-It's your attitudes that changes the future
After 10 days ISFiT 2011 is over. This deserved a proper Closing Ceremony.
Text: Bertine Tønseth
Photo: fg.samfundet.no
Date: 2011-02-21
Almost two weeks ago 520 excited and curious participants from all over the world gathered in Storsalen in Studentersamfundet. Many had traveled far and few knew what the next 10 days were going to bring. On the Closing Ceremony Mads Bones hosted a slightly different audience.
The choir Cantus sang Norwegian folk tones and Espen Jørgensen played nothing but world tones with his guitar. Samfundet’s Theater Troop performed a scene from their play "Closer", and Chitty Chitty Bang Gang got the Great Hall of the move.
On the last day of ISFiT it was only natural to see some of what the participants have created during the festival. Some of the participants from the literature workshop read poems they had written during their stay in Trondheim.
But some of what perhaps touched the audience the most, was president Jørgen Westrum Thorsen closing speech, which celebrated everyone who has helped to create ISFiT 2011.
-It's your attitudes that change the future. This is not the end. This is the beginning, he said.
Dr. Kyra Gaunt also came with an appeal and the future vision of the public:
-The one thing I would like you to do is to globalize a story that touched your heart.
Festival participants were still curious and excited while they were dancing in Storsalen. But now it was not just because of what the next 10 days would bring. It was so much more than that. It is now everything begins. So; tell people about everything you have learned these past 10 days and what affects your heart. Thank you for ISFiT 2011!
