Under a cheerfully shining autumn sun, many thousands of people stood along the route of the Grand Parade, which during this anniversary year had the theme ‘Leiden Regions’. A nod to the neighboring municipalities that also suffered greatly from the siege in 1573 and 1574. The colorful procession passed through the center of the city via the Zoeterwoudsesingel. Not from 1 p.m., but twenty minutes later.
The mayor and board members of the 3 October Association still had to get from the Lakenhal to the start of the parade after the King’s visit, which lasted until 1 p.m. Hence the delay. After all, they are participating in the parade.
Participating orchestras in the Grand Parade are Show & Marching Band Amigo, Band of Liberation (BOL), Franciscus Band Leiden (FBL), Chr. Music association Kunst & Genoegen juniors and seniors (K&G) and Tamarco Leiderdorp.
Sleutelstad made a recording of the Grand Parade in collaboration with RTV Katwijk. You can watch the broadcast here.
All broadcasts of Leidens Ontzet, which were made by Sleutelstad together with RTV Katwijk, can be viewed on www.youtube.com/Sleutelstad.
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