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local associations perform together. In sept 2006 Mes Amis, the male choir and
Harmonie St. Cecilia celebrated the 85th anniversary of the Harmonie in the Bürger-Treff in Waldfeucht, Germany. Every second week of December Mes Amis, the male choir, Harmonie St. Cecilia and the local church choir St. Caecilia perform together in a Christmas concert. Together with Maria Hoop, Koningsbosch is home to the football club Conventus '03.
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