Live-stream NADB Limburg Danst, Geleen, The Netherlands

[JoepiE]

A little more then 2 hours ago a national comp in Geleen, The Netherlands, started with medalists classes Int'l Standard. Right now the medalists classes Int'l Latin are in progress. Around 4:00pm local time (California: 7:00am, New York: 10:00am) the adult classes Int'l Standard start and around 7:00pm local (Cal: 10:00am, NY: 1.00pm) Int'l Latin begins.

Not very exeptional, BUT...... you can watch this comp live on the internet!!

The link: click (http://www.danceplaza.com/index.tpl?id=340)
The url (for wmp): mms://stream.ewms.nl/LimburgDanst

Later it hopefully will be availible for download.

CHECK IT OUT

I'll give you the full timetable too:

Standard
1st round
15:25:35 Nieuwelingen Std
15:40:45 D Klasse Std
15:48:05 C Klasse Std
15:55:25 B Klasse Std
16:02:45 A Klasse Std (prechamp)
16:11:55 Hoofdklasse Std (champ)

Redance
16:21:05 Nieuwelingen Std
16:28:05 D Klasse Std
16:35:05 C Klasse Std
16:42:05 B Klasse Std
16:49:05 Youth Latin (1st round)
16:58:05 A Klasse Std
17:06:50 Hoofdklasse Std

Semifinals
17:15:35 Nieuwelingen Std
17:22:35 D Klasse Std
17:29:35 Youth Latin (redance)
17:29:35 A Klasse Std
17:38:20 Hoofdklasse Std

17:47:05 Youth Std (General Look)

Finals
17:55:50 Nieuwelingen Std
18:02:30 D Klasse Std
18:09:09 C Klasse Std
18:15:49 B Klasse Std
18:22:29 Youth Latin
18:30:29 A Klasse Std
18:38:49 Hoofdklasse Std
18:47:09 Youth Std


LATIN
1st round
19:03:49 C klasse Latin
19:18:59 B klasse Latin
19:26:19 A klasse Latin
19:34:39 Hoofdklasse Latin

19:42:49 Prizepresentation Adults standaard

Redance
19:50:49 C klasse Latin
19:58:49 B klasse Latin
20:02:49 A klasse Latin
20:10:19 Hoofdklasse Latin

Semifinal
20:18:04 C klasse Latin
20:24:04 B klasse Latin
20:32:04 A klasse Latin
20:40:49 Hoofdklasse Latin

Final
20:49:34 C klasse Latin
20:55:14 B klasse Latin
21:02:54 A klasse Latin
21:10:34 Hoofdklasse Latin

PS. pay close attention to the A-class latin and the "Hoofdklasse" (champclass) Standard, for I dance in those classes. (Standard white/black dotted dress with lime underscurt and floats and a red, long latindress. ;)

[Chris Stratton]

Interesting.... just saw a bit of what looked to be the equivalent of novice or prechamp standard. I think more competitions should do this kind of thing.

One part of what's interesting in watching this is seeing the dance program of another country at it's "work in progress" point rather than in terms of the more complete couples you would see in the video of a world event, and also to see dancers who are working hard at that point of development as adults rather than as children. You start to see different mixes of emphasis - skills that look to be there 'early' compared to practice here, and others that seem to be surprisingly still missing in comparison to the other aspects of the dancing.