... BIG THANKS for your welcoming open arms, didactic input, caring, worrying, listening skills, sweat, tears, sleepless nights, comforting words, hot whiskey, hugs, running around, understanding, prompt answers, surveillance, guidance through the mountains, charm chatting, and the most possible with a wide open smile in your faces… it’s probably not new that I have a special crush by Irish people, so here I openly declare my gratitude and love for you all!

Congratulations for the wonderful results in the workshops, which are obviously the product of tutors and participants’ work (well done everybody!), but for which we all must praise your enormous input to make it possible.

I got home a few hours ago, getting cozy at a surprisingly warm Amsterdam and ready for an ordinary working day tomorrow, but, as we all know, heart and mind are still hanging around there in the beautiful wild nature of Letterfrack. I know most of you will still stay busy there for the next few days, so I wish you a great, enjoyable, relax despite working week!!! And you should definitely get some pleasure out of the work we’ve done… like for instance get some “Zauna” moments… I would be very happy to know you did!

A huge kiss and hug to you all! X

So EASA008 has finally come to an end( well for the participants anyway).

Its hard to believe the its all over.

These last too weeks have been the most exciting, tiering, energetic, exhausting, saddest, happyest, longest, shortest, best, worst, memorable, forgetable, crazyest, wettest, emotional

the most unforgetable two weeks of my life.

I know that makes no sense what so ever, but fuck it neither does EASA.

I hope Ireland has given a little bit of easa spirit to bring back to your own countries.

I would just like to thank the great easa participants and also my fellow organisers who are a fantstic groupe of people.

See you all on face book.

Paddy.

I'm back home now and resume work on my thesis bright and early tomorrow morning so thoughts of EASA 008 will have to be put on hold then, but for now I just want to extend (again) my heart felt thanks to the organisers who provided an excellent platform for this years participants to perform, and looking at the out put I think we can all agree that they rose to the challenge.

So here's to EASA 008 a tremendous success.