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A very busy weekend!
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In addition to the usual activities with students and staff searching desperately for that
imaginary 25th hour, the student body and staff organized a spring Street Market, the football ‘
team’ won a match in Udine and the 3rd years returned to join in, support and add to the
festivities on the last weekend of March!
The celebrations started on Thursday the 29th with a kick off in Udine when 13 young men from
the Adriatic College were invited to play against a local school team.
Our team made it to the field with borrowed shoes, without gear or uniform. Our players were
from different countries and spoke different languages on the field but every player put his heart,
mind, soul and body into the game. Despite differences in opinion, styles and experience, they
still managed to work together and presented a united world. It was a challenging match and we
returned to Duino exhausted but victorious.
The evening was spent welcoming third years (Class of 2005) back to the college!
We had approximately 30 ex-students visit over the weekend. Their Saturday started by meeting
the Headmaster, Fabiana (Graduate Relations Director), Anne Brearley (University Guidance
counselor), Sandy Thomas (Director of Studies) and Valentina Bach (European Union Funding and ‘
P.A.C.E.’ Project Manager). The 3rd years then joined their "primi and zero" years in mensa, went
to the spring Street Market and finally to a concert in the evening that raised €200.00 towards
helping victims of malaria.
The spring Street Market had been planned months in advance with the aim of raising funds
which indeed it did reaching €567.00. The pouring rain did not dampen the spirits of the weekend’s
event organizers. As they say, the show must go on, and it did. The venue for the market simply
moved from the Foresteria Lawn to the Dayroom. Students, ex-students and teachers had slaved the
entire morning cooking, baking and preparing for the market. They were supported by the
entertainers and artists who painted faces, sketched caricatures, created intricate ‘mehendi’ or
henna designs, dancing and singing for the many families from the village who came in, despite the
weather, to join in the fun.
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