NEWS FLASH
Normandy 2024
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE COMBINED PERFORMANCES EVENTS WITH THE BAGPIPERS OF THE WORLD UNITED (BOWU) SEE THE PAGE BOWU
HERE YOU WILL FIND EXAMPLES OF HOW TO PLAY THE TUNES AND SHEETMUSIC
FOR THE PROGRAM FOR NORMANDY 2024 SEE THE PAGE
FUTURE EVENTS/FUTURE ÉVÈNEMENTS
2024-04-07
Dear Lone Pipers Band friends,
Please read this newsflash with care. In this newsflash you will find a lot of information and questions we need answers on!
We will tell and ask you about:
- The LP Normandy 24 program
- The fundraiser piper contest
- Your time of arrival and departure
- Joined meal 3th of June
- Code of Conduct
- The BOWU tunes
Our Normandy 2024 program:
For now, it looks like this will be our program in June. (Please be aware that some things might change!)
V = Voluntary
Monday June 3rd
Afternoon : arrival Normandy (we can enter the lodgings after 15.00 hour)
Evening : (V) Band dinner at Camping Hautes Coutures Benouville
: band rehearsal at Camping Hautes Coutures Benouville
Tuesday June 4th
Morning : Ceremony Pegasus Bridge Memorial (Ranville) and veteran tribute 6th Div Airborne with
BOWU
Afternoon : (V) visit museum: Bayeux Memorial 1944 and Bayeux War Cemetery
Evening : Fundraiser with Steven Oldrid, details of the whole set-up will follow later
Wednesday June 5th
Morning : (V) Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
Afternoon : International Parade pipe- & drum bands with BOWU
Evening : Parade Camping Canadian Scottish Gray-sur-mer, dinner included
Thursday June 6th
Early morning : (6am) Opening Commandos March Sword Beach/ with BOWU Parade end of march
with Marines and Lann Bihoué
Afternoon : Parade over Pegasus Bridge and playing in front and inside the museum Pegasus
Memorial
Evening : Joined dinner at the camping
: (V) D-Day Normandy Cup & Trophy Bill Millin Benouville/ Concert Celtica Rock &
Mass Pipe Band
Friday June 7th
Morning : (V) Colleville-sur-Mer (Calvados) parade military vehicles, starting at Overlord
Museum at 8 am, going to Omaha Beach back to Overlord Museum.
Afternoon : ( V) Cimetière Militaire Allemand de La Cambe
: (V) Sainte-Mère-Église, 50480 or Point du Hoc or US cemetery
Evening : Farewell dinner with the band at Camping Hautes Coutures Benouville
Saturday June 8th
Morning : Time to say goodbye
For those who subscribed for it, there will be a daily joined breakfast available at the camping and also joined dinner will be included.
If you need information: please contact Astrid!
Time of arrival and departure
Tasha is working hard on the gigs we can play. The organization offering us a chance to play, needs to know how many people will be there.
So please answer the following questions ASAP!
When do you arrive? Please let us know the date and estimated time,
When do you leave? Please let us know the date and time
It is mandatory to join the band at every gig we are booked for during the days between arrival and departure.
And yes, there will also be some free time for you to do what you want to do!
Joined meal 3rd of June
You are invited to join us at dinner on the 3rd of June. Please let us know if you will join us!
This meal is free for most of the people on the camping site. For the others there will be a small fee to join.
For those who subscribed for the meal: please let us know if you are vegetarians or if you have specific allergies.
Fundraiser pipers contest
Dear pipers, we need you! We need you for the piper contest on the 4th of June fundraiser event. We are looking for 6 pipers. If you want to volunteer to play a tune, please send us an email!
Code of Conduct:
Please be aware, we are a band playing in Normandy to pay tribute to the fallen. We expect you all to behave as such!
Appendix: Tunes
We will do some performances with the BOWU. On the page BOWU you will find the scores of the BOWU tunes. Please practice and memorize them!
That's all for now!
Shall I summarize the questions we need answers on? All right, here we go!
