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July 2013 Holland Focus e-newsletter As with the magazine and our website, information is written in a combination of English and Nederlands and will
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As with the magazine and our website, information is written in a combination of English and Nederlands and will keep you up to date with community news and events in Australia, New Zealand and of course, The Netherlands.
Read the special reminder section below about our give-away promotions for magazine readers.
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 July/August 2013 edition |
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Na haar bijzonder gezellige optredens in Melbourne en Sydney is Karin doorgereisd naar Nieuw Zeeland. Afgelopen zaterdag trad Karin op in Auckland en daarna gaat ze nog naar 3 andere plaatsen:
HAMILTON op dinsdag 23 juli in de Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts,
FOXTON op woensdag 24 juli in de War Memorial Hall,
CHRISTCHURCH op zaterdag 27 juli in het Grange Theatre.
Er zijn nog steeds kaarten verkrijgbaar. Voor meer informatie en kaartverkoop, neem kontakt op met:
Joop Boumeester, (t) 09 415 8805 (m) 021 53 93 83 (e) joopboumeester@me.com
Willem van de Velde (t) 09 418 1390 (m) 021519094 (e) willemvdvelde@slingshot.co.nz |
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Read on to win a double pass
Widely recognised as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century, Einstein on the Beach will return to Australia for an exclusive season at Arts Centre Melbourne as part of a major world tour, bringing to a new generation this ground-breaking work that changed the way theatre was made.
Rarely performed due to its epic scale, Einstein on the Beach, An Opera in Four Acts, launched its director/designer Robert Wilson and composer/lyricist Philip Glass to international success when it was first produced in Avignon in 1976 with subsequent performances in Europe and New York. Now nearly four decades since it was first performed and 21 years since its last production (seen exclusively in Australia at the 1992 Melbourne Festival) a remarkable revival by Wilson, Glass, and choreographer Lucinda Childs has critics and audiences in raptures all over again.
Arts Centre Melbourne from 31 July to 4 August 2013
For more info and booking details go to Einstein on the Beach.
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Arts Centre Melbourne have generously offered a free double pass to friends of Holland Focus for the opening night on 31 July. Send an email with your name and address details to editor@hollandfocus.com before 29 July to go into the draw.
Workshop for local dancers
A key performer (and also rehearsal director) for the performance is Ty Boomershine, a resident of The Netherlands. As a dancer, Ty has worked with many artists and companies including Merce Cunningham Repertory Ensemble, Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane & Co, Emio Greco | PC, and with Lucinda Childs Dance Company. Ty is also running workshops for local dancers here on Friday 2 August. For booking details go to Inside Einstein on the Beach: Dance Workshop with Ty Boomershine. |
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Based on the picture book Ophelia’s Shadow Theatre by Michael Ende (author of The Neverending Story), Dutch theatre company Het Filiaal will capture your heart and imagination with light, lots of surprising objects, and even more shadows.
Miss Ophelia tells the story of a failed actress who begins collecting and looking after stray shadows. Forging strong friendships with her shadowy companions, Ophelia opens a shadow puppet theatre with her friends and becomes the successful entertainer she always dreamed of being. Told through a mixture of real-life actors, shadow puppetry and live music, Miss Ophelia will warm the coldest heart this Winter.
Sydney Opera House (venue: Studio) on 27 and 28 July 2013
More details and booking info, go to What's on at SOH
Arts Centre Melbourne on 3 and 4 August 2013
More details and booking info, go to What's on at ACM
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Arts Centre Melbourne has generously offered 3 double passes to friends of Holland Focus to the first performance in Melbourne: 11:30am Saturday 3 August.
Send an email to editor@hollandfocus.com with your name and address details before 1 August 2013 and go into the draw for a double pass. |
WINTER WONDERLAND OF FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE
Dance, Theatre and Music for the whole family from Wednesday 31 July to Sunday 18 August. From a retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel to a lavish dance spectacle inspired by flowers and insects.
Botanica
From blooming flowers to creeping insects, Mother Nature’s four seasons are brought to life on stage by award-winning dance company Momix’s new production Botanica from Wednesday 7 – Sunday 11 August. Inspired by the patterns of nature and the science of plants and flowers, Botanica follows the rhythms of the seasons, the changing shape of life on earth and the passing of a day. Set to an eclectic score ranging from birdsong to Vivaldi, nature's changing imagery is revealed through MOMIX’s talented dancers, who embody everything from falling petals to buzzing dragonflies to fossilised dinosaurs.
