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Levi has been to camp – Here he tells of his experiences. Translation below…. Ik ben op kamp geweest en ik heb tijdens het eten een yell gemaakt met mijn groep de Leeuwen! De Leeuwen, de Leeuwen koning van de dieren – al eeuwen we eten jullie op en laten niemand staan, het zit in [...]

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Good friday – Once again a trip to The Hague for Gideon, Levi and the Jongenskoor Rijnmond and Jongenskoor Rivierenland for the last Matthew Passion performance of this year. But also a unique evening in Gideons’ life. As he is growing taller his voice is starting to lower. Slowly, but surely. After performing the Matthew [...]

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New!

It came upon a December day….. On thursday Kristers’ new camera’s arrived per mail. Beautiful new equipment, to bring his passion closer to reality. Last night Gideon and Levi sang a beautiful concert in Mijnsheerenland, with their choir Jongenskoor Rijnmond, de Coolsingers,Mariet Kaasschieter (soprano soloist)and Rien Donkersloot (organist), under the direction of Arie Hoek. It [...]

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Sometimes it is time to get rid of things. The trash is always a way that says it has been used to the fullest, and now is so broken that it is time to get something to replace it. With clothing, Krister and I both find that we keep items, even though we seldom wear [...]

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This morning I woke up with a song in my ear: “Als de morgen is gekomen…”. Levi had woken up to his normal pattern – a smile on his face heard through the song from his voice. He sings to himself when he gets up, sings to himself when he uses the bathroom and opens [...]

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Nigerian artist

While I am posting Youtube music, I’ll add this one which I ran across on facebook. The following is taken from her website: Asa grew up in Lagos, a city teeming with people and buzzing with energy but also home to a deep-rooted spirituality. Islam thrives shoulder to shoulder with Christianity in an atmosphere of [...]

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Birthday gift

Some things in life are just so special. Birthdays of course are among those things. On the 14th, I turned 40 years old. Seems like a lot of years, and still I wonder where they all went. Willeke being who she is, did not let my 40th go by un-noticed. In fact, she made a [...]

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I was listening to Radio West, and they had a “demonstration” of Klank Schalen as a type of massage. This guy is opening up in Monster. This is his Klank Therapie site. Being someone sensitive to sound (musical) it struck me as one of those things worth trying sometime. It’s a practice coming out of [...]

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Won’t be going to North Sea Jazz this year, but I still saw Pat! Months ago, Andre van Eijk invited me to go with to a Pat Metheny concert in Utrecht. It was a chance I didn’t want to pass up, and I’m glad I didn’t. Vredenburg is an interesting hall. round like a ampi-theater, [...]

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Finally got a taste of a music festival, after always feeling like missing out on the fun. Kids is always a great excuse to say that you can’t do things, and sometimes it is the truth. We had decided to go to the Dunya World Music Festival in Rotterdam, but after church and a little [...]

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