Harrold De Raad is the Band Director of the Juliana DBC from Middelburg, the Nederlands.
Since several years he has occasion to frequent the Italy with his group, and also as clinician.
For this reason we proposed to him an interview. He accepted, and for this we are grateful.
Following you can find the 10 questions, and his answers
On behalf of marchingband.it and its passionate readers, thanks to Harrold for his valuable and competent availability.
- The first question, ritual, tell us about yourself (your background, what do you do, your family)?
My name is Harrold de Raad and I work at the Chamber of Commerce as a company advisor.
I am married and have two kids and live in Middelburg, The Netherlands.
- Which is the origin of your passion for the music and especially for the marching bands?
When I was 6, I started to play trumpet with Junior drumcorps Johan Friso (Feeder corps of Juliana) and I started Music School. My whole family was in Johan Friso and Juliana.
When I was 16 I went to Juliana