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Inspired by Hansel and Gretel, Swiss company Trickster-p reimagines the fairy tale in their walk-through, contemporary haunted house .h.g. from Thursday 8 – Sunday 11 August. Armed with a set of earphones, an iPod and a torch, the audience – one by one – will walk into the very heart of the story, guided through a series of rooms and passageways, each a bone-chilling world of its own.
Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
In a highly imaginative fusion of animation, mime, puppetry, projections and live music, actor Sam Longley tells the tale of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer in this production by Perth Theatre Company and Weeping Spoon Productions. The seas have risen and many have died and now, in a last-ditch effort to save the human race, Alvin must venture down into the mysterious depths of the deep blue sea to find a new place for everyone to live. In the Fairfax Studio from Wednesday 14 – Saturday 18 August, Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer has won a slew of awards world-wide, including Outstanding Solo Show at the New York International Fringe Festival, and has two productions touring simultaneously around the globe.
The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush
Families will love this exhibition, exclusive to Arts Centre Melbourne. Featuring costumes, photographs, moving image and personal items. The free exhibition in Gallery 1 from Saturday 6 July – Sunday 29 September explores Geoffrey Rush’s ability to create iconic characters, including Captain Barbosa from The Pirates of the Caribbean films.
More information on What's On - Arts Centre Melbourne |
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 John Russell, Australia 1858–1930, lived in Europe 1881–1921, Peonies and head of a woman c.1887, oil on canvas,40.7 x 65.0 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004 |
Australian Impressionists in France
Untill 6 Oct 2013 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square
Australian Impressionists in France exhibits over 130 works, focussing on the remarkable story of Australian Impressionist artists who lived and worked in France from 1885 to 1915. It includes important paintings by John Russell, E. Phillips Fox and Charles Conder, as well as never before seen works by lesser-known artists.
The exhibition shows that during these years Australian art took place beyond the confines of Australia, and examines how the expatriate artists were part of the story of Impressionism in Australia. |
 French ambiance as you walk to his house |
Many artists create paintings of beautiful gardens, Monet created a beautiful garden to paint it
MONET’S GARDEN at the National Gallery of Victoria, untill 8 September 2013
It is hard to imagine that before Claude Monet and his friends wandered out into nature to paint it, a practice now called plein-air landscape painting, very few artists did this before them. It was simply not done… it caused a furore. But Claude departed from the salon practice and led the way of a new movement, the Impressionists.
The wonderful Monet’s Garden exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria tries hard to connect you with the place where these paintings were created. The natural rock walls as you wander in are as if walking into his country house. Large back-lit photos greet you of the artist in his garden, as if he is interrupted by your visit.
The paintings are astounding, all 63 of them. Starting with some early works, including two portraits of the artist and his wife by his friend and fellow impressionist Auguste Renoir. Waling from room to room one progress through, giving a sense of his chronological life. Here he visited London and was influenced by Turner and created a mesmerising almost abstract painting of the London bridge in heavy fog. There he visited Norway and painted with refreshing bright colours the little red houses at Bjórnegaard.
Much has been written about Monet’s waterlilies, but only a visit to this exhibition will give you a sense in how many ways Monet painted these water plants and how he played with the reflections surrounding them. Almost all of the paintings are of nature, a nature he created with his own hand from what was originally a swamp into an exquisite cascade of colours, movement and light.
Your incredible journey through Monet’s Garden ends in his garden. The specially commissioned multimedia installation was created in November in his garden at Giverny and immerses you in the daily beauty of Monet’s garden. The only thing is missing is the smell from his pipe. |
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The exhibition has travelled to the Gold Museum in Ballarat and will be on display until 11 August 2013.
It then travels around major cities and regional towns throughout Australia in this and the coming years.
Message
The worldwide tour is coordinated by the Anne Frank House and is directed at young people from 11 to 18 years old. “The diary of Anne Frank is a book with a strong message which is still relevant for all young people throughout the world: ‘learn to live together with other communities and respect each other’s culture and habits.’ And that is what we want to explain in this exhibition,” according to Ronald Leopold, general director of the Anne Frank Foundation. “We want to pass on the message to the younger generation. Therefore supplementary material such as a catalogue, a DVD and instructions for guides and schools will be part of the exhibition.” The Anne Frank Exhibition travelled through New Zealand from 2010 till 2012 and was a huge success. The expectations for Australia are very high too.
