Yesterday was our kick-off event for next and upcoming season..and it was an awesome one..such nice audience..great dragartists and we have made the first surprises and announcements for what awaits you next season.
A bigger and more dazzling crown to win..many big and awesome events coming up....our photographer had a very busy job with all the pictures she made..it takes a while before she has checked them all..so here are a few sneakpeaks from the videos and pictures we have recieved from the crowd...so you can enjoy them before the best pictures and videos are going to come...
On February 1st, 2023, the Netherlands remembered the victims of the flood of 1953 that killed 1836 people in our southern provinces, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland, and Noord-Brabant.
On Saturday, January 31st, 1953, a heavy storm with strong winds made its way to the Netherlands. A storm is not that unusual, but during the day, predictions came in that the water level could become dangerously high because of this storm. But most people didn't believe that this storm could cause a flood. Warnings that the dikes were being neglected and that the dikes could be breached during a heavy storm were very much ignored.
In the evening, everyone in Zeeland went to bed like normal. The storm reached its peak around 22.00, but the water level remained dangerously high. Around 2.00, the water began flowing over the dikes. Around 3.00, the first dikes collapsed under the pressure of the water. The water made its way through the dikes towards the towns.
People were woken up by the sound of the incoming flood or by their neighbors, family members, or locals from the town: "The water is coming!" They were told. The residents had no time to leave the house, for the water had already arrived. All they could do was flee to the attics or climb up onto the rooftops.
The radio stations were down during the night, so the residents of the southern provinces couldn't be warned, and most of the Netherlands was unaware of the disaster happening in the south. Only on Sunday morning did the rest of the Netherlands hear about the flood in the south, and slowly, people became aware of the massive scale of this disaster.
And while many people drowned during the first flood, the majority of people drowned when a second flood hit on Sunday in the afternoon. Many houses, already weakened by the water from the first flood, collapsed when the second one hit. And those sitting on the rooftops, waiting for rescue, drowned.
Survivors of the flood saw and heard how people drowned. Many watched their friends, family, pets, livestock get swept away by the water. Fishermen were the first to enter the area with boats to rescue survivors.
On February 5th, all the survivors were evacuated to a save place. Help came from every corner of the world in the form of money and goods. The Danish people alone gave enough money and goods to provide full clothing for 150.000 people, according to a Dutch journalist.
Several years later, the Netherlands started building the Delta Works to protect the land against high water and floods. The Delta Works are now known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
Zonder support GEEN contest, entertainment en begeleiding van beginnende dragartists..daarom hebben we speciaal voor jullie een aantal nieuwe designs toegevoegd en zullen er binnenkort meer volgen voor bijvoorbeeld op shirts, magneten, tassen, caps en nog veel meer...
De opbrengst gaat direct naar de organisatie van onze contest, het begeleiden van onze Dragartists en het ondersteunen van maatschappelijke onderwerpen.
alles is te bestellen via onze merchandise store te vinden via:
De laatste jaren hebben veel clubs in alle sporten harde klappen moet incasseren over de terugloop van het ledenaantal, dit vooral met de oorzaak die Corona heet. Binnen mijn eigen sport badminton zie ik nog steeds clubs watertrappelen om het hoofd boven water te houden. Maar zou ik dan toch bij de hardst groeiende club in de regio terecht zijn gekomen?
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