30 years of IDO World Tap dance Championships
This was new in 1999 Implementation of a new age group: “ Tap dance Senior s” , The split of Solo Female and Solo Male as 2 separate championships Small Groups also as a new category.
Photo 186 - The Estrell Hotel and Convention Center in Berlin - Photo hotel’s website
Due to the German proposal, the IDO decided in 1999 to establish this new age category in Tap Dance for Senior's, as a trial. This age was defined at 49 years old and over. “ The first Senior World Cup, along with the World Tap Dance Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, at the newly built and elegant Estrel Convention Centre in Germany's capital city. The first competing countries in the senior’s division were America, Canada, Germany and South Africa. The winner of the Senior World Cup Small Group was M-Team from Heidelberg, Germany, choreographer, Mrs. Marianne Heinrich . The winner of the World Cup Formation was the formation from South Africa , choreographed by Gloria Fish † ” 26 .
Photo 187 - The Estrell Lobby - video scan
Photo 188 - Our entry ticket - scan from original
26 B. Fowler † - history of tap
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