For more information and Travelling dates / Places, go to the Anna Frank website |
 Paleis Het Loo | |  Zilver doopbekken met wapen Prins Willem III | |  Doop van Prins Willem V |
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Until 1 September 2013, Paleis Het Loo is mounting the exhibition ‘The Royal family and religion’ to illustrate the ties between the House of Orange-Nassau and different religious faiths. Precious bibles and personal hymnals from the royal collections reflect the role that religion played in the daily lives of the members of the royal family. For more details, go to the Paleis Het Loo website. |
 Bloemenpagode, Delfts aardewerk. Collectie Paleis Het Loo. Foto E. Boeijinga |
FLOWER PALACE HET LOO
Fragrant blooms at court
Until 15 September 2013 Paleis het Loo will be mounting an exhibition 'Flower Palace Het Loo' which focuses on fragrant blooms and plants in the palace and gardens.
The exhibition ‘Flower Palace Het Loo’ gives an impression of the role of fragrant flowers and plants at court. In cooperation with the association of botanical artists in the Netherlands Vereniging Botanisch Kunstenaars Nederland (VBTN) illustrations by more than 25 artists will be on display, including those of Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn and Anita Walsmit Sachs. The works depict flowers and plants that formerly found great favour at court because of their fragrance and colour. Also on display will be silver potpourri dishes from the time of Queen Mary II Stuart (1662-1694), beautiful perfume burners, flower vases and precious perfume bottles. The recently acquired painting ‘Violets’ by Queen Wilhelmina will be on display to the public for the first time.
Paleis Het Loo National Museum: Open from Tuesday to Sunday inclusive and on public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information +31 55 5772400 or www.paleishetloo.nl |
 Dutch Tall Ships departing Rotterdam. (photo by Gerda Poot) |
On the 27th of October in the year 1628 a proud crew of Dutch VOC ship ‘Batavia’ departed from The Netherlands for their destination; The Dutch East Indies. Unfortunately, they never reached their final destination. The ship wrecked at the west coast of Australia, on the Abrolhos Islands.
Almost 400 years later, a small fleet of Dutch Tall Ships is following the footsteps of this historic voyage. Now equipped with modern tools to avoid the reefs they are going to rediscover the area where this tragedy took place.
Dutch Tall Ships
Three-masted schooner ‘Oosterschelde’ (1918), bark ‘Europa’ (1911) and two mast Ketch ‘Tecla’ (1916) departed from The Netherlands last year for an epic voyage around the world. Following the old trade routes and passing notorious capes, they sail around the world in a small fleet, just like in ancient times. The complete voyage takes around 1,5 years. Guests can join the professional crew on all legs of this circumnavigation.
Arrival in Fremantle
On Saturday July 27, the ships will arrive in Fremantle. The Major of Fremantle, the director of the Western Australian Maritime Museum and other dignitaries, will welcome them. The ships will be berthed in Victoria Quay, at the C and D shed, Fremantle.
Visit the ships
The Dutch Tall Ships will be open for the public on Sunday July 28, from 10 AM until 3 PM (visitors are asked for a small gold coin donation on board of each ship).
Special Batavia Voyage
From Fremantle the three ships make a 12-day expedition from August 3-14 to the Abrolhos Islands. This chain of 122 islands and associated coral reefs is one of the world’s most important seabird breeding places. And is very famous for the grounding of the 'Batavia' and the mutiny of her survivors. You can join the ships on this unique voyage, with a guide sailing along to explain all about the history and tragedy of the Batavia.
Sailing along the Australian coast
If you are interested in joining in on other legs, there is also the possibility to step aboard for one of the other legs along the Australian coast, from Fremantle to Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney or even on to New Zealand.
Information on the sailing vessels and their voyage can be found on www.dutchtallships.com.
International Tall Ship Festival Program:
More than 20 tall ships from around the world will gather in Australia for the International Tall Ship Festival and the Sydney Auckland Tall Ship Regatta – the first event of its kind in Australasia.
The three month Festival Program will see Tall Ships celebrating with Parades of Sail, street parades and festivals in several cities, including the International Fleet Review – celebrating 100 years since the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet into Sydney Harbour.
