Oh, Olympia, I love that book, A Passion to Skate. Interesting to read and beautiful picture. One of the first skating books I received as a gift, and I treasure it.
Oh, Olympia, I love that book, A Passion to Skate. Interesting to read and beautiful picture. One of the first skating books I received as a gift, and I treasure it.
I'm very happy for her, as well.
Lest anyone forget, she, with her brother Val, was several tmes Canadian Pair Champion, also!
I agree that she did wonderful things for Boitano in his 1988 programs and beyond. Absolutely loved her work with Boitano, Witt and Orser in Carmen on Ice -- inspired! i haven't always cared for her commentary, but she certainly deserves a spot in the HoF.Originally Posted by dorispulaski
Just a bit of trivia/correction -- Boitano's long program was NOT to the score from the miniseries Napoleon and Josephine (I know, I know, it was in the commentary, but it was wrong -- that miniseries wasn't even broadcast until November of 1987, I believe, and by then, Boitano had competed his long program several times). It was set to music from Carmine Coppola's 3 1/2-hour musical score of Francis Ford Coppola's re-imaging of Abel Gance's 1927 silent film Napoleon. I've watched the movie (it really is amazing for the time and place it was made) and the music's all there, but boy, was it cut-and-pasted together. There's a lot of music in that silent movie!
Congrats to Sandra! She really deserves it! She is a Canadian pairs champion with her brother, she did great work for Stars on Ice, she has elevated all of skating with her great choreography over the years, she has done intelligent and informed colour commentary on TV, and she was the producer, driving force and emcee of the wildly successful Canadian TV show Battle of the Blades (pairing up NHL hockey players with champion skaters), which is being done again this fall.
I didn't realize Bezic was the producer of Battle of the Blades! She really is at the heart of Canadian figure skating, isn't she? And I had forgotten about her own skating career; thanks to you and skatesindreams for reminding us about that. Bezic is definitely one of the people I'd love to have an hour to talk to about skating. Well, I'd listen. I have nothing to say that could match what she'd be able to tell me. The one thing I'd get motormouth about would be suggesting pieces of music to her.
You're welcome! I forgot about her book 'Passion to Skate' as well. Val & Sandra were 5th in the 1974 World Championships.
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