Anglo-Dutch aims to inform all who look for social, artistic, literary, educational, scientific and other events, uniting ‘Dutch’ and ‘UK’. This diary lists all manner of events, be it a Dutch painter’s show in Cornwall, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Barbican, or Dutch poetry in Edinburgh. The web-editor does not accept responsibility for errors, omissions, etcetera; information was correct at the time of inclusion; please check and confirm before incurring any expense or expending time. In case you were looking for the Anglo-Netherlands Society - often referred to as ‘the Anglo-Dutch Club’ - please follow this link. Looking for Dutch clubs and associations in the UK? Visit www.dutch.org.uk! Looking for Dutch clubs elsewhere on this planet then try www.thehollandring.com where Carla has collected links to by now some 400 Dutch clubs and associations. And finally, DutchArts is the Netherlands Embassy’s listing of Dutch events in the UK. The column to the right contains a Dutch language precis to allow searching with Dutch keywords. Forthcoming events: date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . ? month 2009: NCL - Nederlandse City Lunch - The following requires an excellent understanding of Dutch as it is spoken, therefore the announcement is in Dutch! Voordracht door een prominente Nederlander. Zaal open 12.15, aanvang plm 12.30 lunch buffet geopend na afloop van de voordracht en vragen om plm 13.30, einde buffet rond 14.00 / 14.30. In de Social Hall van de Nederlandse Kerk, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HA. Kosten (2008) : £8.00 per persoon. Gaarne opgeven: per e-mail: nedcitylunch@dutchchurch.org.uk of telefonisch T: 020 7588 1684, voor inlichtingen: W: www.nedcitylunch.org.uk. updated 27 nov 08. May 2009 22 May: Songs Reclaimed from the Sea - Amsterdam Choir ‘Fenix’ - Amsterdam choir Fenix will come to London and give two concerts in St Giles-in the-Fields, in the heart of the West End. We will present an overview of Dutch choral music through the ages, with beautiful and spectacular pieces, many of which never have been performed in England. At the Saturday evening concert, this will be set against some of the greatest English choral music, performed by the London choir Sonus Cantorum. You will find more details in the attached flyer. These will be our first performances in London so we do not yet have a huge following and lack access to English media. This is why we write this email to you, as we think your community may want to know about this wonderful occasion. There is a very nice way to make that relaxing bank holiday weekend even more special! We sincerely hope to see you on the 22nd and/or the 23rd of May. We are preparing an absolute treat! On behalf of the Fenix singers, Jeroen Vermeer 
June 2009 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . July 2009 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . August 2009 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . September 2009 ? September : possible ’Fourth annual Arnhem Lecture’ + at Moor Park Golf Club, Rickmansworth. Moor Park mansion was headquarters to ‘Monty’ -Field-Marshall Montgomery- during the preparations for the Airborne Regiments which set out to capture strategic bridges across the major rivers in the Netherlands in 1944. There is a game of golf in the afternoon, followed by drinks, the Lecture, and a buffet dinner usually accompanied with musical entertainment. Please contact the Anglo-Netherlands Society for details; please be advised that the 2008 edition of the event has been postponed due to personal circumstances. updated 1 sep 08. October 2009 2 October 2009: Viering Leiden’s Ontzet - historical supper to commemorate the lifting of the Siege of the Town of Leiden in 1573. The affairs of “Vereeniging Neerlandia”, the organising Society, are usually conducted in Dutch, a good knowledge of the spoken word is essential for enjoyment of this evening. Booking with cheque to be received by the middle of September at the latest. Details for 2006: Doors open: 18.30, meal: 19.30. Venue: Social Hall, Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London. Cost: £12.00 per non-member, applications with payment to be received by 18 September 2009. Details: www.neerlandia.org . updated 15 oct 2008 . November 2009 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . Usually third Saturday in November - on Sunday 18 November 2007: Intocht Sinterklaas, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. Organised by the Nederlands Surrey Comite. Nederlands Comite Surrey Please note that applications need to be received by 2 November - ‘by invitation only’. For more information first visit the above website, if that does not help then contact the Prins Willem-Alexander School, Old