“Really great”, Aly calls the gesture of Stichting Stad en Streek Steenwijk to immortalize the troubadour and promoter of the regional language in bronze and to give him a place in the city theater. “He also looks, what more do you want? Very nice that people think that he has meant so much to Steenwijk, that he can stand here in De Meenthe. I also think that he has earned it. He has worked hard for it, was a very busy person and always went everywhere to be there.”