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Easter Organ Rally in The Netherlands
By Wybe van der Wal

In MMD 970215 Philip Jamison wrote:
> Do any of our K.D.V. friends know the dates of the organ rally in
> Assen, Holland? I believe it is in March.

Today I got the following information from the 'Stichting Draaiorgel- vrienden Assen' :

The 18th Easter rally is on Monday, 31 March 1997, at the organ-hall at Assen from 10:00 to 17:30.

There are 7 guest-organs:

1. 121 key DECAP of "Peter Benoit", Alkmaar
2. ZWARTE DORUS of Wolfsleger, Tilburg
3. GROTE DORUS of VDW, Wolvegea (in Dutch: Wolvega)
4. HEEN EN WEER of John Wempe, Santpoort
5. RUISDAEL of Jan van Eyk, Terwolde
6. WILHELM BRUDER of Bart Zwaagstra, Gietsjerk (in Dutch: Giekerk)
7. DER HOLLANDER of Veelenturf, Austria

Also the following organs who are present in the organ-hall:

8. DE ENGELEKAST of H. Veeningen, De Wijk (abr. HV, DW)
9. DE STOLWIJKER of St. Draaiorgelvrienden, Assen (abr. SDV, A;
      Foundation of the Friends of Draaiorgels at Assen) 10. 'T SCHAPEKOPJE of SDV, A
11. RUTH Type-33 DE PRINS of SDV, A
12. LA PALOMA of fam. Koopman, Hasselt
13. DE RUITER of Mrs. De Ruiter, Hellendoorn
14. 54 key VOIGT of F. Riddering, Garmerwolde
15. RUTH Type-36 : DE HARP of Kamminga, Waddinxveen
16. GAVIOLI: PHOENIX of HV, DW
17. GAVIOLI: ADELAAR of HV, DW
18. DE KLINKHAMER of HV, DW
19. RUTH Type-33 of J. Buwalda, Ljouwert (in Dutch: Leeuwarden)
20. WELLERSHAUS of Kamminga, Waddinxveen
21. 125-key Dance Organ of Wempe/Vooges, Santpoort
22. DE NOTENKRAKER of HV, DW
23. VOIGT of W. Seggers, Assen

If the weather is good, a part of the rally will take place outside. The organs will play one after the other, like inside the hall. If the weather is not good, the priority of playing is given to the guest- organs. There are no small organs this year. Due to the high cost of renting a tent, this is scheduled once every two years.

Entrance NLG 5,-- pp. Children up to 12y: NLG 2,50. Children up to 6y: free adm. Friends of the Stichting Draaiorgelvrienden Assen have a free adm. for 2 pers.

Address: Rode Heklaan 3, 9401 SB Assen (the Netherlands) (about 150 km's North-East of Amsterdam) Every 2nd and 4th sunday of each month free concerts of 13:00 - 17:30

KRING VAN DRAAIORGELVRIENDEN

A lot of information like the above can be found in the quarterly journal 'Het Pierement' of the KDV (Kring van Draaiorgelvrienden).

Besides the articles (in Dutch) and the beautiful pictures, you'll find a section with addresses of musea and societies all over the world, an agenda of rallies etc. in and outside the Netherlands, advertisements, CD's and MC's for sale by mail order, review of books, CD's, MC's, etc. Annual subscription: Inside NL: NLG 40,--; outside NL: NLG 50,-- (1 NLG is approx. 0,60 US$). For more information: J. Meijer, Voermanstraat 152, 4204 RK Gorinchem (the Netherlands).

The KDV is not yet present on the MMD or the WWW. Robbie Rhodes asked me to try to persuade the board of the KDV to get active on this list one of these days. I'll do my best.

For the meanwhile you may use my e-mail adress, I'll transmit the messages to and from the board of the KDV.

Wybe van der Wal
The Netherlands
wvdwal@caiw.nl
fax: + 31 70 319 10 61

[ Thanks for all your assistance, Wybe. -- Robbie

(Message sent Mon 3 Mar 1997, 01:19:41 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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