FOCUS Student Magazine Focus March 2013 | Page 6

TEKO sitting front row at this years ’ Eurovision !

It ’ s a particularly cold , perhaps uninspiring Friday afternoon , when a bunch of twenty-somethings are drinking mugs of hot and coloured teas in the centre of Herning , at Murphy ’ s Pub , talking about life , upcoming projects and fashion in the mere attempt to incite even the slightest of butterflies … 1 . Valerie : Holla girls ! Let ’ s start with the question that has been or should have been on the tip of our tongues since the very beginning … how did a couple of students managed to get in touch with a collaboration so grandiose like Eurovision ? Explain a bit the process of how it got started ... Maria & Therese : Well , it all began when we received an e-mail from our teachers , asking if being the designers of one of the contestants participating at Eurovision was something we might be interested in – which , of course , we were ! - It was an e-mail sent to us three , Sophie included . Eurovision has been on display for many , many years now , but we would have never imagined we would be a part of it . A small part perhaps , but hey …. How many can here say the same ? 2 . V : Was it something that your school encouraged you to do ? Did this project bring some sort of acknowledgement to the school in any way - or was it completely private and completely your project ? M & T : It was the school that was in cooperation with
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