PA members to meet on Symforce Festival?

I shall slip into the airport under cover of darkness. I will use the authorized personnel only entrance (because nobody ever seems to guard that door. I will then slip aboard in the bottom, displacing as many pets as I must. The owners should have used kennels anyway. I will disembark in Amsterdam, where I will suddenly become famished. After eating my fill, I will make my way, ever so slowly because the air is so...thick...man, until I reach Erik's door, which I will then try to eat

That mollifies me ever so slightly 

Since I had to start paying for my education 

What I wouldn't give to be able to come, but then it's mighty hard for a college freshman to get an international flight to see a bunch of bands none of his friends have even heard of (there's a number I haven't heard of). The professors might have an issue with that. Silly professors.

For me it's the second time that a PA member is visiting my home, last year Norbert from Hungary visited my home, together we were carried away with rare footage from early Genesis, I still see Norbert his delighted face  ! And now we are arranging that Lelnsomaniac from Portugal is the second foreign PA member at my home, I am looking forward to it! By the way, my best friend is half Portuguese, I will try to do my welcome speech in Portuguese

I really wish I could join you, seen as the venue is not that far from fair Rome. However, I'll be back from the US on Sept 3, and I have to sit tight for a while and work as hard as I can on my dissertation. I've already had enough problems with the university not to expect a sudden, very tight deadline for handing over my work, and I don't want to be caught unawares. Hope there'll be other opportunities in Europe, though... At least before I move to the US for good!

If all goes well I'll be there Erik.

LeInsomniac wrote: Well I think I wont be missing this party, I just hope we could all encounter some days before the festival in Tilburg so we could chat about everything I mean its a prog festival we're going but its not everyday progmaniacs from the PA get together I think! is it?

I, Antennas and some others who're not on this forum go to the festival on the day itself. On the other hand if there is a movement to get together some days before the festival i can find probably find time for that myself (can't speak for the others). If i remember correctly the festival starts 2 pm so we can also get together at for instance 12  in one of the Tilburg pubs.

@ Erik, you mentioned an afterparty at your house after the festival, would that be the next day or directly after the festival (would be difficult because we'll come by train)? Anyway, seems great to me, Antennas was also enthousiastic about it.

Well I think I wont be missing this party, I just hope we could all encounter some days before the festival in Tilburg so we could chat about everything I mean its a prog festival we're going but its not everyday progmaniacs from the PA get together I think! is it?

Prog-chick, you will make 'some' friends on Symforce and I am even afraid you will be flooded by friendly male progheads and symphomaniacs, they have a lot of things to ask and you have a lot to explain  !

Edited by erik neuteboom - July 30 2007 at 12:52