Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet,
Launching Tulips 2005 - 60th Anniversary of the Friendship Tour and announcing that the Stage Bus will perform 100 concerts throughout Canada from May to September to pay tribute to Canadian Veterans in honour of the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of Holland and the Friendship between Canadians and the Dutch.

Guests of Honour:

Her Royal Highness, Princess Margriet,
Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven,

His excellency, J.G. STM. Van Hellenberg Hubar, Ambassador of the Netherlands

His Worship Mr. Bob Chiarelli, Mayor of the city of Ottawa

Councillor Georges Bédard, President Canadian Tulip Festival

Also present:
Mrs. Liliane Schilling-Lucena, Spouse of the Ambassador
His Worship Mr. Yves Ducharme, Mayor of Gatineau
Mrs. Deborah Czernecky, Chair of
the Ottawa 150th Tulip Art Festival

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The presentation of "Bright and Early on Pine Hill (Painting by Marianne Feaver)
 

 

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Anne van Leeuwen,
head of Press and Cultural Affairs Section, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Ottawa