Woking Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 8HY. Tel: 01483 750409. updated 4 oct 07 Third Monday in November (17 November 2008): “Dutch Market”, your chance to buy uniquely Dutch delicacies fresh from the Netherlands in the centrally located Social Hall of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London EC2. Organised by Neerlandia, entry (2006) 20 pence, doors open 12 noon till 2 pm. Goods include speculaas (spicy baked shortbread, formed into figures akin to gingerbread men), amandelstaaf (thin layered crust filled with an almond paste), kerststol (well-filled fairly dense fruity bread), chocolade letters (letters from the alphabet in chocolate), drop (Dutch licorice), koek (cake like loaf with various spices and fruity bits) and much more. www.neerlandia.org Please not that orders can now be placed on-line from ‘end-of-October’, via the Neerlandia website listed above; the orders need to be collected on Monday 17 November during the opening hours of the market from 12 noon till 2pm. updated 15 oct 08 . It may not be convenient to visit London on the above day; in that case consider one of the many web shops listed on the shops page here on the Anglo-Dutch website. updated 15 oct 08 . Last Saturday in November: Sinterklaas in Schotland - Sint Nicolaas in Scotland + After Guildford Sint Nikolaas travels on to Glasgow in 2007, where he ‘held an audience’ in St Andrews Hall, Roman Road, Bearsden, Glasgow. E: sinterklaasinschotland@yahoo.co.uk W: www.geocities.com/sinterklaasinschotland Last Saturday in November: Dutch group in Northern Ireland: Sinterklaas viering / ‘Sinterklaas’ ‘celebration’. + Information:
//groups.msn.com/NederlandersinNoordIerland/evenementenvandeclub.msnw Last Saturday in November: Bring and Buy, + Wilhelmina House, 21 Park Hill Rise, Croydon CR0 5JF. T: 020 8760 0933 http://www.whitgiftfoundation.co.uk/carehomes/wilhelmina.html December 2009 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . Saturday nearest 5 December: Neerlandia: Sinterklaasfeest voor de kinderen - the traditional Dutch Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) celebration, when children receive -traditionally small- gifts with rhymed praise or other for their good and not so valiant deeds during the year. Please refer to www.neerlandia.org for further, and registration details. Social Hall of the Dutch Church, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2. This event requires a good understanding of the Dutch language, and active participation of parents and children alike; it is not a spectator event. updated 12 dec 08 . Sinterklaas: For more information concerning the -partly mythical- ‘Bishop of Myra’ I’d like to suggest a website built and maintained by people in Holland, Michigan, USA : www.stnicholascentre.org gives an extensive overview of Sinterklaas, St Nicholas, and Santa Claus. comprehensive collection of links at: www.sinterklaas.2link.be/ updated 28 October 2007. 5 December: Official Birthday of Sinterklaas, allegedly the bishop of Myra (in Turkey), who travels by a small steamer from Spain, and whom especially young children revere. In fact, they donate carrots for his horse and sing songs near the chimney, hoping for little presents to drop into their shoes overnight. The historical bishopric of Myra lies near Bari in the south of Italy; the dress of the ‘Zwarte Pieten’ is based on the uniform worn by pages in Spain, the black face can refer either to the African descent of servants in important Spanish families, or to the fact that ‘Piet’ needs to climb down and up each chimney, which would make anyone pitch black anyhow. Come to think of it, my mother - when we still had a coal fire - told me that the chimney sweep acted as Zwarte Piet, because he had nothing to do in winter as all chimneys are in use. Information: holland.nl/uk/holland/sights/saint_nicholas and domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19981101/SAINTS/nicholas First Sunday in December: ’Kerst Concert’ + Christmas concert in the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, after the service led by Geoff van der Weegen, a Dutchman who has been the rector of Stonesfield, Coombe Longa and the surrounding area in Oxfordshire for longer than memory serves. www.dutchchurch.org.uk . updated 12 dec 08 . Dinsdag 16 december 2008: The following requires an excellent understanding of Dutch as it is spoken, which is why it is in Dutch! Nederlandse City Lunch - kerst soiree, in 2008 met cabaretier en schrijver Vincent Bijlo. Zaal open 18.30, aanvang 19.00, aansluitend zal een buffet worden geserveerd. In plaats van de gebruikelijke acceptatie voor de Lunches wordt u dit maal verzocht zich zo spoedig mogelijk (uiterlijk op 5 december) schriftelijk aan te melden by de City Lunch, c/o Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DP.
