Queensday in Golden Gate Park!
The Dutch community in San Francisco invites you to celebrate
Queen’s Day this year on April 28th near the Dutch Windmill and the
Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden in Golden Gate Park. Queen’s Day will
be filled with activities and festivities for the entire family to
enjoy:
- Bike-ride “Market to Mill”
- Walking tour Golden Gate Park by City Guides
- Official opening Murphy’s Mill
- Classical music concert at Park Chalet
- Flea market
- Children’s games
- Soccer for kids
- Commercial market
- Live entertainment by Once Again (Band) and DJ Marc van Brabant
- Food and beer garden
Bike-ride “Market to Mill”
We will start off the day with the traditional Dutch bike ride, this
year “from Market to Mill.” Starting at 9:30am at “My Dutch Bike” on
Market Street and ending at the Murphy’s Windmill in Golden Gate
Park around 11:00am. Please dress up for the occasion (anything
orange or red-white-and-blue will do).
Want to join the Bike Coalition and the Dutch in this epic bike-tour
Walking Tour in Golden Gate Park
In the morning, City Guides will organize a guided walking tour in
Golden Gate Park that will also end at the Murphy’s Mill around
11:00am.
Please register here for the City Guides walking tour
Official Opening Murphy’s Windmill
At 11:00am, SF Recreation and Parks and the Netherlands Consulate
will officially open the Murphy’s Windmill and Millwrights Cottage in
Golden Gate Park. There will be a exposition in the Cottage about
windmills and sustainable energy. After the opening, we will walk
through the park towards the Dutch Windmill at JFK Drive (blocked from
Ocean Drive to 47th Avenue) for the festive Queen’s Day program.
Classical Music Concert at Park Chalet
In the Park Chalet, you can enjoy a beautiful classical music
concert performed by winners of the Princess Christina Concours:
pianist Laurens de Man, Annemiek de Bruin on clarinet and Ferdinand
Binnendijk on the mandolin. A special “Queen’s Day lunch” will be on
the menu. Tickets for the concert can be purchased through the
Netherland-America Foundation (http://www.thenafnorcal.org). The concert will start at 12:00 pm.
Flea Market
Like the good Vondelpark tradition, we support a flea market on
Queen’s Day, under the trees in the park at JFK Drive. It’s a great
opportunity for kids and grown-ups who want to do a little
“spring-cleaning” in the house. Grab a blanket, take a spot, and sell
your stuff. Please let us know if you or your kids want to
participate in the flea market .The area is open from 11:00am –
5:00pm.
Children’s Games
The kids can
participate in numerous typical Dutch games, such as “touwtrekken,”
“zaklopen,” “blikgooien,” “ezeltje-prikje,” “sjoelen” and solving the
puzzle of the Netherlands. We’ll also have facepainting, storybook
reading (in Dutch!) and a bouncy castle. For all your little
explorers, there will be a special scavenger hunt from The Dutch
Windmill to the Murphy’s Windmill and back (under supervision by
parents, of course). Please register your kids for the games at the
registry table on the day of the event.
We still need
VOLUNTEERS to help out at the Children’s games. This will all be
simple but fun stuff. We will provide you with instructions about the
games, and we ask for a minimum of two hours of your time. Please help
us out so all the kids will have their chance to participate. Soccer
for Kids
For the little soccer-superstars-to-be, we are
organizing a “”little league” with demonstrations and a tournament. If
your little “Johan Cruijff” wants to participate, please register
here
Market, Beer Garden and Live Entertainment
1:00PM-2PM Performance by "Once Again"
2:00 – 2:10pm Official Opening by Consul General Bart van Bolhuis
2:10 – 2:40pm Performance by “Once Again”
2:40 – 3pm pm Performance by Rick VanderKleijn (Dutch singer from LA, http://www.myspace.com/rickvanderkleijn)
3:00 – 5:00pm DJ Marc van Brabant http://www.facebook.com/djmarcvanbrabant and http://www.ramcus.com
There will be an extensive market with all kinds of Dutch stuff,
Dutch and Indonesian food, arts & crafts and so on. While enjoying
your drink in the beer garden (21 and up), taking a stroll through
the market, or having a snack at one of the numerous food stands, let
us entertain you!
