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Did you miss some events? Or want to relive one you attended? We regularly share articles & after movies. Our friends at 070Online were there and complied this great after movie for Live on the Beach concert on 29 August 2024:
If you’re not (yet) fluent in Dutch or don’t know much about Dutch culture, music is a great way to learn.
Van Dik Hout are a Dutch pop group from Den Helder in the north of the Netherlands. They formed in the late 1980s as a school band, but moved later to Amsterdam where they rechristened themselves into Van Dik Hout.
The band’s biggest hit was ‘Stil in mij’ (Silent inside of me) in 1994 from their first album ‘Van Dik Hout’, which became platinum in The Netherlands. With this hit, the band also won a MTV Local Hero Award and a Zilveren Harp, a Dutch musical award.
In the early 2000s they partnered with Dutch duo Acda en de Munnik to form the band De Poema’s, under which name they had a number one hit in 2001 with Zij maakt het verschil (She makes the difference).
The band’s name (literally “Of thick wood”) is a play on the Dutch saying “Van dik hout zaagt men planken”, literally “Planks get sawn from thick wood”. In Dutch it translates to “The hard work has been done, albeit not very neatly”. It can also mean “without much nuance”.
Source & more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Dik_Hout
Acda en De Munnik is a Dutch cabaret and musical duo, consisting of Thomas Acda and Paul de Munnik.
David Middelhoff joined the band when they made their first album in 1997. Drummer Kasper van Kooten and keyboard player Diederik van Vleuten played on their first four albums. Since 2002 they have been replaced by guitarist and keyboardist JB Meijers and drummer Dave van Beek. Together with Van Dik Hout, Acda en de Munnik formed the band De Poema’s.
Source and more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acda_en_De_Munnik
The “Live on the Beach” concert series continues with Kane, Het Grootse Zomerfeest, and Tino, Mart & Andre. More info and tickets
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