Police BigBand Gelderland-Midden
Thank you for visiting the website of the Police BigBand. The Policeforce Gelderland-Midden likes to be a part of the society. In different ways the police makes contacts with the public. That is not only done by maintaining public order or writing tickets but also in an relaxing way. Music ties people, so that is why this Police BigBand is there. The members are amateurs, who, besides their daily job, play this swinging music, for their pleasure.
How did the Police BigBand Gelderland-Midden came into existence?
In 1993 the former Arnhem Police Music Society, that already was established in 1920, transformed into a BigBand. The BigBand consists of 20 members who work in the Gelderland-Midden Police Force or in another bodies of police. There also are musicians that work in an organization which we as police co-operate, as there are the Customs and the Royal Military Police. You can say that making music together is like co-operating.
What is the BigBand’s repertory?
Of course the BigBand plays the classics from Glenn Miller and Count Basie. They can not be missing because lots of people ask for them. And the BigBand plays pop-pieces, ballads or solid rock. For dancing the BigBand plays bossa’s or latin-pieces. Of course it stays a BigBand but there are quite a lot of possiblities. If you want to know exactly what we play, please go to the repertory-list on the site.
The BigBand international
Regular the BigBand was set out in Europe. Several performances were given in Hungary, Great-Britain and Germany. In June 2007 the BigBand performed during the Festpol in Prague - Czech Republic -. During this annual festival several police-orchestras and –choirs from all over Europe performed everywhere in the city.
Contact
If you have any questions or you are interested in the Police Big Band, you can contact the P.R. manager Harry Zewald.
Police BigBand Gelderland-Midden
P.O. Box 30071
6803 AB Arnhem
The Netherlands
Of course you can take a closer look to the website. For instance the photo-gallery.
From here the text will be written in Dutch.