[SkateDC] "Skates and Skating in the Netherlands: When There Was Actually Ice!"

[George Marinkovich]

Thanks for the heads up, Michael.

So was there an Elfstedentocht* in 2010 or not?  

The suspense is killing me.  Inquiring minds want to know, but they can't read Dutch.  Things were looking promising for a while.

There hasn't been one since 1997 as I understand it.

And I'm not even sure one can count the one in 1997 because skaters had to go over land for 50 meters due to bad ice conditions in the appropriately named village of Sneek (http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/netherlands/091204/elfstedentocht-climate-change-ice-skating).

Guess we have to go to the lecture to find out...

Cheers,
George

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfstedentocht





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From: Michael ° <nahgarc at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Mon, March 15, 2010 8:19:07 PM
Subject: [SkateDC] "Skates and Skating in the Netherlands: When There Was Actually Ice!"

For those who can escape from the grind at midday on Friday--


National Gallery of Art Gallery Talks/Lectures
www.nga.gov/programs/lectures

March 19 at 1:00 pm
Skates and Skating in the Netherlands: When There Was Actually Ice!
Anrie Broere, skate collector
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
The lecture will be American Sign Language-interpreted. The East Building Auditorium is equipped with an assistive listening system. Receivers and neck loops or headsets are available free of charge at the information desk located on the ground level of the East Building. 




      
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