Final Dinner in Pecs 2010

Closing Dinner

Venue: Pezsgohaz Restaurant

Some photos can give a bit of the spirit which prevailed that evening in the wine cellar. All had made their presentations. The nervousness was gone. (Hello James and not only you!) Life is simple when people can enjoy a time together and especially when everyone animates the other to sing a song or play like the fellow from Croatia incredible tunes on the piano. Those tunes are still heard even when outside and far away from Pecs.

Laszlo Komlosi opening the dinner

Wine cellar with people sitting around round tables

Maria Baumeister, Christine, Ms. Komlosi and Ms. Chambers

William Chambers and Anna Arvanitaki - sometimes flirting is allowed!

The pianist and the singer

Anna Arvanitaki and Else Christensen Redzepovic

At such conferences friends for life are made

The two key stars of not only this evening: Gyongyi and Bill (William)

James Kenyon from Liverpool joining his mates

Somewhere in between Laszlo Komlosi was still presiding

The Liverpool boys entertaining

To sing that song a special dialect needs to be known - free translation provided by James

In my Liverpool Home, In my Liverpool Home

We speak with an accent exceedingly rare,

Meet under a statue exceedingly bare,

And if you want a Cathedral, we've got one to spare

In my Liverpool Home.....

I was born in Liverpool, down by the docks

Me Religion was catholic, occupation Hard-Knocks

At stealing from lorries I was adept,

And under old overcoats each night I slept

In my Liverpool Home, In my Liverpool Home

We speak with an accent exceedingly rare,

Meet under a statue exceedingly bare,

And if you want a Cathedral, we've got one to spare

In my Liverpool Home.....

Carole Gueret (on the left) did not really want to sing that Avignon song but the other two persuaded her to join in

Michael Cooper and Ingo Weber with the artistic director of Pecs

Another angle, still smiles, and the own entertainment continues

Jean Philippe Gammel from the European Commission amongst all the ladies - please don't tell anyone in Brussels

Jonas Ericson had already caused a stir with his presentation about music at lunchbreak of his university, now he proved to sing is to drink and to drink is to sing. His partner does not believe in such a tautology but joined in the song.