1. What date and time do you arrive in Normandy and will you be available for the band?
2. What date and time do you leave and will you not be available anymore?
3. Do you join us at dinner on the 3rd of June?
4. Do you attend the band rehearsal on the evening of the 3rd of June?
5. Do you want to play a tune solo on the 4th of June for the fundraiser contest?
6. For those who join us at breakfast and dinner: do you have specific wishes/ vegetarian/allergies?
Please send your reaction to: thelonepipersband@outlook.com
Astrid, Tasha & Matthy
2024-03-01
Hi to all,
Here is the Lone Piper Normandy 24 February newsflash!
In this newsflash, we want to inform you about:
- the current team for Normandy
- the information we need from you to get passes for 5th and 6th June
- the status of the gigs we are in
- tunes
- logistic manager
The team:
It looks like there will be a lot of changes in our team during our Normandy days.
But most of our players will arrive on Monday June 3th or on Tuesday 4th. And most band members will leave on Saturday 8th.
For now, have registered for our Normandy 24 tour:
Astrid van den Brink pipes
Hans Wijts (tenor)
Rineke van Heel (flag/ vocals)
Martin Nieuwenhuizen (flag/photographer/webmaster)
Eugene Nieuwenhuizen (snare)
Marleen Nieuwenhuizen (tenor)
Ronald Pieren (bass)
Matthy van Klaveren (pipes)
Tasha Fehrire (tour manager/flag/bass)
Sandra Hummel (pipes)
Berry Hummel (assistant)
Bert de Haan (tenor)
Ellen de Haan (assistant / first aid)
Mick van Dormolen (pipes)
Richard Torsy (pipes)
Paula Torsy (assistant)
Quentin Torsy (snare)
Diederick van Steenis (snare)
Kevin York (pipes)
Adam Makepeace (pipes)
Steve Makepeace (flag)
Tim Martin (pipes)
Judith Beijers (pipes)
John Brennan (pipes)
Jack Hutcheon (snare)
Mariette Tromp (bass)
George Tabor (bass)
Rustie Tabor (assistant)
David Tabor (assistant)
Jako Stoter (pipes)
Roland Tannau (snare)
Robin Norman-Schmidt (pipes)
Subscribed, but with a twist:
Iain Fraiser (pipes)
Frederique Vansevant (pipes)
Paul Stevens (pipes)
Sarah Stevens (assistant)
Additional information required!!
Due to this huge event, there will be a lot of international attention and big shots present at the ceremonies, hence the high-level security measures. So the French authorities need some extra information from players attending official ceremonies at the 5th and 6th of June.
To get passes we will need from you the following information:
name
first name
date of birth
place of birth
nationality
identity card number
For drivers: licence plate number
copy driver's licence
Please sent this information before 15th March to Astrid! Or sent it to: thelonepipersband@outlook.com
Gigs:
Tasha is working hard finding us some nice options to play. Steven Oldrid is a very great help from Benouville.
For now, we have scheduled some activities playing on our own and participating with the BOWU.
There will also be some time to visit parades, memorials, graveyards and museums.
We will be at the morning parade in Ranville, a fundraiser with Steven Oldrid, a best dressed piper contest, an afternoon parade in Colleville –Montgomery and for those who dare: a VERY EARLY MORNING parade at Sword Beach. More details will be provided later.
Tunes:
You can find the Lone Pipers tunes on our website: https://lonepipersband.jouwweb.nl
Please start practicing the tunes you are not familiar with yet!
Logistic manager
Bert and Ellen volunteered as Logistics managers. They will manage our food programme.
All band members will be asked to do their part to help them out when asked!
Well, that’s all for now!
We will be back with a next newsflash April 24!
Looking forward to see you all!
