Newsletter 2017 01

STICHTING BEVORDERING WESTFRIESE FOLKLORE IN SCHAGEN

NEWSLETTER NUMBER 1.

3 April 2017

In about three months we will kick off the 64th folklore season.

We start on 29 June and finish on 31 August.

We hope it will be a fine season, with Anneke Molenaar as the new presenter and Jan Benit as programme manager.

This first Newsletter of 2017 contains the necessary practical information.

Children's dance group

Contact person Astrid Neve (email: wfkinderdansgroep@ziggo.nl)

Rehearsals start on Thursday 13 April on the Torenplein (behind the Posthoorn/Peetoom). These rehearsals run from 15:00 to 15:45.

Boys and girls aged 4 and over can be signed up with Astrid Neve (see above for email address) and, from 13 April (up to and including 22 June), every Thursday on the square itself. Feel free to come and have a look, and if you like it, just join in!

Further on in this newsletter, more about the children's dance group, because it is 60 years old this year!!!

Annual general meeting

29 May, 20:00 in Het Oude Slot on the Markt

Miss election

15 June, 20:00 in the main hall of Igesz.

Doors open at 19:30

During the Miss election, ladies show their finest West Frisian clothing to an attentive audience. An expert jury judges what is shown and (part of) the audience also has a vote again. Anyone may take part in authentic West Frisian costume: new or years old, golden head iron or farmer's hat, anything goes and everyone stands a chance! Also with clothing borrowed from the Stichting. You can sign up with annettetesselaar@hotmail.nl

Costume loan

Monday 12 June, from 14:00 to 16:00

Monday 12 June, from 19:00 to 21:00

Tuesday 13 June, from 19:00 to 21:00

Wednesday 14 June, from 14:00 to 16:00

Saturday 17 June, from 11:00 to 13:00

Tuesday 27 June, from 19:00 to 21:00

Carriage museum, entrance Muziektuin.

Issue of bonnets

Tuesday 13 June, from 19:00 to 21:00

Carriage museum, entrance Muziektuin.

Reserve date: Tuesday 27 June from 19:00 to 20:00.

Pram loan

Tuesday 13 June, from 19:00 to 21:00

Carriage museum, entrance Muziektuin.

OTHER NEWS:

Children's dance group

The children's dance group is 60 years old! Throughout this season we are going to put the children in the spotlight and spoil them a little.

We therefore hope for a large turnout of children for the dancing.

At the annual general meeting Jan Benit will present the entire festive programme, which is being put together with the cooperation of Ondernemend Schagen.

The church tower

This year there will again be a fine display on the first gallery of the church tower on the Markt, with rhymes about our children's dance group written by the various Skroifgroepen (writing groups). A jury judges the rhymes and the ten best will be hung in the tower; every West Frisian Thursday one of the winning rhymes will be recited on the stage by its writer.

On 28 June Mayor Marjan van Kampen, together with one child from the dance group, will unveil a large group photo. Very official; only for all the children of the dance group (each with one companion).

HELP wanted

For the children's bread meal we need help preparing the sandwiches and helping at the stall during the meal. A fun and sociable job!

INSURANCE and so on.

1.Participants

For all participants, taking part in the parades is ‘at their own expense and risk’.

This means that you must take out any (liability) insurance yourself. A standard third-party liability insurance usually covers taking part as a pedestrian; this also applies to the hobby use of a ‘horse and cart’.

2.Board and ‘committee members’

This means board members and those who carry out unpaid tasks ‘on behalf of’ the board, such as the people at the information stall, the ladies of the children's bread meal, those who organise the children's dancing, and others. For these people, the Municipality of Schagen has taken out a ‘collective volunteers' insurance’. Broadly speaking, this means that in the event of damage or injury this insurance can pay out once it has been established that your own insurance or third parties' liability insurance does not pay out.

This collective insurance is a so-called subsidiary or secondary policy!

3.Coachmen taking part in the parade and the ring tilting

Coachmen take part at their own expense and risk.

The parade and the ring tilting take place on the public highway in Schagen.

Third-party liability insurance is compulsory for driving a horse-drawn vehicle on the public highway. The coachman's liability insurance must include a clause stating that you are also insured against damage caused by the behaviour of your horse(s). Please note: one insurer responds differently to this than another.

In any case, check it, and if the insurer is not willing to include the clause, have them confirm to you in writing that driving as a coachman during the folklore Thursdays is insured.

So ask your insurer about this.

4.Passengers

Passengers in the carriages in principle take part at their own expense and risk.

For them we have taken out insurance that can pay out in the event of death and/or permanent disability.

5.General subsidiary or secondary liability policy

Should, in unfortunate cases and for whatever reason, your liability insurance not pay out on a liability claim and liability is established, you can pass the claim on to the liability insurance taken out by the Stichting bevordering Westfriese folklore.

6. Coachman's/driving certificate

Because in Schagen we use the public highway both for the parade and during the ring tilting, we require all our coachmen to hold the coachman's/driving certificate.

Questions?

The above text was produced partly with the cooperation of the Van der Voort Groep.

If you have any questions on this subject, please email them to our secretary (info@westfriesefolklore.nl).

We will then answer these questions after consulting our adviser.

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FINALLY…

We wish you all a great deal of fun in the new folklore season.

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On behalf of the board,

Rob Hogenes,

Chairman.

03.04.2017.