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Lyrics allowed in all FS competition programs starting next season-am I the last to know?
Hi all,
As conversation on here has been more or less dominated by the results of the ladies figure skating competition, some other pretty crucial stories appear to have slipped under the radar (and please forgive me if I just didn't see the thread about this story, which I just noticed on the New York Times site today - I've been coming on here pretty regularly). Apparently, starting next season, music with lyrics will be allowed in all four figure-skating disciplines. Thoughts? I kind of liked the fact that you couldn't lean on what singers did in a piece of music and had to create your own magic (or not), but then again, there have been some very special exhibition programs skated to vocal music, some very emotional (MK's Fields of Gold, for instance) others delightfully quirky (Sasha's Hernando's Hideaway), and there are many more.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/s...y-in-blue-or-rap-skating-will-add-vocals.html
How do you feel about this change, and in your opinion, will it achieve the desired result of raising the profile of figure skating in a good way?
cheers,
sarah
Hi all,
As conversation on here has been more or less dominated by the results of the ladies figure skating competition, some other pretty crucial stories appear to have slipped under the radar (and please forgive me if I just didn't see the thread about this story, which I just noticed on the New York Times site today - I've been coming on here pretty regularly). Apparently, starting next season, music with lyrics will be allowed in all four figure-skating disciplines. Thoughts? I kind of liked the fact that you couldn't lean on what singers did in a piece of music and had to create your own magic (or not), but then again, there have been some very special exhibition programs skated to vocal music, some very emotional (MK's Fields of Gold, for instance) others delightfully quirky (Sasha's Hernando's Hideaway), and there are many more.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/s...y-in-blue-or-rap-skating-will-add-vocals.html
How do you feel about this change, and in your opinion, will it achieve the desired result of raising the profile of figure skating in a good way?
cheers,
sarah