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Colophon Information about the HBBC foundation The committee consists of 10 people, who work on a voluntary basis for various activities and contacts. • Kees Haanstra (chairman) • Kees de Bruyn (secretary-treasurer) • Martin Kamerling (travel organization) • Mieke Haanstra (Member) • Marianne Stolk ( Exchange April 1) • Joop Brune (Member) • Corrie Engelblik (Member) • Peter Moree (Exchange musicians) • Ivonne Brune (Exchange students) • Jan Engelblik (Newsletter-website) If you have any questions, please call Kees de Bruyn: 0181 416 495.

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  Table of content                  Page • Colophon 2 • Pekel in Brod 3 • Pekel in Brod (continued) 4 • 30 year Velvet Revolution 5 • April 1 6 • May visit to Brod 7 • Sports competitions in Brod 8 • In Memoriam 9 • Evening of lights 10 • Decorations 11 • Sponsors 12

A large delegation from Brielle was in Havlíčkův Brod to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution with the Czechs. On Thursday, November 14, Theo, Erno, John and Peter mebers of the Pekel music group flew to Prague with Irene Kleinjan. Irene is a twinning musician from the start of the jumelage. In Prague we were picked up by Tomás Hermann and went to the Czech Parliament, where we got a tour by Jan Tecl, parliamentarian and mayor of Havlíčkův Brod. To our great surprise Eva Hora and her husband participated in the tour!

Our wonderful guide Tomás Hermannen dropped us at the force of the Honza Swartz in Svatý Kríž, where we stayed. Petra and Honza allready had prepared our diner!

Thursday evening November 14 we drove to Jo Ramaekers - Kees and Mieke Haanstra had our music stuff in their bus, so we had to pick it up. We went to the theater, where the singers Kia Lutnerova and Jana Blazkova were ready to rehearse for our performances. We could borrow the car from HBBC member Pavel Novotny. Awesome! For Jana and Kia, we had wooden shoes to increase integration. Two Dutch songs were translated by my Yoga teacher Viktoria.

Pekel in Havlíčkův  Brod by Peter Moree November 4 -18, 2019

On Friday morning, November 15  we performed these numbers in a one-hour program for 340 high school students. The highlight was a clog dance, that a number of Czech boys performed with Kia and Jana! In the meantime, mayor Gregor Rensen, alderman André Schoon, Peter Kroone and a member from each political party in Brielle, had arrived in Prague. We met in the theater of HB where a performance was organized in the context of the Velvet Revolution. Saturday morning November 16 was our second performance in a retirement home. Tomás Hermann was the translator and we even got the audience dancing.

with violinist Pavel Kubat, Irene kleinjan, Jana Blazkova, Pekel and other musicians present. On   Sunday   17   November    7.30   we   were   at   the HB   market   with   Pekel   for   the   soundcheck   at the Art & Craft market.                                                              

Together with Jana and Kia and supported by the translation by Tomás, we played 3 times here in a program with a number of music groups from different parts of the Czech Republic.

The great quality of the products and crafts, offered on the market, is striking! Forges and wood turners created a great atmosphere! We said goodbye to our wonderful Czech friends in a theater / party farm in Svatý Kríž. It was a great time in Havlíčkův Brod and I am really looking forward to deepening the integration of Czech and Dutch music at the 35th anniversary of the twinning in 2020!

On Saturday evening we met in the Čarodějka (witches) bar in the center of Havlíčkův Brod. Kia Lutnerova provided delicious snacks and the mayor and aldermen of HB, Brielle and Spišská Nová Vez   (Slovakian sister city of HB) enjoyed a music session

30 years of Velvet Revolution

On November 17th it was commemorated in Havlíčkův Brod that 30 years ago on November 17, 1989 the Velvet Revolution took place in  Czechoslovakia. The commemoration of this revolution was attended by members of our city council. Gregor Rensen, mayor of Brielle and André Schoon. alderman, laid flowers at the memorial monument on the corner of Chotěborská and Pražská.

The delegation from Brielle

The   aerial   photo   of   Brielle   is   offered   to   Jan Tecl,    mayor    of    Brod,    by    Gregor    Rensen, mayor of Brielle.

Commemoration 30 years of Velvet Revolution

This year too, a large delegation from Havlíčkův Brod was present during the April 1 festivities. Jan Tecl, mayor of Brod, was there together with 2 directors. They were accompanied by Gregor Rensen, mayor of Brielle, who informed them about the history of the April 1st festivities. In addition, the Czech music group Worwani was in Brielle. They played their music at the street group the Rebels. We were spoiled in the sun with their cheerful sounds. The musicians stayed with host families, just like Pepe, a woodworker from our sister city. He showed his works on April 1 at the street group. In the evening, all members of the street group and all the Czechs ate the “geuzenmaal” in the old Arsenal, where a buffet was offered to many members of the April 1 association. Peter Moree and other members of the folk group Pekel and Worwani provided the music there.

