Chapter
The Welcome dinner
Tulips Ball Weekend
May 2019, The Hague
It's Friday afternoon, 5 p.m. The international guests of the Tulips ball are arriving at the restaurant at the coast of The Hague. A warm welcome to all. Most guests are friends of each other. So a weekend at the Tulips ball is a weekend of celebrating friendship. Clemens, the founder of the Tulips ball told me: The Tulips ball is for old & new friends.
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At 18:00 the dancing classes started by H.H. Duke Michael of Mecklenburg.
19:15 Dinner is ready!
For old & new friends
21:30 Opening of the dance floor.
01:00 End of the evening. Time to get some sleep for tomorrow, the polo match and THE ball.
