Robin Paul Weijers

Robin Paul Weijers ( born May 4, 1964) is the founder and organizer of the Dutch until 2009 veranstaltetem annually Domino Days.

Career

Beginning

When the Dutch airline KLM mid-1980s created the concept to show aboard their flying machines movies about world records with dominoes, Robin Paul Weijers belonged to producing and exporting team. He was at that time a student of the Delft University of Technology. Since that time made ​​him the enthusiasm for the chain reaction, which can be generated with dominoes, do not let go.

The first attempt to drop all stones of a large Domino snake, undertook Weijers 1986 in Lisser Hall flowers ( Keukenhof ). However, he failed largely because the floor of the hall was just not enough and also attended small animals for damage. Nevertheless, over 700,000 stones fell; the spectacle was first televised.

" Domino Day "

Since 1998, the first world record of small stones was erected, the event is broadcast annually in up to 14 countries on television. The record of fallen stones is 4,491,863 pieces ( set 13 November 2009). The show was always broadcast live from the Friesland halls in Leeuwarden. Weijers founded the " Weijers Domino Productions " based in Woerden, the year dealt with through the development of techniques for the Domino Day.

For this he was casting every year around 90 young people from Europe who were to assist him in setting up the stones. To their welcome even traveled the Queen's Commissioner, Ed Nijpels on. It (as of 2006) were also granted 128 million euros to build a new hall for the coming years that should be available in Leeuwarden.