Towards the end of the performance the man almost everybody had been waiting for came up on stage: Ramses Shaffy. One of the country's best known singers since the sixties, responsible for writing and performing some of the songs everybody in this country can sing along to. He is no longer in the best of health, but he still performs once in a while, and you can still see and feel the charisma of the man. He's lived a more than full life, a man of great emotion, and beautiful to hear and see. He just sang a few songs, the song "Laat Me", which he recorded with Alderliefste, then he improvised a song for the day on the piano, and he sang "Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder", which everybody sang along with. He ended with the "Shaffy Cantate", few words but great music. I am really happy to have seen him appear today, and I'm glad he seemed to enjoy it all so much. Most of the crowd were there to hear him, no one else really.
The afternoon had started nice and sunny, warm enough to walk down to the open air theatre in a summer skirt and a t-shirt, but just as Ramses started his final song the first drops of rain started to fall. Just after the concert finished the heavens opened and people were trying to find shelter as quickly as they could. Within about five minutes I was wet through, not just a little water seeping through, and a gradual process, and, no I didn't bring the rain gear.... I didn't really mind though, the concert was worth it, and I was happy walking all the way back home wet and cold, enjoying the moments.
I put the rest of my pictures up at: Picasa
And here someone was nice enough to take pictures of the downpour:Pixites at Flickr
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