Kerkrade, Netherlands Travel Blogs

Rain, rain, go away!
Aug 2, 2009 (3 photos)

Today we woke up to pouring rain - and it's finals today - argh! We prayed for it to stop and just before Showband went on it did! But by that time more than 10 bands had already been on the field and it was pretty muddy. The Japanese band was the first ...

Competition Day is finally here!
Jul 30, 2009 (3 photos)

... in their hot uniforms. We met some wonderful Dutch locals who told us a lot about the local economy and such. Turns out Kerkrade is the "Kelowna" of Holland. Many of the people here are retired! We wondered why were were seeing mostly "mature" folks and ...

Recovering from jet lag
Jul 27, 2009 (3 photos)

All flights went well and we arrived on time. Not much sleep on the plane - too uncomfortable - UGH! Got to the train station in Herzogenrath and while waiting for Tonnie to pick us up, we could hear the Showband practicing 'Ó Canada' a few kms away at the ...

Showband places 2nd - on to the finals!
Jul 30, 2009 (2 photos)

Wow! What an incredible performance! Showband got the first standing ovation of the day. They were only beat out by the band that is considered their biggest threat - from Thailand. Top 5 were: Thailand, Showband, Japan, Brazil, and Stetsons - a great ...