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City: Houdetsi
State: Crete
Country: GR
Signup Date: 2/8/2007
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 

Current mood:  grateful
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This excellent news is the result of the support of many many people from all over the world. We are extremely grateful to all of you who stood by us in this very difficult time and we'll do our best to make Labyrinth even better than before.         

      I’m very happy to be able to inform
everyone that recent developments with regard to the Musical Workshop Labyrinth
have been very positive. As many of you already know The Musical Workshop
Labyrinth encountered a very serious financial problem recently and was forced
to announce the cessation of all of its activities and indeed its closing. We
announced this in emails, blogs etc and the news spread very rapidly all over
the world. As a result, many people and organizations sent emails to the related
Greek government offices expressing their extreme displeasure with this
development and, especially here in Greece, the whole issue received an
enormous amount of publicity which, in turn, generated a huge spontaneous
outpouring of support. Indeed even I myself was astounded by the sheer amount
of support that was expressed for the Musical Workshop Labyrinth and of course
all of us here are very grateful for that support because it made a difference. ....


         The latest development is that the
mayor of the Municipality of Heraklion 
(Crete’s capital city) Mr. Ioannis Kourakis decided to establish a
cooperation with our municipality (municipality of Nikos Kazantzakis) with the
purpose of supporting  and indeed
extending the activities of the Musical Workshop Labyrinth. This is a very
positive development given that the municipality of Heraklion has enormous
capabilities and resources at its disposal and Mr. Kourakis seems determined to
treat cultural issues seriously. His initiative is especially to be commended
given that Houdetsi (where the Musical Workshop Labyrinth is located) is not
actually in his area of jurisdiction and he could have easily avoided the
problem without incurring any criticism whatsoever.  Instead however he chose to offer the support
of his municipality thus displaying a broader vision for culture and art on
Crete as a whole and not just for the city of Heraklion. This cooperation has
many possible dimensions which will be discussed, worked out,  and announced during the ensuing weeks. For
the time being that which we can announce with absolute certainty is that our summer program of seminars and
master-classes will take place as usual.
The entire program of seminars and
master-classes will be announced on the following sites on Wednesday 15th
of April.....


www.labyrinthmusic.gr ....

www.myspace.com/labyrinthmusicalworkshop....

www.rossdalymusic.com....

www.myspace.com/rossdaly....

www.myspace.com/kellythoma ....

                              Best wishes to all....

                                     Ross Daly....



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   Με μεγάλη μου χαρά
θα ήθελα να σας ενημερώσω για τις θετικότατες πρόσφατες εξελίξεις στο θέμα του
Μουσικού Εργαστηρίου Λαβύρινθος. Όπως οι περισσότεροι ήδη γνωρίζετε, ο
Λαβύρινθος αντιμετώπισε ένα σοβαρότατο πρόβλημα οικονομικής φύσης και
αναγκάστηκε να ανακοινώσει τη διακοπή όλων των δραστηριοτήτων του και κατά
συνέπεια το οριστικό κλείσιμό του. Το γεγονός ανακοινώθηκε μέσω emails ,
blogs κλπ
και τα νέα διαδόθηκαν ταχύτατα σε όλον τον κόσμο. Πολλοί άνθρωποι και
οργανισμοί έστειλαν email στα αρμόδια ελληνικά κρατικά γραφεία εκφράζοντας την
τεράστια δυσαρέσκειά τους  για  την εξέλιξη αυτή , και ιδιαίτερα εδώ
στη Ελλάδα το θέμα πήρε πολύ μεγάλες  διαστάσεις, γεγονός που είχε ως
αποτέλεσμα ένα τεράστιο ξέσπασμα αυθόρμητης ανταπόκρισης του κοινού. Πραγματικά
ακόμα και εγώ  έμεινα έκπληκτος από το πλήθος των ανθρώπων που εξέφρασαν
συμπαράσταση για το Μουσικό Εργαστήρι Λαβύρινθος  και βεβαίως όλοι εμείς
εδώ είμαστε ευγνώμονες για την συμπαράσταση αυτή διότι είχε αποτέλεσμα.

