Ladies - Short Program - Notes from Rosaleen

[Rosaleen]

USA Michelle Kwan Start 22
Notes Music: Spartacus Costume: Red with gold 'belt' around hips / music starts softly with some chor / around the far end and back this way for 2a / back around this way and down to the far end for 3z2t / butterfly back sit is fast & centered but only basic pos / bit of chor and around far end of rink and back this way for 3f / right into cam sit Y back sit Y with ok speed & centering / music builds with cymbal crash and into inside out spiral back inside spiral to fan all pos are held better than before / stt steps are with music and fairly complex / music starts to slow and fade for strt leg almost flatback layback / pb?? / 24.99 points from Q / spirals level 3, steps level 2 combo spin 2 layback & fly sit level 1 /

 

[Rosaleen]

HUN Julia Sebestyen Start 23
Notes Music: Fire on Ice Costume mauve / bit of chor and around far end of rink and this way / 3f is her usual high jumps / bit of chor and to the far end for 3z fell on side / flycam to sinide edge to layover to donut is fast with huge fly / music softens and inside out spir with last part in catch knee / music fades and starts up again 2a / layback with both arms to one side then foot to head / music fades again now picks up big beat and fairly fast - crowd is clapping / O ftwrk 1st part didn't move across the ice very well although it was complex throughout / combo spin to end with multiple variations including the last upright pos on inside edge / pb 61.28 / 22.91 points from Q / Spiral level 3 / O steps level 1, rest level 2

 

[Rosaleen]

FIN Susanna Poykio Start 24
Notes Music: Henry VIII Costume: dark purple / music is fairly heavy to start / 3f / around to the far end for 3z2t / a small circle of stroking and into spirals start with inside out but it doesn't carry much speed / music picks up and crowd is clapping flysit that I didn't really see / 2a / some chor into layback the is centered with good speed included foot to head pos but rest aren't that good / strt steps that are with the music / cam sit layback back sit Y spin - good speed until the Y / fist pump and flags flying / pb 5.63 / 23.69 points from Q / all level 2 except combo spin which was a 1

 

[Rosaleen]

ITA Carolina Kostner Start 25
Notes Music: Michael Hoppe Medley Costume: light blue / bit of chor as music starts and around this end of rink and to far end / 3f3t very nicely done / around at the far end and turns into 3l / music is building and she buildsin speed inside spiral on deep edge to outside starts the seq / 2a / into corner for diag steps that are complex but a little messy in my mind and a little slow across the ice / flycam didn't really see it / combo spin cal sit back cam to catch foot to upright / layback with foot to head & straight leg / hands to her forehead as if she can't believe she did it / great skate for her / pb 57.5 / 26.45 from Q / combo spin level 1, layback level 1, others level 2

 

[Rosaleen]

JPN Fumie Suguri Start 26
Notes Music: Pink Panther Costume: Purple & black dress with black short gloves / some nice chor as music starts and around this end to far end / 3z lean fell / some chor and back around far end and down to this end / 3f / layback to strt leg is fast & centered good pos / big inside spiral to outside starts the seq / spiral into 2a / death drop is big with fast spin to inside edge / S ftwrk has a load of twizzles in 1st section and a split jump near end right on beat of music / only saw the last part of combo spin / cute chor into ending pose right in front of the judges / pb 62.02 / 27.19 from Q / spirals level 3, others level 2

 

[Rosaleen]

JPN Miki Ando Start 27
Notes Music: Gypsy Soul Costume: Red with black lacey band starting at one hip and curving around body to opposite shoulder / music starts very likvely and crowd is clapping / 3z3l / to far end of rink for 3f / layback with neat arm variation that makes nice shape - it's a little slow and doesn't have her flatback pos / combo spin has many pos and is centered but doesn't have much speed - what's happened to the speed of her spins / 2a with a bit of a shakey landing but clean / spirals cover full ice but are a little slow / strt steps have good speed and in char of music / flycam with layover and inside edge to bent leg / I love Mikki - but this program seemed to be just ticking off the elements to me - didn't work with the music the way it could have / pb 53.64 / 27.66 from Q / Combo spin & flycam spin level 1, rest level 2

 

[Rosaleen]

RUS Irina Slutskaya Start 28
Notes Music: Tango by Shostakovich Costume: Black pants & spaghetti strap top with diag pink bank around hips / big slow chords at start and a bit of chor / down around this end to far end for 3z landed way pitched forward stayed on one foot turn 2t / stroking in a circle and around far end to this end for 3f / some chor and 2a out of back to front turn (counter, rocker, not sure) flycam - didn't really see it / music picks up and crowd is really clapping for strt steps that are quite complex / layback with sideways and they strt back into beillman / crowd is still clapping / spirals in beillman inside out to back in beillman / cam to outside edge sit layback with foot to head beillman hop recenter badly into back spin not sure what she did in the back spin part as I was writing and not watching the way I should have / a whole load of little flower girls out to collect stuff / pb 65.46 / 29.77 from Q / layback & spirals level 3 combo spin level 1, rest level 2

 

[Rosaleen]

USA Sasha Cohen Start 29
Notes Music: Dark Eyes Costume: red V neck front & back with black lace overskirt / some slow chords and a bit of chor / down this end and around to far end / 3z 2t (flutz is so bad without the cheat sheet - a flip / down to this end for 3f / flycam with great pos to inside edge to catch foot good speed / a bit of chor / 2a / picking up speed strokin down to this end into outside in spiral that was wobbly as hell on the 2nd part / layback spin is great with multiple pos / music changes and crowd is clapping as it picks up druing her strt steps that are very well done - not sure of difficulty / combo spin with great pos & speed - loved the upright variation with one leg held a hip level and tucked in / pb 71.12 / 28.41 from Q / spirals level 3 rest level 2

 

[Rosaleen]

RUS Elena Sokolova Start 30
Notes Music: Don Quixote Costume: Black with open back and fishnet sleeves / familiar opening bars / and a bit of chor / down to the end 3z2t / music is waltzy now and a bit of chor as it starts to build again and around to the far end for 3f / some more chor into flycam to inside edge to catch foot / spirals inside out in catch foot pos a big smile on her face / 2a / and a bigger smile / layback from sideway to strt back with foot to head as music picks up and crowd is madly clapping for her o FTWRK THAT IS MOVING FAST AND KEEPING UP WITH MUSIC / CAM TO OUTSIDE EDGE SIT TUCK LAYBACK BACK CAM CATCH FOOT UPRIGHT TO END AND THE CROWD IS DELERIOUS - must have hit the caps key by accident, but no time to re-type it all right now, sorry aobut that / pb 52.98 / 24.39 from Q / spirals level 3, rest level 2

 

[Rosaleen]

That's it for the ladies short, see you in about 1 hour for the Free Dance