Addition to the André Rieu story.
When looking to the TV, I saw on the local TV channels the interview with André Rieu and his son Pierre.
Obviously the conversation with Pierre is more about the technical part.
The interview with André is way longer…
The things he said were about the show, recalling a problem of last year and comparing it with now, how the stage will be build and more stuff.
Some people think that this year the show is not as good as last year. Most point to the camera’s that were present last year, and now there are not as many camera’s.
Some think that the show will be similar as last year (even somebody who supposed to sell the tickets said that to me… imagine that!).
André said in the interview that these persons are wrong… He said: “If the shows would be the same or less spectecular than another show, the show is not good.”
He shurely does want to give a good show to the people.
The problem last year, was about building up the stage and removing it after the concert. The trucks were to heavy and damaged the ground of the Vrijthof. Beneath the Vrijthof is a parking, which has been remade not too long ago.
It would seem that this year the same problem is there again. Yet they will not get any problem with it. The gouvenerment of this town sees that it is not a good ground, so other solutions will be figured out.
In the interview he mentioned the stage. It was build by a company, which had to quit. So André bought the stage.
“I am the proud owner of a lot metal.” he said and started to laugh.
Time to waste… what should we do…
No school…
For almost 2 weeks no work (yay!)…
And some days that there is nothing planned…
Those days are the best days to really waste.
Doing nothing or nothing really usefull.
Or in my case… do most of the day nothing usefull.
At least the morning and evening/night is wasting time.
In the afternoon I did a little bit cleaning my room… it still was a mess since the desk has moved from one side of my room to the other side.
After cleaning my room I started to play a few games.
Around 3:00 PM (or 15:00) I thought “Lets go to town.”
To shop? No way. I already did that the other day.
This weekend (14th to 16th of July) André Rieu will give a concert in his hometown (Maastricht).
What a coincidence… I live in Maastricht and it is almost 14th of July.
So what did I do in the town?
Staring to the workers, who are building the the stage where André Rieu with the Johann Strauss Orchestra will be standing (and playing… duh!) this weekend.
It is amazing…. seeing a lot of metal, parts of the decorations, guys working, a lot equipment that gets brought in via trucks and all.
Yet I was a bit disapointed when I looked to the decorations…
Same decoration as last year…
Yet the day wasn’t a total loss…
I hoped that when I’d go to town, I could see either André Rieu or his son Pierre from a distance.
Luckaly not very long after I arrived, I saw both of them.
The local TV was having an interview with André Rieu.
And they also had an interview with Pierre (André’s son).
So I saw what I wanted to see…
And stared long to the complex metal construction that will be constructed to the stage for the next weekend.
Too bad that I am gone this weekend and that the tickets are expencive. Otherwise I shurely would have been present again, just like last year…
