30 years of IDO World Tap dance Championships
Photo 1041 - The MC invited very special people on stage to introduce them - video scan
EXCEPTIONAL & OUTSTANDING - From left:
Mr. Matthew Clark , Niagara Falls, USA & Canada - 3x IDO world champion in 1996 and one of our most successful and dedicated choreographers in all the years, (please read the Who ’ s Who) Mr. László Bóbis from Budapest, Hungary (please read the Who ’ s Who) - IDO’s first world champion, solos 1991 and 1994 - afterwards many times in the finals with his partner Mr. Arpad Pirovits and successful choreographer - Mr. Fabrice Martin ( please read the Who’s Who). Late Mr. Vladimir Kirsanov † from Moscow, Russia - who has competed with his daughter Arina 1996 in Dresden and as solo in Riesa the years afterwards. Later Vladimir was representing Russia as licensed IDO judge for many years. Vladimir has brought tap dance into Russia in the “old” t imes and organized a famous tap dance Festival in Moscow before we have met. He has left us much too early! Mrs. Kerstin Albrecht , Georgsmarienhütte in Germany. (please read the Who-is-Who). With her partner Oliver Bahle Kerstin has won the European Tap dance Championships in Annecy, France 1996 and they were “ runners up ” in Dresden, Germany in 1996. Later Kerstin became a successful choreographer and served in many capacities, as IDO licensed judge, IDO Chairperson of Judges and IDO Supervisor. All of these 5 wonderful people have competed with each other between 1994 and 1997 - and Fabrice and Laszlo stayed competing in the IDO World Tap dance Championships for many more years. Late Mr. Bill Fowler † from Boston, USA. (Please read in Who-is-Who). Bill was our outstanding Chairman of Judges and guided the IDO World Tap dance Championships with his great knowledge and experience - as well as with his enthusiasm for tap dance and dedication to the dancers world-wide. He also has left us much too early! The last person on the right is Mr. Michael Wendt from Hamburg, Germany, organizer and mc - also author of this “history”
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