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Voor nadere informatie: W: www.nedcitylunch.org.uk E : nedcitylunch@dutchchurch.org.uk ; T: 020-7590 3256, boeking alleen schriftelijk, onder bijsluiting van het verschuldigde bedrag ad £22.50 per persoon, bij Vanessa van Mildert, c/o Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DP.
Traditioneel krijgen trouwe bezoekers van de ‘gewone’ city lunch bij grote belangstelling als eersten een kaartje toebedeeld. updated 17 dec 08 Last Sunday before Christmas - 21 December 2008: Christmas service at the Dutch Church, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2P 2HA Followed by ‘Kerstmaaltijd’ - Christmas meal. E: info@dutchchurch.org.uk W: www.dutchchurch.org.uk T: 020 7588 1684. Please let the vergers know in advance if you intend to attend the meal after the service, how many people will be in your party, and how you would be able to help on this day. The service is bilingual, but would assume a fair understanding of the Dutch language as it is spoken. updated 15 oct 2008 . Looking for that Christmas Card with a difference? Each year (save for 2008 ... ) The Koning Willem Fonds -the Netherlands Benevolent Society- offer for sale their card, which in 2007 pictured “Ice Scene with Golfers” (c. 1625), by Hendrick Avercamp (1585 - 1634), by kind permission of the Edward and Sally Speelman Collection. The card, sold in packs of 10, cost £8.50 per pack, discount when you order 10 or more packs. Available with and without pre-printed greeting inside, which reads: “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. W: www.koningwillemfonds.org.uk updated 15 October 2008 
2010 January 2010 Thursday 8 January 2009: UK-EU SOCIETIES New Year Concert + Last year the UK-EU Societies present eda Concert with a European theme to celebrate the New Year. Taking part were specially selected students from the Royal College of Music, who are all on the threshold of their professional careers.
The programme included: The Piatti String Quartet who will play music by Haydn and others. Jonathan Parkin on the clarinet with piano, playing Vaughan Williams’ Folk Songs and the Messager Solo de Concours. Paula Poppa, the Romanian harpist, playing Parlando Rubato - The Legend of a Flight by Felicia Donceanu (a contemporary Romanian composer). Soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon and baritone Vojtech Safarik accompanied by Alisdair Hogarth on the piano performing arias from popular operas. The Elysium Quartet (four terrific saxophonists) playing jazz including Gershwin. Plus a solo pianist.
About the Britten Theatre: Its simple elegance, responsive acoustics and intimate tiered auditorium are appreciated by audiences of opera, music, theatre and ballet. One of London ’s best-kept secrets, the Britten Theatre was opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 1986 in celebration of the College’s centenary. It was designed by Sir Hugh Casson and named after Benjamin Britten, a former student of the College. With excellent technical facilities the theatre is in almost constant use as the focus of the RCM’s thriving Benjamin Britten International Opera School.
Tickets for the Concert are £20 for seats in the Stalls, Stalls Circle and Dress Circle; and £10 for seats in the Upper Circle. There will be an interval during the concert, when a glass of wine or soft drink will be served. Thursday 8 January 2009, 7.00pm – 9.00pm The Britten Theatre Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS (Situated behind the Royal Albert Hall)
Please contact the Office of the Anglo-Netherlands society for further details. 9 ? January 2009: ’Hallo 2009’ + Neerlandia welcomes the new year with bisschopswijn, erwtensoep, oliebollen and hollandse koffie. Please book before 8 January. Members £6, guests £8. Door open 18.30, meal 19.30. See www.neerlandia.org.uk for application details. updated 15 oct 08 . date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . February 2010 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . ? February : NCL - Nederlandse City Lunch - The following requires an excellent understanding of Dutch as it is spoken, therefore the announcement is in Dutch! Voordracht door een prominente Nederlander. Zaal open 12.15, aanvang plm 12.30 lunch buffet geopend na afloop van de voordracht en vragen om plm 13.30, einde buffet rond 14.00 / 14.30. In de Social Hall van de Nederlandse Kerk, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HA. Kosten (2008) : £8.00 per