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Foundation Midwinterhoornblazen
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Midwinterhoorn |
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Every year
there is a contest. The winner gets the Zulvern Hoarn. (The silver
horn. It is a challenge trophy, a gift from Mr. Anton Reef from Oldenzaal in the
early fifties see picture right up). There are
special rules, but the melody is free. These demonstrations began in 1953 and
there has been a lot of discussion on the rules. The photo (from the
newspaper Tubantia 1981) a senior player demonstrates the horn. Mind the
audience. A lot of people came to the demonstrations. Mind also the water
tub: for moistening the (wet) horns. Dr. Everhard
Jans wrote some books on the midwinterhorn. He describes one of the first
demonstrations (1954): …”the players took up their
positions on the yard of the Lichtenberg farmhouse. Just near the well. It is
a place in the neighborhood of an old mansion called Het Everloo. There were
19 players, from a hamlet called Volthe. There was only one horn made of
wood, but it sounded good. (The rest of the horns were made of tin!) There
was a large audience and cars were all over the place. Two coaches came from The players
from the old town of |
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You will never forget
the sound….
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Photo: The silver Horn The bw picture
is made in the small |
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