Nicolette van Dam and Bas Smit call in auxiliary troops for De Amsterdamse Zomer | Stars

entertainment">“Yesterday was really bad,” says Bas about Saturday, when the event suffered from a pin failure and too few staff, which caused great crowds. “We have worked so hard for it. A lot of bar staff don’t show up, a third. Then there will be more than a hundred fewer men at the bar and there will be panic on the field.”

entertainment">For Sunday, Smit and his partner Nicolette van Dam have placed an appeal on Instagram for more bar staff. “People from the catering industry come especially to help us. That is very special,” said Nicolette. “Today is going as it should be,” adds Bas.

entertainment">Bas and Nicolette announced earlier Sunday that they were ‘disappointed’ in the course of the first day. “Unfortunately, we had to deal with factors that we could no longer resolve, such as more than 1/3 of the bar staff who did not show up and a pin malfunction. We tried to resolve this but were unable to do so in this challenging market,” the organization said in a statement. “Our sincere apologies. We would also have preferred to see this differently and feel that we have fallen short.”

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