The official Opening Ceremony of the “Acting for Peace” short course in Imst last night attracted many guests – from the curious ones, to those who were in any way involved in the process of making our summer course realizable. Nicole Müller from Imst, an alumna of UWCAD in Duino and one of the local initiators, was the Master of Ceremony. Franz Fischler, honorary president of UWC Austria, welcomed the participants to Imst – along with Wolfgang Dietrich, academic coordinator for the course and UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies, Augusta Campagne, President at UWC Austria, and the Mayor of Imst Stefan Weirather.
The ceremony was accompanied with interludes by local musicians, and was finally concluded with a poem reading. The guests then had the chance to intermingle with each other at the buffet prepared in the Café Rosengartl – participants, organizers, supporters, tutors and local partners, all brought together to this beautiful town in the Alps.
To feel some of the atmosphere that ornamented the opening of the 1st UWC short course in Austria, we prepared a visual treat for those of you who did not get the chance to be with us last night:
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- Nicole Müller as the MC (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Guests in front of Café Rosengartl I (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Guests in front of Café Rosengartl II (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Mayor Stefan Weirather addresses the guests (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Local musicians who helped liven up the atmosphere I (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Local musicians who helped liven up the atmosphere II (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Guests in front of Café Rosengartl III (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Franz Fischler’s address in both English and German to the town of Imst and our guest actors for peace (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Augusta Campagne announces a “thank-you present” to the supporters and organizers of the course – a book about Kurt Hahn, the founder of UWC colleges, by David Sutcliffe (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Gebhard Schatz, one of local initiators, and Augusta Campagne (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Franz Fischler takes a sneak peek into his book (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Poem reading and the conclusion of the official part of the program (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- “Acting for Peace” group photograph (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Buffet at Café Rosengartl (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Delicious desserts for a sweet welcome to Imst (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Gebhard Schatz “Gebi” performs a fire spectacle (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Gebi’s creation: a fire peace symbol (photo by Inasa Bibic)
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- Gebi in action = peace in making (photo by Inasa Bibic)