The LP band committee
Tasha, Astrid and Matt
Normandy 2024
2023-11-25
Dear friends of the lone pipers,
This is our November newsflash, and it’s all about our Normandy 24 tour. This news flash will be posted on our website (https://lonepipersband.jouwweb.nl/) and will be mailed to all band members. Please contact us when you did not receive an email! The mail address is: <thelonepipersband@outlook.com>
In this newsflash, we will give you information about:
Our team for the Normandy 24 tour
The camping site
The fundraising event on the 4th of June
Our tour manager
Our search for a logistic manager
Our Normandy 24 team
For now, we received emails for their participation on our Normandy 24 event form the following members:
Astrid van den Brink
Iain Fraiser
Hans Wijts
Rineke van Heel
Martin Nieuwenhuizen
Eugene Nieuwenhuizen
Marleen Nieuwenhuizen
Ronald Pieren
Matthy van Klaveren
Sandra Hummel
Berry Hummel
Bert de Haan
Ellen de Haan
Mick van Dormolen
Richard Torsy
Quentin Torsy
Diederick van Steenis
Kevin York
Adam Makepeace
Steve Makepeace
Judith Beijers
Paul Stevens
Sarah Stevens
Robin Norman-Schmidt
John Brennan
Jack Hutcheon
Tim Martin
Mariette Tromp
Olivier Evrard
Not sure they will be able to attend:
Tasha Fehrire
Frederique Vansevant
Roland McKinnon
If you want to join the band on our tour June 24 or you can’t find your name on the list, please send us an email!
The camping site
As a band, we want to be on the same camping site. In the past, it proved to be the easiest and the most fun way. We can spend time together, for lunches and dinners. Maybe even get out the pipes to have some fun... But breakfasts can be taken separately (for those who can't have too many people around in the morning……)
So, we opt for a site where we can rent some houses/mobile homes and where campervans are allowed. It looks like camping Riva Bella in Ouistreham is our best shot. The camping site was not yet open for reservations.
Tasha will contact the camping on short notice. We will get back to you when we have news about it.
The fundraising event on the 4th of June
Steven Oldrid helps us out with finding the right events, ceremonies and parties which we can attend. The first option is a fundraising event on the 4th of June.
If you want to join you can contact the band committee for all information and subscription. Although right now the fundraiser is fully booked, we can always use a spare just in case.
Our Normandy 24 tour manager
Tasha, the Godmother of the band, will be our Normandy 24 tour manager. She will keep in contact with our friends in Normandy and will be responsible for finding some great events to play on.
She is able to communicate in Dutch, French and English.
Our search for a Normandy 24 logistic manager
For our Normandy tour, we are looking for a logistic manager. He or she will coordinate all logistics.
So, it's about transportation of the band from and to the events, but also about the (buying and preparation of the) meals we want to share together.
You are allowed to make your decisions, it is your job to have fun, to coordinate, to ask help from band members and not to do everything yourself!
You are always in close contact with the tour manager and the band committee.
If you are interested in helping the band out, please contact us by email!
Looking forward to meeting you all in June!
The Lone Pipers band committee:
Tasha, Astrid and Matt
Normandy 2024
2023-10-08
Hello friends of the lone pipers!
The band committee has started the organization of the Normandy D-Day 2024 80th anniversary. We posted a massage on our website (https://lonepipersband.jouwweb.nl/) and sent an email to all the known email addresses we have of our band members.
If you did not receive an email please let us know by sending an email to the committee!
We made a special email address for the band now! You can email us at: thelonepipersband@outlook.com
For now we have welcomed and registered as members for the Lone Pipers band Normandy 2024 event:
Ian Fraser pipes
Hans Wijts tenor drum
Rineke van Heel vocals/flag
Martin Nieuwenhuizen flag
Eugène Nieuwenhuizen snare drum
Marleen Nieuwenhuizen tenor drum
Ronald Pieren bas
Natacha (Tasha) Kasztanovics logistics
Astrid van den Brink pipes
Matt van Klaveren pipes
Please subscribe for the Normandy 2024 event asap and BEFORE NOVEMBER 1st by sending an email to the band committee!
Please let us know exactly when and how many days you’re there, and how you want to be lodged.
Those with a preference of a campervan, we will try to arrange a campsite where we’ll all be together.
