The idea for the Night of the Proms was developed in 1984 by two Belgian students, Jan Van Esbroeck en Jan Vereecke. With the English ‘Last Night of the Proms’ in mind, they decided to organize the ‘First Night of the Proms’ in the Antwerp Sportpaleis. Because an evening with only classical music would perhaps not go down well with everybody, a section with pop classics was added to the programme. What sceptics had not deemed possible, happened on the 19th of October 1985: Jan and Jan welcomed 13,.500 music lovers, among whom were many non-students........................................................The concept of classical music combined with pop was a great success. The reactions of press and audience were so overwhelming that the organizers could not but continue. Year after year, there were more concert nights, and in 1990, the Night of the Proms was exported to Holland for the first time. Germany followed suit in 1994. There were also concerts in France, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark and nowadays concerts are also given in the French speaking part of Belgium (Charleroi) and Spain......................................................................................FAIR USE DISCLAIMER: I do not own copyright for this copyrighted artwork, but under Section 107 United States Copyright Law as noted by the United States Copyright Office (Copyright Act 1976), allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.I state here in a good faith that I have made and uploaded here this copy of this copyrighted artwork completely for the purposes of teaching and research, that my action - i.e. my production of the copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here on Youtube in this particular case - is totally non-profit, and that I believe that my production of this copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here in Youtube in this particular case can only increase value of this copyrighted artwork and produce only positive effects for this copyrighted artwork in its potential market