranean Film festival Cannes in the south of France and received an Honorable Mention for Best Web Series and is now streaming on Amazon. In 2019, she released her first foreign short film "Perdu à France" ("Lost In Provence")- also streaming on Amazon. She lives in Los Angeles.