By Duke Michael of Mecklenburg.
Get ready for the third edition: The Grand Tulipsball is coming again in 2017!
After two successful balls in the first halves of 2015 and 2016, now the Tulipsball Committee announced the third edition of the only Dutch Ball in the Netherlands, besides the Austrian Wiener Ball. However, the 2017 edition will be again in a different city of the Netherlands. This time the Dutch capital Amsterdam was chosen to be the place for the Tulips festivities.
The ball weekend starts on Friday 31st of March 2017 and closes on Sunday the 2nd of April 2017. As all Grand Ball Weekends it starts with the Eintanzen, the pre-party to get all your dancing steps fine-tuned. The word Eintanzen literally means warm-up-dancing. This introduction will be at the Koninklijke Industrieele Groote Club. Of course, the evening is also meant to get to know one another, as this ball is truly international.
Furthermore, on Saturday until 14 o’clock the Dutch culture will be experienced by the traditional casual sightseeing tour by boat through the Amsterdam canals and a lunch at Café de Jaren, classic amongst Amsterdam’s cafés.
Then it is already time to get slowly ready for the ball guests, as at 18 o’clock the ball evening starts at the Grand location, the Koepelkerk. A little less than an hour later, the Grand Tulipsball is finally opened by Clemens van Steijn, the head of the Ball Committee. Then the dinner starts after which the dance floor is opened and the guests can enjoy dancing. And of course the tulips will not be missing!
On the last day, Sunday 2nd of April, the guests have the private opportunity to visit the Holy Mass at the Kruitberg Kerk. Later during the day, last but not least there is the Bubble Brunch at the Museum van Loon to reflect on the weekend and continue the conversations of the days before. During the brunch Clemens van Steijn will officially close the Grand Tulipsball weekend.
