“Okay, we’ll go there again,” says Thomas Geerts. The conductor of Fanfarekorps Erato from Spanbroek encourages his pupils to play the Rob de Nijs classic Malle Balle again on Monday evening. A nice musical tribute follows, to the famous artist who went through life as a Spanbroeker for about 5 years.
The singer of hits such as Malle Balle, Jan Klaassen de Trompetter and Banger Hart died last week at the age of 82. Today anyone who wants that In the DeLaMar theater a final honor of the deceased singer. Friend and photographer Robert Gort from Avenhorn looked last week Based on five photos Back on his relationship with the Nijs.
Connection with Rob de Nijs
One of the Erato members who blows full of surrender during the rehearsal is the 66-year-old Ton Koelemeijer. He has been connected to the fanfare since 1966 and is familiar with the connection between the Nijs and his association. What about that?
In 1977 the album ‘between summer and winter’ was presented in the garden of the singer. The complete national press was present and Erato was invited to play during the reception. The contact was made and a year later the local musicians could be seen on television, during a program in which De Nijs was central.
Golden LP for 37 seconds
The highlight took place in 1982, when Erato acted as a surprise for the famous fellow with his performance in Vredenburg. “He has received gold for the LP ‘Spring -Levend’. And so do we, because we can be heard there for the last 37 seconds,” laughs Koelemeijer. “That was very nice to experience.”
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