Droevendalia 78: June 2009 - Droevendaal

Section: DroefParty 2009 ----------- Deel: DroefFeest 2009
!!! Droeffeest 2009 !!!
This year's Droeffeest is coming up again, and Saturday the 19th of September is the chosen date for this
wonderful eventful thing. On this date there is however no moon whatsoever (it's the new moon then), we are
this full into the Idealis electricity-project so we decided that thematically the party should be about
illumination and enlightenment, to guard us from the darkness and to make up for the abscess of a full
moon. So expect a lot of lights, candles and fires, to keep our spirits light and bright and to become enlightened
during the night! The main stage of the Droeffeest will be on our main field were we want to kick off in the
afternoon with workshops, information and food followed by bands in the evening. All barracks are asked to
give parties during the night to keep our fire burning. Barrack’s 51 and 89 (surprisingly) already agreed on
hosting a party then, hopefully all of you will have a great idea for a party as well, the more the better! The
Common Barrack will off course also be a party place during the night, the continuation of the celebrations on
the field, where we also plan to have some bands play until late at night and some groovy dj’s to keep
everybody dancing. If you have any suggestions for bands, dj’s or other elements of the program, please let us
know!
Evaluation of Droeffeest 2008
Next to everything concerning Droeffeest that was very nice, there were also some things worth mentioning
that need some thought so that we can improve it or prevent it from happening this year.
- Budget. The intention of Droeffeest’s budget is to break even after the festival. If we do end up with profit,
that money goes back into the party of the following year, for which we can decide to use it as a buffer or to
invest it in something cool. Last year, we used the profit of the year before as a buffer, which was a good
decision in the end. The unexpected expenses were quite high last year and we had less visitors during the
night than expected, resulting in having less beers sold. So we didn’t reach the break even point then, luckily
we were still able to refund all the money for the “Droef Garantie Plan”, but our buffer for this year has gotten
considerably smaller. So this is something for us to keep in mind, we don’t want to commercialize things, but
we do want to stay in business, party business that is!
Samenvatting: Droeffeeest 2009!
Het feest zal dit jaar gehouden worden op zaterdag 19 september, met het thema "verlichting".Er is behoefte
aan: Medeorganisatoren, vrijwilligers, feestjes op barakken, bandjes en ideeen. Je kunt contact opnemen met
Erik of Leander (95) , Melle of Harmen (51) of Michiel (89). Of via droeffeest@droevendaal.nl
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