Fremantle 27 - 29 July 2013
Adelaide 29 - 30 August 2013
Melbourne 09 - 14 September 2013
Hobart 20 - 25 September 2013
Sydney 03 - 10 October 2013
Auckland 25 - 28 October 2013 |
Op zoek naar erfgenamen
In verband met het overlijden van mevrouw Sijke Georgina van de Wijngaard, geboren te Utrecht op 7 augustus 1920 en overleden te Utrecht op 20 juli 2010 zijn wij onder meer op zoek naar:
* de heer ALEX DE HAAN, geboren te Den Haag op 21 januari 1940; en
* mevrouw MARGARETHA DE HAAN, geboren te Den Haag op 22 december 1948;
of hun afstammelingen of andere familieleden.
Alex de Haan en Margaretha de Haan zijn samen met hun moeder, mevrouw Frederika de Haan-Buschman, op 30 maart 1954 vanuit Nederland vertrokken naar BOX HILL, Australië.
Mevrouw Fredrika de Haan-Buschman is geboren te Den Haag op 5 augustus 1909.
Voor informatie gelieve contact op te nemen met WFO Netwerk Notarissen, Postbus 58 te 1600 AB Enkhuizen, tel. +31 2 28512444, email: steltenpool@wfonotarissen.nl. |
GEZOCHT: nabestaanden van Siebrand Mensinga
Mijn moeder is Henderina Heikens- Mensinga (88) en het jongste zusje van Siebrand. Zij wil heel graag weten wat er van de kinderen en kleinkinderen van Siebrand en Alie Mensinga is geworden. Zelf zullen ze niet meer in leven zijn omdat ze in 1913 zijn geboren. Ze zijn in 1954 geëmigreerd naar Australië samen met hun twee kinderen, Jan Mensinga (die volgens mij in Australië Rick wordt genoemd) en Klasina Mensinga (ook wel Sientje genoemd). De verloofde van Klasina is ook mee gegaan. We weten het niet helemaal zeker maar denken dat de achternaam van haar verloofde Lautenbach is. De familie Mensinga kwamen uit Groningen. Het laatst bekende adres dat we hebben is 17 Robert Street, Corrimal, NSW. Verder weten we dat Jan (of Rick) geboren is op 10 mei 1945 in Groningen.
De foto is in 1977 gemaakt tijdens de bruiloft van mijn broer in Groningen. Siebrand was toen samen met Alie in Nederland. Dit was de enige keer dat ze weer in Nederland waren.
Als u denkt informatie te hebben over Mensinga of Lautenbach, email mij dan op dianerenkema@gmail.com. Bij voorbaat heel hartelijk dank. Diana Renkema-Heikens |
End Women's Cancer Walk
On 26-27 October, Dutch-Australian Renate Martini-Jacobi, will hit the road to walk 60km around Brisbane to raise awareness and funds to fight breast and gynaecologic cancer.
Funds raised in Brisbane will benefit the cancer research at Queensland Institute of Medical Research and help Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, home of Queensland’s largest Cancer Care Service.
To make sure Renate can walk this walk, she needs to raise at least $2000.
How can you help:
1. You can donate/ sponsor Renate directly through the organisation via The Weekend To End Women's Cancer: fill out walker name Renate Martini-Jacobi and follow the details on the form presented to you.
2. You can ask Renate for a donation form at renatejacobi@hotmail.com, that you can fill out and send in by mail.
3. You can visit minimonotypes. This is a site Renate has set up to sell little works of art of which all proceeds go to her fundraising goal. Please take a look. |
The list of Dutch Playgroups, Clubs and Businesses is too long for publication in our e-newsletter. Go to Playgroups, Clubs, Businesses and search for a listing in your area about playgroups, social clubs, Dutch language schools, aged care, news and entertainment, etc.
If you would like your contact / website included, please send your details to editor@hollandfocus.com |
 www.crimestoppers.com.au |
Een ieder met informatie over misdaden en gezochte personen, wordt verzocht contact op te nemen met Crime Stoppers. Voor informatie over verschillende gezochte personen is een beloning van $1000 beschikbaar gesteld. U hoeft uw naam niet te noemen. De persoon die belt, krijgt een codenummer toegewezen dat gebruikt moet worden in elk contact met de politie totdat de beloning betaald is. Bel gratis: 1800 333 000. |
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