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Participators Through 12xHolland the twelve participators - each working around his/her specialism - will present workshops, concerts, lectures, visits to schools and/or other presentations. They will also take courses in Japanese art forms. Some of the participators will be accompanied by their partner and/or children. For 12xHolland, the main purpose is the meeting and the exchange with the local people in today's Japan, but also to display contemporary Holland through in a creative ambiance. For the 12xHolland the following participators have been invited: July Bas Valckx (Japanese & Dutch language) Japanese ghost-stories course "Dutch for Travellers" Stephan Peters (portrait painting) portraying Hirado shop-owners painting workshops Klaas Kamphuis (sculpture) wooden object with axe and chain saw exposition of carpenters tools August Merel Ritz (soprano) bird-concerts and concerts with lute children musical "The Magic Pearl" Glenn Hahn (percussion) latin percussion workshop Surinaams rainforest intro Emeke Buitelaar (painting) wall-painting in colour painting workshop David van Ooijen (lute) lute concerts workshops Old Music for chorus and musicians September Niek Kaptein (bread and pastry) project with Hirado bakery workshop for children Lucienne van der Mijle (photography) photo-document about fishers families in Hirado and Vlissingen photo-workshops Erik van Ommen (birds) bird-excursions bird-watching and painting October Marjolijn van Roon (recorder) recorder festival project with haiku club concerts Mariska Hammerstein (children-book) historical picture-book about the Dutch in Hirado schoolworkshops Bas | Stephan | Klaas | Merel | Glenn | Emeke | David | Niek | Lucienne | Erik | Mariska | Marjolijn