Interest Groups

At our club, we have several interest groups. We welcome you to come along and have some fun.

Choir:

In 1985 eight members of the Rembrandt Club decided to start a Male Choir.

This small group under the directorship of Harry Joosten grew in a few years to a 24 member choir.

In the late eighties the choir was one of the inaugural members that started the NSW Male Choir Association, and continues to be an active member of that organisation.

In the 1990s the choir had many successful concerts in Australia, such as, Bowral Tulip Festival, Orange Field days, Bathurst, Forbes, Newcastle, Wollongong, Springwood, Sydney Town Hall, The Opera House and a trip to Fiji.

Today’s choir likes to perform as an ensemble and has a repertoire in 7 different languages, which they perform in nursing homes, church services, festivals etc.

The Rembrandt Male Choir is available for functions. For more information on booking the choir, please call John Joosten on 02 9623 4503.

Interested in becoming a member of our choir? Choir practice is held every Friday night at 8pm at the Club. For more information, please call John Battishall on 9673 2106, contact him on choir@rembrandtdutchclub.com, or just come along on Friday night. 

Klaverjas - Cards:

Interested in playing cards? We play every Friday night at the Club. For more information, please call Annie van der Mortel on 9631 9869, contact her on klaverjas@rembrandtdutchclub.com, or just come along on Friday night.

Scrabble:

Our scrabble club is doing well, with a good turnout of players every Friday.

Scrabble is held at our Club every Friday from 11 am until the game finishes. So why not come along and enjoy a cuppa and some Dutch goodies while you play. For more info please contact Frances De Lange on 9625 3929, or email him at scrabble@rembrandtdutchclub.com.

Billiards:

Rembrandt Billiard Club has a history that stems some 30 years. In the 1970’s a group of dedicated billiard players who felt that their interests were not being met from the administration of the Wilhelmina Dutch Club broke away and formed the fore runner of what is today the Rembrandt Dutch Club.

The Billiard Club (Rembrandt as it was known) through hard work and the generosity of those dedicated individuals Rembrandt opened its doors to play Libra a type of Carom Billiards that is played on a table that is twice as long as it is wide, having no pockets and using only three balls (One Red and Two Whites).

The membership of Rembrandt at that time was such that it required two separate nights just to accommodate the players which were graded into three distinct groups according to their skill level.

Today, the billiard club still has a good following, playing Friday nights with an average of 13 players per night. They enjoy the friendly atmosphere, the camaraderie, social games and annual billiard events that are organized, as well as the Interclub Competitions that occur throughout the year.

Billiard practice is held every Tuesday 10am to 4pm. Games are Friday night 7pm. For more information, please call John Deegens on 9864 0190, contact him on billiards@rembrandtdutchclub.com or just come along any Tuesday or Friday.

Carnival group The Kwasten:

The Carnival group The Kwasten is in 2009 already 20 years young.
It started when some members of the Rembrandt Club got together and wanted to do something different. Over the years many Princes have been crown and de-crowned.

This always goes together with a celebration.The Kwasten have been on outings to visit their Carnival friends.  They have been to Melbourne, Brisbane and even visited Perth. Such a visit usually gives the opportunity to perform on stage.

In Geelong it was Andre Van Duin, then the 10 tenors and after that in Melbourne and Perth it was an imitation of the whole Johan Straus Orchestra including Andre Rieu. In 2011 The Kwasten hope to celebrate their 2 X 11 Anniversary.