Former presenter Joop Schilder has died

FORMER PRESENTER JOOP SCHILDER HAS DIED.

Joop Schilder was very well known in Schagen and the surrounding area, involved in numerous activities and active on many fronts.
He played an important role within the West Frisian Folklore,
from 1994 up to and including 2004 Joop was presenter/programme manager, he was also a "member" of the maintenance team for our carriages and he presented the ring tilting up to and including 2016.
Together with Piet Pannekeet he was also for many years the frontman of the Schagen scooter race.
In addition, Schilder enjoyed national fame as a successful impersonator of Dorus.
Joop Schilder died of pleural cancer (mesothelioma). We wish his wife Marieke and his family a great deal of strength in bearing this grief.