If you subscribe it’s expected of you to participate at the different events over the period you’re there, but you can also ask to get a half day off to do something private. We need to know this in advance!
Kind regards form the band committee
Tasha, Astrid and Matt
Normandy 2024
2023-08-30
Hello pipers, drummers, flag bearers, singers and volunteers! (This message is rather long so please bear with me )
I’ve been listening to you and talking to our committee concerning the organisation for next year’s commemorative event in Normandy. It will be the 80th anniversary so we all want to be there! For starters, subscription BEFORE NOVEMBER 1st send by email to the commitee.
Please do not use the Facebook page to subscribe, information gets lost here all to easily. The committee members and the other people in charge will share all updates on here, but everything will be sent via email. This way you will have all the information needed. In your mail to Astrid, you’ll give your name, instrument you play or if you’re a volunteer. You’ll tell exactly how many days you’re there and how you want to be lodged. Those with a preference of a campervan, we will try to arrange a campsite where we’ll all be together. I know the deadline is soon, but we have no choice.
If you subscribe it’s expected of you to participate at the different events over the period you’re there, but you can also ask to get a half day off to do something private. We need to know this in advance.
Astrid and Matty are on vacation until around the start of September, but in the meantime, we won’t sit around waiting. Send your email, Astrid will register everyone as soon as she’s back.
I will try to invest myself more in the organization of this event, but I’ll be more active once my job contract is finished, which is at the beginning of November.
I will contact some of our more experienced members to ask if they’re interested in a “job assignment”, if you like, you can always propose yourself. If all goes well, we already have a Pipe Major and a Drum Major, but it won’t hurt to have a spare, just in case.
If you know someone who’s a member of the Lone Pipers but isn’t on Facebook, please pass on the message ASAP. Everything concerning the organization will go through Astrid.
Updates will be mailed and posted here, but no important information will be passed on solely on this page, we’ve all noticed it’s a pain to find a post written a few months back.
My dear members, if we want the Lone Pipers to continue, we need all hands on deck and communicate.
See you all hopefully in Normandy in 2024!!
The website will be updated in the meanwhile.
Our next update will be the end of september.
The committee:
Tasha
Matthy
Astrid
2022-12-30
Normandy and Ypres 2023
Dear friends of the Lone Pipers,
After 3 years of COVID and silence we are happy to confirm that there will be 2 gatherings for the Lone Pipers band in 2023: Ypres and Normandy!
Facebook users could have read about it in the post Kevin shared!
Ypres
First, we will gather in Belgium at Ypres, the famous battle ground of World War I.
We will be there from April 14th until April 17th.
Plans are to meet, eat and play at some famous cemeteries and visit some museums.
You have to book your own accommodation.
A few of us already booked the hotel: kasteelhof ’t Hooghe: http://www.hotelkasteelhofthooghe.be/
For Ypres we ‘ve got a great team already:
Kevin, Steven, Adam, Fred, Matt, Astrid, Bert & Ellen, Eugene & Marleen, Martin, Sandra & Berry will join for 1 day.
Normandy
We also will attend the Normandy this year to participate in the D-Day commemorations!
We plan to be there from June 3th until June 8th.
Kevin York is in contact with the local organisations to get us in to some nice ceremonies and parades. He will be our tour manager.
Tim will be our Pipe major.
We will try to visit both the British and the US beaches.
As far as we know, a few already booked an accommodation on a camping site:
https://www.domaine-prairiesdelamer.com/en/
If you are planning to join us In Ypres or Normandy, please let us know by email!
We are looking forward to meet you and play some tunes together!
Kind regards and best wishes for 2023!
Astrid & Matt
2022-02-12
Normandy tour 2022
Kevin made an inventarisation some weeks ago on Facebook about who wanted to go to Normandy D-Day this year. We saw some Dutch members responding.
We understood Kevin, Steve and Adam, and Caroline and Ronnie are planning to go to Normandy this summer.
Kevin says there are some options to play in Normandy. We as committee are not aware of the status of this options.
So unfortunately, there are a lot of uncertainties.
