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Greetings!
A completely sold-out event, 2012 Queen's Day in Tucson will go on the record as the biggest Queen's Day event in Southern Arizona ever!
A wave of over 200 guests, mostly dressed in orange, descended upon Abraham Lincoln Park at noon on Sunday April 29, where a private section of the park had been beautifully decorated by a team of Queen's Day volunteers.
Under blue skies, the air was filled with hundreds of orange balloons, flags and the sound of a wonderful mix of typical Dutch music!
A Fun-filled Program
- Maurice Schonk (LtCol RNLAF) kicked the festivities off with a great welcome speech, a toast to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and then officially opened 2012 Queen's Day in Tucson.
- The buffet-style lunch, prepared by the QD volunteers was absolutely delicious and even included mouth-watering freshly-made deep-fried 'Kroketten' (Thank You Jan Willem and Sylvia for making over 200 kroketten for us!).
- After lunch the Queen's Day games started - too much fun! People played ... Badminton Volleyball Soccer (of course...:-) 'Zakkenlopen' (running in sacs) 'Koekhappen' (trying to bite off candy dangling from a rope) Sjoelbakken' (shuffle board) Acrobatic demonstrations (downright scary...) 'Ren je Rot' (a runaround group competition/quiz, testing people's knowledge of the Netherlands), followed by a Hip-hop dance demonstration!
- The day ended with a gezellige 'borrel' (Happy Hour) where people enjoyed drinks, snacks, meatballs in satay sauce etc. A worthy ending to a fantastic, fun-filled day!
A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
As you can see from the few pictures below, it was smiles and laughter galore and it is obvious that everyone truly enjoyed themselves!
A LOT more pictures (70 to be precise) are on-line on our NLBorrels Facebook page. Click here for access.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
A big THANK YOU to the large volunteer support staff who worked tirelessly to make Queen's Day 2012 a most unforgettable event!
And a big THANK YOU to everyone who attended. With your smiles, laughter and active participation you contributed to an absolutely super Queen's Day party!
Here's to Queen's Day 2013!
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Netherlands Detachment Tucson AZ
NLBorrels Tucson
The Dutch Expat Network
The party continues!
Join the Dutch community at our monthly NLBorrel!
Every last Friday of the month we meet for a 'Borrel' (= Happy Hour) at
Armitage Wine Lounge and Cafe,
2905 E Skyline (La Encantada),
Tucson, AZ.
You're guaranteed to have a great time!
Our next NLBorrel is on Friday May 25 at 5 PM
Contact: nlborrelstucson@gmail.com for regular updates.
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