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ICA Language Services (ICA), a family-owned, woman-led small business based in Arlington, is celebrating its 40th anniversary, marking decades of supporting the U.S. military and diplomatic community through language training and testing. Founded in April 1986 as Inlingua Foreign Language Center, a 6-classroom language school, ICA expanded under the leadership of Deidre Doyle, an entrepreneur with a background in organizational management who joined the company the same year. As a military spouse, she had developed a deep understanding of military organizations and culture, helping shape ICA into a trusted provider of language training and testing for military professionals. Doyle became a partner in 1993 and sole owner in 2009, when she changed the name to ICA Language Services. Today, ICA operates a 60+ classroom schoolhouse in Rosslyn and has delivered nearly five million hours of language instruction and more than 30,000 language assessments across 120+ languages. ICA also provides training on military bases throughout the US and abroad. The company is now led by President and CEO Lexie Casey, Doyle’s daughter, who joined ICA in 2009 after a decade in government contracting. Casey became a partner in 2014 and assumed day-to-day leadership in 2015, when Doyle transitioned to Chair of the Board. ICA has employed more than 1,300 individuals from 131 countries, often providing a first job in the United States for language professionals. Certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, ICA provides proficiency- and performance-based language training and testing services supporting diplomacy, security, and global engagement. For more information, visit www.icalanguages.com.

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Vassar College Majors, a student-led choir, will perform on Thursday, March 22 at 8 p.m. at Dumbarton United Methodist Church, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=3133+Dumbarton+St.+NW&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3133 Dumbarton St. NW</a>. The group, on a spring tour, will perform selections spanning multiple genres and over 600 years of music. The 35-member chorus run by students specializes in multicultural music from the Renaissance, Romantic and Contemporary periods.

A free-will offering will be taken to benefit one of Dumbarton’s ministries. A sample of their music can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCznSYgiV65efGRQszEP_X1Q.

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