UNIVERSITY, GYMNASIUM AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PERFORMED "SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE" BY LASZLO DES ON 22 AUGUST 2009 AT 21PM IN CSIKSZEREDA ON SZABADSAG SQUARE, WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY THE BELA FOUNDATION AND THE MAGYARFALU FOUNDATION.
WE HAD SEVERAL AIMS WITH PERFORMING THIS PIECE. FIRST OF ALL, WE WANTED TO STRENGTHEN THE HUNGARIANS LIVING ACROSS THE BORDER IN THESE CRITICAL TIMES: IT HAS BEEN MORE DIFFICULT IN THE COUNTRY AND IN EUROPE AS WELL. IT IS POSSIBLE TO STAND UP IF WE HAVE FAITH, HOPE, AND ALLIANCE. OUR SECONDARY AIM WAS TO PROVIDE THE CHILDREN WHO PERFORMED WITH SUCH EXPERIENCE, THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN REALIZE WHAT KIND OF POSSIBILITIES THEY HAVE. A SMILE, A NICE WORD, A KIND GESTURE COSTS NOTHING, BUT GIVES MUCH.
THE REHEARSAL OF THE PIECE STARTED IN SEPTEMBER. AFTER THE CASTING, WE STARTED THE HARD WORK. BY AUGUST WE TRIED TO BECOME SUCH A TEAM THAT HAS A POSITIVE AURA. WE ALL KNOW THAT IT IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF EACH PERSON IN THE TEAM IS COMMITTED TO DOING HIS BEST.
THE PROGRAM WAS SIMPLE THERE: WE TRAVELLED TO CSIKSZEREDA ON 16 AUGUST. HERE WE HAD ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE GYM OF A LOCAL SCHOOL. OUR ENGAGEMENT WAS THE REHEARSALS UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST. WE PLANNED TO HAVE SEVERAL REHEARSALS DAILY, AS IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME TO SEE THE STAGE AND THE YOUNGSTERS WERE NOT USED TO PERFORMING ON STAGE EITHER. WE HAD OUR DRESS REHEARSAL ON THE NIGHT OF 21 AUGUST. WE ORGANIZED THE DAY OF THE PERFORMANCE ON 22ND AND WE WENT TO CSIKSOMLYO. WE PERFORMED THAT NIGHT AT 21PM, AND WE COLLECTED DONATIONS DURING THE PERFORMANCE TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN OF CSIBESZ FOUNDATION. ON THE 23RD WE CLOSED OUR CAMP IN TRANSYLVANIA WITH THE CLIMB OF THE HARGHITA MOUNTAIN.
DURING THE CAMPING WE LIVED UNDER VERY SIMPLE CONDITIONS. WE STAYED IN THE GYM MENTIONED ABOVE, WE TOOK SHOWERS IN THE BATHROOMS OF THE SCHOOL, AND WE ORGANIZED OUR MEALS SEPARATELY. WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE HAVE TO HANG ON TO EACH OTHER, BUT MOST OF ALL WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE DO THIS IN ORDER TO HELP THE CHILDREN IN TRANSYLVANIA. WE ALSO PERFORMED THIS PIECE TWICE IN HUNGARY AS WELL: ON 8 NOVEMBER, 2009 IN BIATORBAGY AND ON 14 NOVEMBER 2009 IN PILISCSABA.

THE NEXT STATION OF OUR MUSICAL WAS A SETTLEMENT IN VOIVODINA, CSANTAVER, SITUATED 30 KM SOUTH OF SZABADKA. WE PERFORMED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2010 AT 20PM ON THE LOCAL FOOTBALL FIELD.
WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL YOUNGSTERS, AS THEY REGULARLY ATTEND OUR SUMMER CAMP CALLED "ALLIANCE FOR LIFE". WE THINK THAT THE ESSENCE OF THE MUSICAL MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY OF THE HUNGARIANS LIVING ACROSS THE BORDER. PEOPLE STILL REMEMBER THE WAR IN VOIVODINA. WHEN THE AIR RAID ALERT WAS SOUNDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MUSICAL, WE SAW FRIGHTENED FACES. WE HAD TWO INTENTIONS WITH THE PERFORMANCE: BESIDES SHOWING THE PEOPLE OF VOIVODINA A UNITY, WE WANTED TO SHOW THEM THE HOPE WHICH IS HELD BY THE FUTURE AND WHICH IS ALSO THE RE-EMERGING MOTIVE OF THE MUSICAL.
WE MANAGED TO SHOW OUR INTENTIONS QUITE WELL. NOT ONLY WAS OUR TEAM UNITED BECAUSE OF THE REHEARSALS AND HARDSHIPS WE LIVED THROUGH TOGETHER (CROSSING THE BORDER, WHETHER, SLEEPING IN THE GYM, ETC), BUT ALSO THE VILLAGE UNITED TO HELP US. WE COULD NOT ASK ANYTHING THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IMMEDIATELY. WE EXPERIENCED GREAT LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING AND WE MET A LOT OF HELPFUL, GOOD WILLED PEOPLE. WE CAN SAY THEY DID EVERYTHING FOR US.
THANK HEAVEN WE COULD ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. ON SUNDAY MASS, WE MET ALL THE CHEERFUL PEOPLE WHO GREETED US AS IF WE HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE, THE HOST AND THE CARE OF CSANTAVER.
THANK YOU FOR THE POSSIBILITY TO BUILD UNITY THAT EVERY HUNGARIAN NEEDS TODAY IN THE XXI. CENTURY.