Is Anyone Going to the Providence RI Marshall's Cheesefest??

[dorispulaski]

The ladies lineup is great. They are going to have, Miki, Fumie, Michelle, Sasha, Irina(!), and Jenny too. Shizuka has been asked, but I haven't heard whether she has answered yet.

The men are Evgeni, Weiss, Weir, Goebel, Joubert and Evan Lysachek

I&B will do an exhibition

B&A are doing an exhibition too

Lots of good seats left (since it is just 1 hour away from my house, I'm going)

There is a link to the event on the www.usfsa.org
web page.

 

[brenlynn]

wish i could!! sounds like a really great competition!!! have fun and make sure you report back

 

[glow_girl85]

when is this event? and what is it called?

 

[dorispulaski]

http://www.provcc.com/marshalls.html

April 6, 2004, at 7 pm (Tuesday)

Marshall's World Figure Skating Challenge

It is held at the Dunkin Donut Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

 

[glow_girl85]

http://www.provcc.com/marshalls.html

April 6, 2004, at 7 pm (Tuesday)

Marshall's World Figure Skating Challenge

It is held at the Dunkin Donut Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

cool, that sounds awesome! i wish i lived near there.

 

[ouridol]

Aww! I wanna go! I live nowhere near it.
Pooey, I'll have to settle for watching it on TV...

 

[glow_girl85]

Aww! I wanna go! I live nowhere near it.
Pooey, I'll have to settle for watching it on TV...

at least we'll get to see it on TV though!

 

[Ptichka]

I do live nearby, but it's the 2nd sedar (2nd night of Passover).

 

[Rixis]

Hey why do they call it Cheesefest???

Just wondering

 

[Ptichka]

From cheesy, meaning corny.

 

[Rixis]

Okay...I knew it had something to do with being cheesy but what makes it so cheesy?

 

[RealtorGal]

From cheesy, meaning corny.

Oh, I thought it was called cheesy because it was so holy! Or, is that for the cheesefests located in Switzlerland?

 

[dorispulaski]

I believe the original format for these competitions were pro/ams. At which point they were kind of cheesy. You know, Josee Choiniard landing one triple in a Canadian cheesefest beats World champion skating a clean program was a possible outcome in the cheesefest format. Then the competition morphed into amateus only doing their complete LP's. At which point they were definitely not cheesy.

I always wondered whether the presence in the world of Cheesehead fans of the Packers influenced the original wit's choice of name. But it stuck, and 'challenges' is not a very compelling name. So people still call them cheesefests.

dpp