Greetings from the Dutch Club of MN Board!

Hoi allemaal,

Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it here for our upcoming Ice Skating event on Sunday February 12th, 2012 at Weber Park in Edina from
1 - 3 pm.

What a wonderful event we had for Dutch New Year! We had well over 40 people (including kids) thanks to the great enewsletters! All of the feedback was positive. For my part, I thought the space was perfect - thank you, Jocelyn for reserving! Thank you for the great ideas and being a great team to work with!

Highlights - Dutch bake-off, countdown & toasting the new year, great fireworks, beautiful piano playing by Thor!

Calendar 2011 Events:

Random dutch links .... BoerZoektVrouw, Radio 4, Liedjesland, Fabeltjeskrant

March 31st 2012 - deadline for newsletter articles and advertising*

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Enjoy your summer and stay in touch as the Board looks ahead to our Fall Annual Meeting and Indonesian dinner for those that volunteered at the Festival of Nations.

All the best, Jocelyn and the NAAM Board

Past Events:

Saturday, April 30, 2011 - Queen's Day (40 - 50 people)
Minneapolis -St.Paul International Film Festival with several dutch films ( - May 5 th).
Thursday - Sunday, May 5-8th - Festival of Nations (70 volunteers)
Sunday, May 15 - Dutch Soccer Final (Ajax - Twente Ajax landskampioen 3 - 1), Vroege vogels (early birds)
Monday, May 16, 2011 NPR Pipedreams Dutch Treats
Saturday, July 16, 2011 - Twins Game to honor Bert Blyleven (TV presentation on Twinsfield, 25 people)
Friday - Sunday, July 29-31, 2011 - Dutch Camping weekend (15 - 40 people)

Sunday, September 18, 2011 - Indonesian Dinner, Volunteer Recognition, Go! ( 85 people)

Thursday, September 22, 7 pm, 2011 - Amsterdam Bar & Grill Opening St.Paull

Sunday, October 16, 2011- NAAM 28th Annual Meeting 5pm - 7m DAC ( 40 people)

November 17, 5-9 pm, Dutch Heritage Day 2011 - Arthur Upson Room in Walter Library, University of Minnesota (35 people)

Sunday December 4, Sinterklaas - Community Center, Maple Groove,MN (75 people)

December 31th 2011 -Dutch new year celebration (40 - 50 people)

Photo gallery 2011

-- Indonesian Dinner --

-- Camping weekend 2011 --

Lucky for the Dutch Club we had our first ever camping retreat for families and if you'd like a friend. Probably more than any other European country, the Dutch people like to camp. There was a campfire, inner tubing on the Crow river, fireworks and a good rainfall Saturday night. Lights went out at 5:00 am for some of us ... The Weinans had offered their acres of land along a river in Rogers, MN just ripe for a group campsite. What could have been more fun? See some pictures below .......

-- Honoring Bert Blyleven --

We were honored to honor Bert Blyleven on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at the Twins game. Bert hales from Zeist, NL and members of our board managed to get letters from the Dutch Embassy and his hometown of Zeist recognizing his contribution to the game of baseball since he recently was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is now an honorary member of the Dutch Club of MN, NAAM as well!

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