THE 52nd annual Tulip Time Festival ended with a perfect day on Monday, with the sun shining and thousands enjoying the public holiday.
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Perfect weather was being talked about by festival goers who, for the past two years, have attended the final day in the rain.
The Dutch Australian Choir performed in Corbett Gardens, singing songs in English, Dutch, Italian and even German.
Bowral resident Martin Pronk was a member of the choir for 21 years and filled in as conductor for the day at the Tulip Time performance.
"The choir officially started in 1965, but performed in garages and loungerooms of members before that," he said.
Dutch-born Mr Pronk joined the choir while living in Wollongong and joined Serendipity and U3A when he moved to the Highlands.
Wollongong resident Corrie Leeuwerik has been a member of the Dutch Australian Choir for the past 50 years.
For the past few years she has been joined by her granddaughter, Annika, the choir's youngest unofficial member.
Annika said she loved singing in the different languages and dressing up.
"I like coming to Tulip Time and singing in front of everyone," she said.
Mrs Leeuwerik said it was nice to share the tradition with her family.
"This is beautiful," Mrs Leeuwerik said.
"We've sung at Tulip Time for years now and this year has been perfect."
She said while the choir started out as Dutch Australian more than 50 years ago, there was now many different nationalities and it was quite multicultural.
"It's very mixed now. There are Japanese, Irish, Philippino, Dutch, and there are a few Aussies."
The annual visit to Corbett Gardens was a part of her calendar before the choir started performing at Tulip Time.
"I've been coming since before I had kids, when it was free, it was all very different."
Tulips are inextricably linked with Holland, which also has a Tulip Festival, and when Mrs Leeuwerik started coming to Tulip Time all those years ago, it made her quite homesick.
"They are planted everywhere (in Holland)," she said.