Column | The Oranje Village

The Oranges visited Doetinchem, the town of Zwollg. They did not go to their knees, they fell through it, mayor Mark Boumans (VVD) first. The word ermine flea does not justify him, his orange love is too great for that. Asked about his best moment of the day, he said in the news café of De Gelderlander That he received goose bumps when from ‘the end podium’ spontaneously the ‘long will he live’ was used for the king. King’s Day had been a mega version, he saw fewer empty spots than on earlier King’s days. An ugly sneer to Emmen, of the activities there, nothing lingered a year later.

To be honest: it will be difficult to forget the performance of Bennie Jolink, who, with what has stayed about it from his band, normally sang an almost acoustic version of the song ‘Oerend Hard’. The family was a meter away, Princess Laurentien who said he had received ‘a lot of support’ during the walk in her own way. The king even sang along, Jolink had already indicated in the run -up to the day that he and the head of state are fan of each other. What Jolink actually said was that he never wanted to be associated with the term rock ‘n’ roll.

It went as it always went, the reporting of the NOS was also old -fashioned uplifting. Reporter Jozephine Trey had bumped into Prince Pieter-Christiaan in the morning and made an item about it for Radio 1. He had been running. « I always do that on King’s Day, » he said, « to explore the village a bit. »

« The village, » Trey did not contradict him.

Maybe the king should go to Doetinchem every day to say something

He had ran after a street named after him, the reporter thought it was « a great deal » that the 53-year-old prince sometimes runs.

The king closed with a few sentences in German to please the Euregio and thanked the whole of Doetinchem.

« Doetinchem, the Achterhoek, Gelderland have shown here how to work together, live together and bind such a crazy King’s Day. Let’s hold that, let’s do that every day of the year. »

For those words were cheered. It was a advice of nothing, he could also have been talking about the beautiful mill, but it didn’t matter what he said, as long as he said what in Doetinchem. Maybe the king should go to Doetinchem every day to say something. Mayor Boumans can certainly ensure that there are no empty spots and Bennie Jolink can now let the same song play the same song for his biggest fan every day without any problems.

Marcel van Roosmalen Writes a column on Monday and Thursday.

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