We are sorry to say that for now we as committee made the decision not to take action in organising a Lone Pipers Normandy 2022 event.
We will inform the band by Facebook post and by our website.
Band members who want to go to Normandy please contact Caroline or Kevin. There might be nice options to meet them or to join them at some great events.
Camping site vouchers 2020
Astrid has contacted the camping site about the vouchers. They promised a full refund.
Band member who paid for the cancelled Normandy 2020 tour can contact Astrid for their refund!
Options 2022
The committee is in contact with the organisation of the Market Garden Commemoration in September 2022 in Arnhem (Netherlands). There might be a possibility we as Lone Pipers Band can join the Pipeband there.
We hope Dutch COVID rules might be easier by then for non-vaccinated members of the band. If you are willing to join the band in September 2022 Arnhem please sent a PM to me or sent an email to Matt.
As soon as we have more information we will get in touch with you.
Kind regards,
Tasha, Astrid and Matt
Important news about our Lone Pipers Normandy tour 2020!!!
Hello friends,
From our Local Normandy contact Steven we learned that the commemorations itself aren’t cancelled in june. There will be some sort of remembrances but they cannot have to many folks gathering . So, there will be a small service in each town or village, with a maximum of 20 people, including organization, musicians and visitors.
It looks like all veterans and their associations, police band, band of liberation, army cadets, paratroupers etc. have all cancelled. Bayeux cancelled all ceremonies as well.
Now, the LP is welcome in Normandy, but Steven is convinced that we will go through a lot of trouble for a cat and a stray dog (French expression to say no-one is coming, or maybe one or two people). The villages that are doing their ceremony have enough folks to do it, otherwise they will cancel as well.
Most of our older band members are locked up in quarantine. The French aren’t allowed to travel. The borders are still closed, so coming from the Netherlands or Belgium is not possible for now either.
We have to accept the reality of things here. Also protecting us against the COVID19, our health has the highest priority. As much as we wanted to go, we decided to cancel our Lone Pipers Normandy 2020 tour.
The camping reservation will be transferred to next year. Unfortunately they don’t give our money back.
Money paid for the food and drinks can be refunded. Please sent an email to Astrid!
Thank you all! Stay safe!
Astrid, Tasha and Matt
In memoriam
Dear friends, unfortunately bad news.....
We have just heard we have lost our band member Sylvie Tanneau. It is too sad. So many memories and moments.... Thank you for joining us in Amiens Sylvie.
Our condolances to Roland, family and friends.
March 2020
Dear Lone Pipers and drummers, here’s the march 2020 newsflash!
For our Normandy tour this year we made reservations at the campingsite: Riva Belle in Ouistreham
Website: https://vacances-seasonova.com/nl/camping/camping-riva-bella-normandie-ouistreham/
We have 5 cottages and 4 locations for campers.
Frederic found himself a place at the camping in Benouville.
In Normandy our team will be:
Pipers: Fred, Kevin, Jako, Layla, John, Tom, Tim (PM) , Iain, Caroline, Adam, Richard, Astrid, Matt (PS)
Bass drum: Ronald
Snare drum: Berit, Daniel (LD), Eugene, Diederick, Chris
Tenor drum: Bert, Hans
Drum Mayor: Ronnie
Flags: Tasha, Martin, Steve, Rineke
Logistic managers: Astrid, Sandra, Berry
First Aid: Ellen
Others: Marleen, Bianca
Other members can still join us at the Normandy 2020 tour. If you want to join, please sent an email to Matt.
Keep in mind: When registering after January 20 we can’t guarantee you any band accommodations to sleep will be available!
Most band members opted to use the meals together. Good choice!!
Jeanette had volunteered to take care of our breakfast. Now Astrid will help us out. Sandra and Berry will take care of our lunches and dinners. We learned from last year they will do a fantastic job!
Thank you so much for volunteering Astrid, Sandra and Berry!!
Unfortunately we are still in desperate need of a tour manager. The job of the tour manager is to contact local organizations in Normandy and find us places and events to play.
