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Il giardino di via Valussi
Noa in mezzo ai bambini al termine della serata del Premio Luchetta
Noa with our children after Luchetta Prize
W

e have just come back from the III edition of the Luchetta prize: we were busy until late with our volunteers in the square, with the children in the house and with the organisation of the event.

At a certain point Noa appeared, with her mother and her two children, Ayehli and Enea and the children ran to meet her, with the sound of her beautiful interpretation of “Shalom Shalom” which they had just heard still ringing in their ears.

Seeing the really warm reception she received, we managed to get her to make a big promise: “Tomorrow I will come to your house and I will sing for you, if you will dance for me!”

That night the children's sleep must have been a unique experience for all of them, because next morning they were all up bright and early, sleepy-eyed but already dressed in their best and ready to greet Noa and her family.

On the dot of nine we went to fetch Noa from her hotel and we took advantage of the fact that the winner of the Hrovatin prize for photography, Robert Knoth , was there to take a photo and have it autographed.

Then a dash to via Valussi and the children quivering with impatience.

 

Noa at Valussi House

The lovely, warm reception was predictable but this time too the children did more than was expected, running to meet Noa, Ayehli, Enea, Pompeo Benincasa the manager and his staff and Gil Dor, who had come to personally accompany Noa singing the song she had dedicated to us, to the cry of “Shalom Shalom”!

Angela Buttiglione was another welcome guest: she is so fond of via Valussi, she shed her official role as President of the Hrovatin Prize jury and took part in the festivities with Noa and the members of the foundation.

While Ayehli went to play with his new friends, Noa talked at length with the members of the management, the volunteers and the mothers of via Valussi, asking opinions and expressing her agreement with our work, never getting tired of hearing about the simplest everyday things which we do to help the families who are staying with us.
Enzo,Pompeo,Noa e Gil

The affection shown to the children gave this meeting a particular significance, while no words in the world can express the feeling which everyone present felt.

Enea e Altina
Enea playing with Altina

Thanks to the ability of the translators present, we were able to explain much of what we are doing, and the satisfaction for this was clear in the eyes of our new friends.

Then the children claimed the song she had promised and the dancing began, with the fabulous voice of Noa singing and Gil playing the guitar: as he accompanied the singing he was pulling faces, causing much amusement to those present, especially the children.

The “especially”, however, is superfluous, because for a few moments, all dancing together, we adults, too, could enjoy the magical music of via Valussi, and we let ourselves go swaying to the music and clapping our hands to the rhythm.

We worked up an appetite singing and dancing and the mothers had made bread and cakes and Turkish coffee which everyone really appreciated.

It was also the occasion to have an exceptional patroness to inaugurate the swimming pool which our friends from the Motorbike Club and the traffic police had donated the day before.

When we asked Noa if she would do it, she was really enthusiastic, and even more gratified when she saw how many friends support our initiatives and have taken the children to their hearts.


Dances and songs in Valussi street

Carolina e Noa
Noa and Carolina
("A nice and pretty girl" Noa said)
Attige, Taibe e Noa
Noa and Taibe

Like all wonderful moments which are fleeting (even if she stayed with us two hours under the scorching sun) Noa had to leave because of her other engagements, but she gave us one last present: she had reserved the first row of seats for us at the evening concert in Piazza Unità, inviting all the children.

Then she said goodbye to the adults with a lovely sentence which will stay in our hearts for ever “God bless you for what you are doing and how you do it!”

In the afternoon we organized transport to take the children to Piazza Unità d'Italia for a little snack and then to the concert.

When she saw us, Noa's mother came to sit with us in the front row, and Ayehli was over the moon to meet his new friends from via Valussi again.

They never seemed to get tired, dancing, jumping and running on the parterre, drawing the attention of everyone present, when Noa dedicated her show to the Lucchetta Foundation and its children, who responded with joyful shouts to her greeting.

You can imagine the enthusiasm during one more performance of Shalom, to which our, by now, experienced dancers responded keenly, performing their well-rehearsed dance for everybody.

They never tired of listening to Noa's sweet voice, and we stayed right to the end of the concert.

Noa and her family came personally to say goodbye to us at the end of the concert and she wanted to pose with us for a last photograph which has recorded this wonderful meeting with the performer Noa, but also with the woman Noa.

A meeting which will undoubtedly stay in our hearts forever.

Noa's Biography from www.noasite.net

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Shalom Shalom                  Lyrics: Noa                Music: Noa/Gil Dor

I'm here to say a word or two
in the name of love and innocence
it's been a long time they've been out of style,
but i won't live in illusion,
there's not much chance that things will change on lonely planet earth.

all that is natural, all that is free
like me loving you, and you loving me,
like the sweet fruit growing on a tree,
like the blood-red choral in the sea,
like shaking hands and sharing food,
and a real creative attitude
and a big strong hug,yes, that feels good,
and the miracle of birth

shalom shalom,
shalom shalom shalom,
shalom shalom,
shalom shalom shalom

you really don't need a diploma
from any university
to understand and to enjoy
this plentiful diversity
you only need to clean your mind of all those pre-conceptions
and use your mouth for laughing and for asking and to kiss…
communicate, communicate,
don't think: "oh lord, i've come too late!" you're always welcome at love's gate
to wash your feet of fear and hate
so when you come and when you go,
the words are peace, goodbye, hello,
in a language that I know it goes like this:

shalom shalom,shalom
shalom shalom,
shalom shalom,shalom
shalom shalom…

so if our strategy is love
(don't bite my head off, i said love)
and you say: "duuuh,
so simple!"
yeah, but easy to miss….

so when you come and when you go,
so when you come and when you go,
the words are peace, goodbye, hello,
in a language that I know it goes like this:

shalom shalom,shalom
shalom shalom,
shalom shalom,shalom
shalom shalom…
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