Welcome to the web site of the Dutch Connection of Arizona! If this is your first visit to our site, we're glad you found us! The Dutch Connection is a non-profit organization dedicated to getting people with a Dutch heritage in Arizona connected. Don't worry if you don't speak Dutch or if you've never been to Holland - we welcome everyone who has an interest in celebrating the Dutch culture with us! The club organizes several popular events throughout the year, including Koninginnedag, Dutch-American Heritage day and Sinterklaas. Interested in joining the Connection? You can register right here on-line!
Eric Vandewater,
President
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“The Dutch were too stubborn to give in to the Nazis...” says Dirk Van Leenen, author of  Resistance on a Bicycle. Mr. Van Leenen presented his book at the Painted Mountain Golf Resort where a great lunch was served in the clubhouse overlooking the golf course. The author told many  astounding personal and historically confirmed stories of the Resistance against the Nazis in Holland (all can be found in his book). His message was clear: We cannot let these atrocities be forgotten nor let them happen again by ignoring or remaining neutral to similar world threats.
- By Bennett Kool (8th Grade) -
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April 30th: as every year, since I can remember, the Dutch  connection will get together to celebrate Koninginnedag (Queens day). This time almost a 100 people attended. A lot more people showed up than expected. Fortunately, due to the great dedication with days of preparation of the board who did calculate the amount of libations generously, everybody had a great time and could enjoy gevulde  eieren (devilled eggs), bitterballen (bite size beef croquettes), verse haring met uitjes (fresh herring with chopped unions) and roomsoesjes (creampuffs), . The evening started out with a more serious talk, but quickly shifted gears into the official part of the program. After we sang the American- and Dutch  National Anthems, our Honorary Consul Siebe van der Zee brought out a champagne toast to the President of the US and the Dutch Queen. In summary the celebration of Koninginnedag 2008 was a huge success with only one problem: the time went by way too fast.
- Arend Van Gemmert -
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 As of July 30, 2007 the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has dramatically increased the fees for most of its applications and forms. The Law offices of David Asser provided the updated fee schedule.
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 The Netherlands Consulate in Arizona has recently moved to a new location. This office handles Dutch passport applications and Visa applications for people traveling to the Netherlands. You can reach the Consulate as follows:
Consulate of the Netherlands
Hon. Consul Siebe K.J. van der Zee
8149 N. 87 th Place
(close to 101 & Via De Ventura)
Scottsdale , AZ 85258
(480) 563-0092
phoenix@ncla.org
www.ncla.org
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We're happy to introduce the board of directors for the Dutch Connection of Arizona. We welcome their energy and dedication to help make this organization a great success.
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President
VP/Secretary
Treasurer
Director
Director
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Eric Vandewater
Marceline VandeWater
Johan Bolle
Ina Smeets
Drew De Weerd |
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Click here for if you would like to email the board.
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Our website is constantly updated with articles related to Holland, the US in general and Arizona in particular. Below is a list of the most recent news links. You can also browse our archive for articles we've posted earlier. Please help us keep our news up to date. Send us an email if you come accross any interesting links or articles on the Internet.
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| Holland secured a place in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals. |
 June 17th. The Dutch scored nine goals in their three group wins, including a 2-0 victory over Romania when van Basten fielded a second XI.
"It is great for us because we played well once again," he said after the win over Romania.
"We have had three excellent matches with different players. I'm very pleased with the whole squad. |
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| Dutch Euro 2008 victory over worldchampion Italy and France |
 June 13th. The battered and bruised vice-worldchampion France team woke up Saturday morning still barely able to believe how Holland had inflicted their worst defeat in almost three decades the night before. Goals from Dirk Kuyt, Wesley Sneijder and second half substitutes Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben knocked the stuffing out of France and left the Oranje army marching on to the quarter finals. |
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| Digitaal kunsttijdschrift Cosimo nu op de web. |
 04/03/08 De nieuwe editie van het digitale kunsttijdschrift Cosimo is vanaf vandaag te zien op het web. De redactie wenst u veel genoegen met deze Cosimo, te bekijken en te lezen door op het logo te klikken. |
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| Het vogelleven in Nederland. |
 04/01/08 Vanaf 18 maart 2008 vindt u hier de nieuwe website van Beleef de Lente, met oude bekenden en nieuwe verrassingen! Via zes live webcams kunt u dan genieten van unieke beelden uit het vogelleven. Wij hopen samen met u weer een mooie, inspirerende en soms ontroerende lente te beleven. Vogelbescherming Nederland wenst u veel plezier met Beleef de Lente 2008. |
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| 24 uur per dag muziek van Nederlandse bodem |
 04/01/08 De hele dag door muziek van Nederlandse bodem en op de hele uren het laatste nieuws uit Nederland, verzorgd door de Wereldomroep. Genieten van de mooiste Hollandse hits, of de beste gouwe ouwe. Van Shaffy tot Blof, van Sonneveld tot Borsato. 24 uur per dag op uw PC of internetradio, waar ook ter wereld. Klik op het logo en zet' m bij uw favorieten. |
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