For now Matt is in contact with Steven Oldrid and tries to find some options to play. But due to Matt’s own busy schedule at work and the forthcoming elections in France nothing is sure yet.
The Lone Pipers is an international band of individual players. As before in Amiens 2016, Amiens 2018 and Normandy 2019 we would like to emphasize this unique background by asking you to wear any Scottish outfit you want, so we will look as different as possible and to add the flag of you country to your pipes or drums.
We want to look good, but we want to sound even better! So take care of your pipes and please practice the tunes of our setlist.
Scores are available at this website
(lsheet music/partitions in the menu above)
Any questions about the tunes or the scores? Contact PM Tim and LD Daniel!
That’s all for now!
Tasha, Astrid and Matt
In memoriam
Dear Lone Pipers members,
With a sad heart I have to inform you that Jeannette died at the hospital on Friday January 31th.
We will remember her as a friend and as a proud member of our band.
Her funeral has been at Saturday February 8th.
January 2020
Normandy 2020 News!!!!!!
We are happy to inform you we have a band for our Normandy 2020 tour! This year our team will be:
- Pipers: Frederic, Kevin, Jako, Layla, John, Tom, Tim, Iain, Caroline, Adam, Richard, Astrid, Matt
- Bass drum: Ronald
- Snare drum: Berit, Daniël, Eugène, Diederick, Chris
- Tenor drum: Bert, Hans
- Drum Mayor: Ronnie
- Flags: Tasha, Martin, Steve, Rineke
- Logistic managers: Sandra, Berry
- First Aid: Ellen
- Others/groupies: Marleen, Bianca
People who wanted to join the band accommodation will receive a message this week from Astrid about the payment.
Other members can still join us at the Normandy 2020 tour! If you want to join us, please sent an email to Matt.
Keep in mind: After January 14th we can’t guarantee you there are band accommodations available.
We are still in need for a Normandy 2020 tour manager!!!
The tour manager will have the important job to contact the local organizations of the D-Day remembrances in France and to find us places and parades to play. The tour manager is in charge of our program during our stay in Normandy. The Tour manager will be a team with both the Band Committee and the Pipe/DrumMayor. If you are interested in this job please contact me!
We are looking forward seeing you all in June!
Tasha, Astrid and Matt
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December 2019
Friends of the Lone Pipers Band,
Here is the December 2019 News Flash! In this News Flash we have news about the website, about the Homburg event and about Normandy 2020.
lonepipersband.jouwweb.nl
Our own website is officially open on the internet. A big thank you to Martin Nieuwenhuizen!! You can find our website here:
www.lonepipersband.jouwweb.nl
On our website you will find the latest news, our former events, pictures and the tunes.
The Homburg event
The Glasgow Piping School will have a week full of workshops on February 2nd-9th 2020 in Homburg Germany. We did not get much response from our band members to participate. The Lone Pipers might be represented in Homburg by just 1 or 2 members. If you are interested to join, please let Matt know!
Normandy 2020
We are working on the Normandy D-Day 2020 remembrance June 3rd until June 7th.
We are happy to let you know that Sandra, Berry and Jeanette will take the role as our Normandy 2020 logistic managers! They will take care of the food and a place to sleep! And we learned from last year that they are really, really good at it!!
We are still in need for a Normandy 2020 tour manager!!! The tour manager will have the important job to contact the local organizations of the D-Day remembrances in France and to find places to play. The tour manager is in charge of our program during our stay in Normandy. If you are interested in this job, or if you know someone, please contact us!
In order to make the first reservations on the camping site we would like to gather information about the number of members who want to join the Normandy 2020 event. Please let us know if you want to join us in June. Tell us with how many persons you want to join us, please give us their names and let us know if you want to use the band accommodations or want to look for your own camping or hotel. Last year we learned it is highly recommended to join the bands accommodations! And also, let us also know if you don’t want to join us in June!
Please, sent your reaction(s) to Matt before December 31th 2019!
This is all for now.
Merry X-mas to all our friends!
Tasha, Astrid and Matt
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