b l o g . F A B R I C A: Sarah, Yoni, and Those Thai Guys all left the building!

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Sarah, Yoni, and Those Thai Guys all left the building!

I've been remissed with the "...has left the building" bit, and now that spring time is here, we've lost a bunch of people!

Starting with Sarah Napier, who left more than a month ago (March 1, 2006) to go back to her hometown (and join her Italian boyfriend) in Melbourne, Australia. This red head Aussie couldn't get out of here fast enough as she was liberated from the graphics department and didn't leave anything behind but pictures (thanks to Nicole for the pics!):

Then Yoni Halevy, Israeli drummer transplanted to New York City, who joined Fabrica Musica for the "Winners" project (musical performance coming up in June) left us on April 9 to head back to the Big Apple. Everyone agrees that Yoni is the maddest drummer we've all ever met.

Yoni and a bunny

Yoni (right) and Diego who misses his 'batterio di uno spizzidou d'un porcofriend' !

(photos courtesy of Diego)

Right around the same time as Yoni's departure, the mysterious group of five Thai musicians who couldn't speak to anyone except the Thai girls (myself and Prima), successfully arranged for their flight home, ending their adventure in the West. For Satra (Tu), Arnon (Non), Wutthichai (Ken), Wichai (Dan), and Krengkrai (Mac), this was their first time traveling to a western country (and for some, first time traveling outside of Thailand). They knew about 5 words of English and spoke no Italian. They lived here for 3 months, recorded their music and prepared for the "Winners" project w/ Andrea Molino, learned their way around Treviso, and cooked Thai food out of Italian ingredients. In the end, friendships were made and good fun memories had by all. (photos by Prima)