Η πιο πρόσφατη εξέλιξη είναι ότι ο Δήμαρχος του Δήμου
Ηρακλείου, κ. Γιάννης Κουράκης αποφάσισε να ιδρύσει  μια συνεργασία με στο
δικό μας Δήμο (Ν.Καζαντζάκης) με σκοπό την ενίσχυση και κατά συνέπεια τη συνέχιση
των δραστηριοτήτων του Μουσικού Εργαστηρίου Λαβύρινθος. Πρόκειται για μια πολύ
θετική εξέλιξη δεδομένου ότι  ο Δήμος Ηρακλείου διαθέτει πολλές
δυνατότητες και ο κ.Κουράκης  φαίνεται αποφασισμένος να λάβει σοβαρά
υπόψιν του τα πολιτιστικά θέματα. Η πρωτοβουλία του αυτή είναι ιδαίτερα
αξιέπαινη δεδομένου ότι το Χουδέτσι (όπου στεγάζεται το Μουσικό Εργαστήρι
Λαβύρινθος )  δεν ανήκει στην περιοχή της δικαιδοσίας του και θα μπορούσε
άνετα να αδιαφορήσει για το πρόβλημα χωρίς να δεχτεί καθόλου επικρίσεις.
Αντιθέτως ωστόσο,  επέλεξε να προσφέρει τη βοήθεια του Δήμου του
σκιαγραφώντας ένα πλατύ όραμα για τον πολιτισμό και την τέχνη στη Κρήτη γενικά
και όχι μόνο στην πόλη του Ηρακλείου. Η συνεργασία αυτή έχει πολλές πιθανές
προεκτάσεις οι οποίες θα συζητηθούν, θα μελετηθούν και θα ανακοινωθούν μέσα
στις επόμενες εβδομάδες. Προς το παρόν αυτό που μπορούμε να ανακοινώσουμε με
απόλυτη βεβαιότητα είναι ότι το καλοκαιρινό πρόγραμμα σεμιναρίων θα
πραγματοποιηθεί κανονικά
και θα ανακοινωθεί στις  παρακάτω ιστοσελίδες
από τις 15 Απριλίου:

www.labyrinthmusic.gr

www.myspace.com/labyrinthmusicalworkshop

www.rossdalymusic.com

www.myspace.com/rossdaly

www.myspace.com/kellythoma

                             
να είστε όλοι καλά,

                                    
Ross Daly....



Bu

 
Congratulations. It's good to see that protesting in unison sometimes really helps. Best wishes for upcoming workshops.

 
Posted by Bu on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 6:15 PM
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The Arhigos

 
GLORY BE TO GOD!
Congratulations!
and i am glad that the work shop will continue i will have to part take someday!
take care~
 
Posted by The Arhigos on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 6:16 PM
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GlobalHouse

 
Just fantastic dear Ross.


I have benne in Crete several times - beautiful.


Many complements!



...and blessing for your work.









 
Posted by GlobalHouse on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 6:16 PM
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Μαργαρίτα Θανόγλου

 
that's really excellent news!
Keep working for the best :)
 
Posted by Μαργαρίτα Θανόγλου on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 7:45 PM
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Patrick Duka

 
People have the power!!
 
Posted by Patrick Duka on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 8:23 PM
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Aleksandra Radonich

 
Finally some good news!
 
Posted by Aleksandra Radonich on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 8:36 PM
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Peppe Frana

 
i'm so happy of this :)
 
Posted by Peppe Frana on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 10:33 PM
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Thanos Gountanos

 
Super!!!!
Hadi Bakalim
 
Posted by Thanos Gountanos on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 10:55 PM
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kalopsik

 
Συγχαρητήρια!
 
Posted by kalopsik on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 11:57 AM
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kyriakos

 
Bravo Ross! kai bravo se osous ekanan drasi gia auto to skopo, To mousiko ergastiri einai ena diamanti mousikou politismou, oxi mono sth krhth se olo to kosmo, an i politeia adiaforisei gi ayto tha einai eglima.

Eyxomai na pane ola opws ta thelete!!!
Peace & light
 
Posted by kyriakos on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 1:26 PM
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STELLAMARA

 
Fantastic! This is so wonderfully just! It only makes sense. We had hoped with some outside pressure and wake-up call's, this would happen. There is still some sense of logic and priority within the Municipality.


We are so happy here, as are so many musicians from around the world!

May the future of Labyrinth continue to prosper beyond our imagination.


We have spread the word on our blogs as well and will do whatever we can to rally the forces if there are any future obstacles.


Onward in music and peace....
 
Posted by STELLAMARA on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 7:32 PM
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ulalume

 
this is wonderful news! like Bu said, its nice to see that talent and united protest do bring results. All the best and keep us updated with the news!+
 
 
Posted by ulalume on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 8:53 AM
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mitsos

 
That's wonderful news! It would be a shame for Greece not to be able to maintain sush a precious cultural gem! I'm really glad you made it! Keep up the good work, We love it!

 
Posted by mitsos on Monday, July 27, 2009 - 7:33 AM
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