Occasions
Golden weddings and birthdays
Rooms
In the hall and in the garden
Set-up
15 minutes, and just as quick to clear
Volume
Follows the room, not the clock
For halls in Sint-Oedenrode
We have played in Sint-Oedenrode several times, and for us that is the only real verdict on an evening: being asked back. The first time we stood in a hall, at a fiftieth wedding anniversary.
In a hall the walls do half the work. We played softly there during the coffee and the congratulations, so guests who had not seen each other for years could simply catch up. Anyone who wanted to listen pulled a chair a little closer.
And the time after that
Later we came back for a birthday, and that time we stood outside. The same repertoire sounds different in the open air: there are no walls to give the sound back, so what you play blows away.
That is why the light amplification does come along outdoors, while indoors we can often do without. So the volume does not go up because it is getting later, but because the space asks for it. Soft enough for the conversations at the standing tables to carry on remains the starting point there too.
Two occasions, two spaces, and one line-up that shaped itself to both.
Frequently asked questions · Sint-Oedenrode
You can read more about our afternoon in Schijndel on that page. Rather have a quick call? Theo is on +31 6 55 33 58 54.
Both, and in Sint-Oedenrode we did both. The difference is mainly in the amplification: indoors we can often do without, outdoors two modest speakers come along because the sound blows away there.
No. 1.5 × 2.5 metres will do, even in a large hall. If there is a stage we are glad to use it, but it is never a condition.
Then we play inside or under a canopy. Moving takes us fifteen minutes, so it can still happen halfway through the afternoon. Wooden instruments prefer to stay dry.
Yes. Sint-Oedenrode, Schijndel and Veghel together form the municipality of Meierijstad, and Boxtel is right beside it. In Schijndel we played a matinee in a wine bar.
Tell us whether it is indoors or outdoors, how many guests you expect and which date you have in mind.
