Look at the streamers, balloons, Irish flag, and the giant "Welcome to the Irish Fair" sign! We had to ask the University electrician to lend us his long ladder and assistance. If you look carefully, you can see come of the exhibitions and the bistro tables in the background. Mary Mädler, Nina Mies, Klara Muschal, and Sarah Valder were officially responsible for the decorating, but many others helped. Several students have described their adventures in decorating the Fair area - see the "student assessments" by Klara and Sarah; Nina's text is here for you:

Semester in Orange-White-Green

A friend of mine is going to immigrate to the "Green Isle" as soon as she has finished her studies. From my point of view, Ireland meant nothing more to me than Guinness, sheep, shamrocks and, not to be forgotten, "Lord of the Dance." At least at the beginning of the semester.

But thanks to Cathy we were to learn not only facts about Irish culture but even how to organize an Irish fair we can be proud of. In no time we found ourselves making garlands, inflating about 300 colourful balloons that turned out to be as big as eggs and discussing how to hang up Irish flags (if you need to know which colour must be where-don´t ask Phil!) in the Audimax area. Although Cathy had to admit that we would probably kill ourselves climbing on chairs and tables searching for the best places for our decoration material we decided that it was worth it.

Apart from the decoration in orange-white-green, Irish music, food and lots of information given by display boards created an atmosphere that presented a very lively impression of a beautiful country that provides something attractive for everyone.

.....This was the day I started to realize why my friend is fascinated by Ireland-and that I will visit her as soon as possible.