The British Columbia Regiment Band and Contingent - Apeldoorn Parade, 2005 May 08

The British Columbia Regiment Band (Vancouver, Canada) visited Holland from 2005 April 29 - May 10. A committee of Dutch citizens in Holland organized the tour under the "Welcome Again Veterans" program marking the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland. The 30-member group from Vancouver billeted with Dutch host families in Goor, NL (in Eastern Holland, near the border with Germany.) During the 12 days of the tour, the band played numerous performances in the area surrounding Goor and attended memorial ceremonies at the Canadian War Cemeteries in Groesbeek and Holten. A tour highlight was marching and playing in the veterans parade at Apeldoorn, together with a contingent of serving members of The British Columbia Regiment (DCO), and surrounded by over 200,000 enthusiastic spectators. This video shows a 4 min. 09 sec. clip from the Apeldoorn parade. It was taken from a Dutch national TV broadcast. The commentary on the sound track is in Dutch, except for the interviews with Canadian veterans (in English, with Dutch subtitles.) The Dutch spectators were quite familiar with the march, "State Centre", and you will see them singing and dancing along with it. As Drum Major Evan MacNeil salutes Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and Netherlands Princess Margriet on the Reviewing Stand, you will hear the band playing its regimental march, "I'm Ninety-Five".