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Canada spreads the love

February 16, 2010 | number 6 The Dutch newspaper in Olympic Vancouver

Although the Holland Heineken House is supposed to be a home for Dutch fans,

Canadians have found their way to the orange center of attention as well. Waiting

lines show how popular the place to behas become in Richmond. Last night, once

again many Canadians were present when the Dutch musical guests Nick and Sim

played some of their greatest hits. And wanna hear some other good news as w

After today, we will stay for another twelve days. Photo: Sander Stoep

After bronze medals at the Olympics in2002 and 2006, Chinas Shen Xue andZhao Hongbo took the gold in the gureskating competition. With a world re-cord they made sure no pair would comeclose to them. Teir fellow countrymenQing and Jian made the Chinese partycomplete winning the silver. Te bronze

went to the German pair of Savchenkoand Szolkowy. Photo: ANP

Chinese winwith elegance

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For the Dutch, the Holland Heineken House is

easy to visit. When you have a Canadian pas-sport, you got to have some patience. In the wai-ting line, people dont seem to care.

By Mathijs Vuister

Its a strange sight, the two waiting lines in front ofthe Holland Heineken House. It looks like the Dut-ch dont like their home away from home. Te lineis totally empty. But on the other side of the fence,many Canadian dressed fans are hopefully waitingtheir turn to pass the last line of security.We know this is the place to be, says Ben. oge-

ther with his wife Anita and daughter Laura he isstill at the start of the waiting line, about twenty

meters from the entrance. As the saying goes: If

Tobias Bos, Pim Brassien, Twan Clarijs, Richard

Geeve, Marlot Hak, Paul de Lange (coordinator),

Rens Lieman, Gert-Jan Peddemors (coordinator),

Marjolein Reezigt (lay-out), Ingrid van Rooijen,

Femke van der Veen, Mathijs Vuister (editor).

Colophon The Daily Dutch

The international edition of The Daily Dutch is made by

students from the School of Journalism in Utrecht,

The Netherlands

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Canadians know thisis the place to be

ProgrammeToday

8.30 pm - De Coronas

9.45 pm - DJ Ronald

10.30 pm - Jan Smit

11.30 pm - DJ until closing time (2.00 am)

Tomorrow

9.00 am - Holland Heineken House

8.30 pm - De Coronas

9.45 pm - DJ Ronald10.30 pm - Nick en Simon

11.30 pm - DJ until closing time (2.00 am)

Canadas own Mike Robertson captured the

silver medal in the mens snowboard cross

on Monday, giving Canada four medals at

the Vancouver winter Olympics. Robertson

led Mondays nal most of the way, but wasovertaken late by American Seth Wescott, the

defending Olympic champion from 2006 in

Turin, Italy. The bronze medal went to Tony

Ramoin from France.

Robertson crosses tosilver medal

youre not Dutch, you aint much. Well be going

the Netherlands in May, so we want to nd out hyou guys party. And were also here for the DuKroket. I really love those.Graham and Gayle just made it passed securiWe had to wait for an hour, but we dont ca

Youre guys are the talk of the town. We want to swhat Heineken did to the Minoru Arenas, so dont care about the lines.

When Dutch people need to wait, they can get a ltle bit annoying. But the Canadians only show thbig smile. Were used to waiting, Anita says. BI also think that Canadians are polite to each othExcuse me and Im sorry are not bad sentenc

And waiting is not that terrible; if you know whin a few minutes well see the Holland Heinek

House from the inside. Tats worth the wait.

No Wotherspoon, Lee or Poutala on top of

the speed skating podium. It was the 21-year-

old Tae-Bum Mo who won the gold medal in

the 500 meter race at the Richmond Olympic

Oval. The event was surrounded by trouble

when two of the ice machines failed to operateproperly. The delay took more than two hours,

making it tough for the competitors to stay

focused on their race. For the Netherlands, Jan

Smeekens was the best, nishing in 6th place.

Korean Mo surprisesspeed skaters

In the previous edition of The Daily Dutch

International, we told everybody Clara Hughes

won the bronze medal in the 3.000 meter race.

Of course, this had to be the name of Kristina

Groves standing there. Therefore, the editors

of The Daily Dutch want to make an apology.

Dear Kristina, were sorry.

Kristina, were sorry

Animations formore intensity

Behind the scenes

In the evening, all eyes are on her. Lotte

Zuijdwijk, better known as VJ Lottez, is

responsible for the visual animation on the

screens of the Medal Ceremony Hall.

By Ingrid van Rooijen

A few months back, Heineken got in touch with

VJ Lottez. Her assignment is to bring the Dutch

Olympic feeling and sport over to the crowd. To

be exact, Its my responsibility to mix the images

you see on the screens. Therefore, Heineken cre-

ated a spot for me on the right side of the stage.

Months ago I started taping video and images. I

manipulate these on my computer, so they can be

put on the screens.

During the Olympics, VJ Lottez works on new

material as well. For example, I edit video of the

events, so my audience is able to see new footage.

Lottes working day starts usually around 10 am.

Ill work from my room at rst, but around 4 pm

Ill go to the Holland Heineken House, so Im able

to talk with our musical quest what they want to

see on the screens. My real work starts at 8.30 pm,

when the band starts playing.

VJ Lottez gets a lot of response. Im noticing that

the animations intensify the atmosphere. I hear a

lot of positive response coming from the artists

and visitors. Thats always nice to hear.

Canadians are lining up to get into the Holland Heineken House. Photo: Sander Stoepk

Photo: Gert-Jan Peddemors