persoon. Gaarne opgeven: per e-mail: nedcitylunch@dutchchurch.org.uk of telefonisch T: 020 7588 1684, voor inlichtingen: W: www.nedcitylunch.org.uk. updated 27 nov 08. March 2010 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . April 2010 18 April 2009: Holland House + The London South Bank turns orange again as the Dutch invite the Brits to Party! On Saturday 26 April 2008 the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC) once again organised the extremely popular Holland House event in celebration of the Dutch Queen mother's birthday (Queen's Day) with support of the Dutch Embassy. In 2007 over 20,000 people visited the event on the South Bank. The orange fun actually started on Friday 25 April at 22.30 when Club Holland kicked off the activities at SeOne, London Bridge. Then on Saturday 26 April family activities started at 11:00 and finished around 21.30 at Bernie Spain Gardens, adjacent to Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank near Waterloo Bridge; it promises to be even bigger and better next. For more information: info-uk@holland.com 26 April 2009: Koninginnedag borrel, + georganiseerd door Neerlandia. Event for Dutch speakers, refer to www.neerlandia.org for details. 30 April: Koninginnedag, + The official birthday of Her Netherlands Majesty, and reason for several ‘borrels’. We suggest you try pub ‘De Hems’ near Wardour Street in London if you have not been invited elsewhere yet, there is always a fairly sizeable Dutch Contingent, and otherwise the publican will likely know someone who knows. Het Wilhelmus - in Dutch and | in an English translation | Eerste couplet:
Wilhelmus van Nassouwe
ben ick van Duytschen Bloedt,
Den Vaderland ghetrouwe
blijf ick tot inden doet;
Een Prince van Orangien
ben ick vry onverveert,
Den Coninck van Hispangien
heb ick altijd gheeert.
Zesde couplet:
Mijn schilt ende betrouwen
zijt ghy, O Godt, mijn Heer,
Op U soo wil ick bouwen,
verlaet my nimmermeer:
Dat ick doch vroom mag blijven
U dienaar t’aller stond,
Die tyranny verdrijven,
die my mijn hert doorwondt. | First verse:
William of Nassau
of ancient Dutch descent,
I dedicate undying faith
to this land of mine;
A Prince of Orange
am I, undaunted, free,
The King of Spain
I granted lifelong loyalty.
Sixth verse:
My shield and my reliance
art thou, O God, my Lord,
I trust unto Thy guidance,
O leave me not ungirt:
That I may stay pious
servant of Thine for aye,
Drive the tyranny away,
which wounds me my heart. |
May 2010 4 May: Remembrance Day - Nationale Dodenherdenking at 7.30 for 8 pm, not only in the Netherlands but also in the UK. Every year, on 4 May, a commemorative service is held at the Dutch Field of Honour, Mill Hill Cemetery. Millspit Lane, entrance opposite Wise Lane, London NW7.
Programme as follows: 6.45pm: gates open, 7pm: coffee and cake served in chapel; 7.15pm: Arrival Netherlands Ambassador 7.35pm: word of welcome; 7.45: Silent Procession to Field of Honour; 7.55 pm: beginning of open air service; end of service approximately 8.20 pm. Wreaths are habitually laid by representatives of a number of Dutch Organisations in the UK, including veterans, Dutch clubs, and Dutch school children.
Transport: London Underground to Mill Hill East, then on foot along a secluded road, or First Capital Connect (used to be ‘Thameslink’) to Mill Hill Broadway, then on foot along busier streets. Car: Take the A1, at Mill Hill Circus those driving north from central London do a U-turn and proceed 50 yards - turn left just before the Esso garage (Daws Lane, B1416). Continue to the T-junction, turn right into Wise Lane; the cemetery is at the end of this lane. Please follow instructions for parking.
More information can be obtained from the Assistant Military Attaché at the Royal Netherlands Embassy, 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DP, 020 - 7590 3200www.netherlands-embassy.org.uk. Once every five years, Memorial Day is followed by celebrations on Liberation Day (May 5), when the Dutch remember and celebrate their liberation from occupying powers. 5 May: Bevrijdingsdag + the Dutch Liberation Day, when liberation from occupying powers is celebrated. The date coincides with the capitulation in 1945 of German forces at the end of the Second World War, but what is remembered are all the occupying forces and tribes, from the Romans, the Carolingians, the Viking Raids, the Austrian-Hungarian, the Spanish, the French / Napoleonic period. June 2010 date: ’Event’ + Description Details Venue Website Contact. updated date . | 
