There's a really nice interview with the Kent, WA, newspaper & Meryl & Charlie
http://www.kentreporter.com/news/173623951.html
http://www.kentreporter.com/news/173623951.html
I think this program could be wonderful for H/D-suits them well. Same music as V/M's 2010 OD, but definitely not a copy of their program, that I can see...
V/M's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6mge7uZbLo
H/D's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojXE...MSK8DgUvgJH0-TZYcjIk0xL&feature=results_video
There's a really nice interview with the Kent, WA, newspaper & Meryl & Charlie
http://www.kentreporter.com/news/173623951.html
Right now ice dancing it is at an all time high. Great teams even with Belbin and Agosto's retirement. The battle for the US team will be fierce after Davis and whtie and assuming the shibutanis regroup then who will be no. 3. Tough decision. No wonder Giles went to Canada (I do wonder if the Gilles family has a lot of money? It seems like financially blessed skaters are often known to go to other countries to try to get on the national team. I know there was a singles skater just a few years ago from the US who went to Germany (lady) and her family was supposed to be very well off. It costs a lot to move/train overseas obviously.
Recent Videos of US ice dancers have surfaced (If you haven't seen them from the competition threads):
Hubbell & Donohue at Finlandia
SD Titanic soundtrack; John Ryan's Polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHame4P9d_4
Maia Shibutani, Ann Arbor, MI, Figure Skating
Maia Shibutani is a figure skater from Michigan. She won the Professional Skaters Association (PSA)’s "Edi Award" for Ice Dance (2011) and was the first U.S. ice dancer to medal during her debut appearance at the World Figure Skating Championships since 1958. The Travel &Training funds will be used to support the costs of training with a specialist in Japanese traditional dance in support of her choreography for the primary competitive program.
Well for American dance fans, Skate America is almost here:
There are only seven couples competing in dance, and 3 of them are Americans:
Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA
Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT / Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT USA
Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS USA
Aldridge & Eaton will be competing at the JGPF, which runs at the same time & location as the GPF, Sochi. They qualified second, with 2 wins, in a field of 6 teams.
So Meryl & Charlie won't be the only US dancers at the GPF/JGPF