April 1 in Brielle by Marianne Stolk

The visit to Havlíčkův Brod in May 2019 by Joop Brune The annual May 8 commemoration in Havlíčkův Brod is always visited by a delegation from Brielle. This year, Brielle was also represented by members of the Havlíčkův Brod Brielle Committee. There was also a request from the shanty choir "de Spuigasten", if they could join the delegation again this year. Two years earlier this choir had already been in Brod and had good memories of it. Although this choir comes from the marina of Zuidland, many members live in Brielle. The company consists of approximately 30 members (m/f) and travels to the Czech Republic on all kinds of occasions. They provide accommodation themselves. Some have a camper, others are staying in a guest house or can go to friends. This year all the festivities were on the big square in the city, because there was a major renovation in the park. The weather was beautiful and the choir sang twice on the big stage. The Czech songs, which were sung enthusiastically by the audience, were a great success. Because we were in Brod for a few days, we also had time to do some other performances. First of all, we performed at the opening of an exhibition by wood artist Josef Spicl. The choir got a

beautiful wooden statue, donated by the artist. It is now in the marina of Zuidland where it looks at everyone who passes it. We have a very nice memory of the performance in a care home because of the enthusiastic audience. Of course there was also time for relaxation and delicious was the pancake we ate during a walk. The pancake was eaten at a roadside kiosk. After the order was noted, a liquid manure wagon emptied the cesspit. A pancake with a special tast! The diner at Zdeněk in his cafe was delicious. It was a nice ending of a few pleasant days. We sang with everyone present until late in the evening. It was a great experience for the choir and we also hope for the residents of Brod.

Artwork of Josef Spicl

Joop and Koos hand out oliebollen

Sports competitions in Brod 4 to 9 June 2019 Secondary schools participate in sports competitions in Havlíčkův Brod

The joint secondary schools in Brielle have participated in the youth sports competitions in Havlíčkův Brod. Sixteen students from the Maerlant-, nine from the Bahûrim- and eight students from the Wellant College did not only play sports against students from Brod, but also against students from various other European cities. The thirty-three students and six supervisors and alderman Bert van Ravenhorst left on the 4th of June for the Czech Republic on Tuesday evening. June 5: The students were given a tour through Havlíčkův Brod. June 6: The official opening of the games. Pelhřimov was visited by bus in the afternoon. June 7: The games. Afterwards the participants could look back on the games with great satisfaction. It was an extremely sporting event. Tuinderij Vers and Jumbo Brielle had sponsored nice shirts. June 8:  Prague was visited and on June 9 the group arrived safely in Brielle.

Pelhřimov

Havlíčkův Brod

Lydia Cornelia Kamerling-Braber *Dreischor, 13 september 1951      † Brielle, 31 oktober 2019

In memoriam

Lydia Kamerling passed away on October 31, 2019. Born in the family of doctor Braber in Dreischor, she obtained her HBS diploma in Zierikzee. She then followed the physical education course at the Hague Academy of Physical Education In 1973 she was appointed as the first female physical education teacher at the RGO in Middelharnis.   In 1973, she and Martin met and married in Brouwershaven on 24 August 1979. They got two sons: Koos and Christiaan and a granddaughter Lotte. Lydia was sweet, caring, humorous and genuinely interested in others and drew vitality from the fact that she could mean something to the people around her. Her direct honesty was striking. Regardless of the position of the other, she remained herself and did not shy from a critical note in a conversation. In addition, she was musical, played accordion in care homes, schools or for Czech guests and was a member of various choirs. Her performance as Doris was famous. She was involved in the twinning with the Brielle sister cities Queenborough (England) and Havlíčkův Brod (Czech Republic) At the end of 2016, a disease manifested that reduced her muscle strength. After a one-year medical search, it was found that she suffered from a rare muscle disease: PSMA Without expressing a complaint to others, she carried her destiny with dignity and humor, that commanded respect. Lydia passed away, surrounded by love and care, at home in the home circle. On Tuesday, November 5, Lydia was, burried in Brielle, after a busy farewell service in the Sint Catherijne Church and sung by her own choir.

Member of the board of the Havlíčkův Brod Brielle Committee

For the 12th consecutive year the municipality has Havlíčkův Brod a Christmas tree that is more than 10 meters high donated to Brielle. The transport of the tree from the Czech Republic was cared for and sponsored by the company DFDS Logistics Special Cargo B.V. The tree could again be decorated with a platform, sponsored by the Hoogenboom company. Gregor Rensen, mayor of Brielle, welcomed everyone on December 13,  in particular the Shanty choir “de Spuigasten”.  All present children received again a present from Havlíčkův Brod. All these presents were made by children from Brod.

Evening of lights 2019

Two members of the HBBC decorated

Kees Haanstra Kees is a volunteer and chairman of the  Havlíčkův Brod Brielle Committee foundation, board member of the Dijckhuis Vierpolders foundation and of the Brielle mill foundation 't Vliegend Hert. He also supervised people with a disability in the ZuidWester Foundation neighbourhood store.

Two members of the HBBC received the royal ornaments on April 26, 2019. They have been awarded on behalf of the King for their merits and became therefore members of the Order of Oranje Nassau.

Jan Engelblik Jan has been a board member and volunteer at the HBBC since 1985. He is a volunteer and board member and webmaster of the Eriba Hymer Club Netherlands, a volunteer and webmaster at the Stinzentuin Mildenburg of the Zuid-Hollands Landschap in Oostvoorne and a volunteer and jobcoach at Vluchtelingen-werk Brielle (Supporting and guiding refugees)

The sponsors who made the “Evening of lights” possible

The HBBC wishes you a healthy 2020