THE HILL TRIBE Starting in 2006
I have been teaching at Insii Thai House for 8 weeks  3 days a week, 3 hours, and the atmosphere between us was really wonderful. The students were eager to learn and their progress was very fast.
After only 2 weeks they could already play with 3 fingers on all strings and more than 16 different songs, even in canon.
We were dynamic, we played violin, we ate good food, but we also did laugh a lot!
I spoke Thai “dek dek style”(children style) and made a lot of “talok” (joke) with them.
Later I cooked good Belgian cookie called Vlamingske for the kids to make a nice and sweet Belgian sound.
The real good Belgian chocolate has also been introduced to them, but only when the sound of those 23 violins was really excellent! Of course, this kind of project could not be done without a lot of support.
 Without Count Gerald, the School Director, Ajarn Paramet, Ajarn Anurak and
the Rotary Club of Maechan it would have been far more difficult for me to offer my time and my heart to the students.
They received their own violin each.
Since my departure the children continue to learn violin at the school of
Ajarn Paramet, the Youth Violin Club of Chiangrai, until my next trip to Thailand in January 2007.
These kids have countless capabilities but so few opportunities, it is really rewarding to make a project with them..