Juliana celebrates 40 years in ‘the windmill’
This year marks exactly 40 years since the Juliana Corps Middelburg started using De Hoop windmill as their corps home. The corps will celebrate this on the 6th of June, the date on which in 1974 it received the key of probably one of the most striking clubhouses in the world.
This year marks exactly 40 years since the Juliana Corps Middelburg started using De Hoop windmill as their corps home. The corps will celebrate this on the 6th of June, the date on which in 1974 it received the key of probably one of the most striking clubhouses in the world.
De Hoop windmill, simply abbreviated as 'the mill' in the musical world of Middelburg, was built almost 300 years ago and is the oldest existing mill in Middelburg. The mill remained in operation as a windmill until 1920. The building has been the property of the city of Middelburg since 1948, who gave it a special purpose in 1974: the rehearsal space for Juliana. The extra thick walls come in handy to reduce noise.
Middelburg has a tradition of housing corps and bands in former windmills. Blue Spirit Drum & Bugle Corps and drum band MTV, both also from Middelburg, were also assigned mills in the area as their corps homes in the 1980s.
On Friday the 6th of June, the Juliana Corps Middelburg are planning a party to celebrate '40 years at the mill'. Exactly what the festivities will comprise is not yet known.
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