Skate Canada Senior Short Dance: Results;
Protocols
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtthM8__LKk
Emilea and Vadym finished 4th out of 10 in the Short Dance, with a score of 75.63.
Unfortunately, the Short Dance was being held when I was having my evening meal. And I posted a comment lamenting that it was not until after the Saturday action from Halifax was over that the clocks was changing, as having it start an hour earlier would have worked out better for me. But, I did manage to work things so that I could watch the Warm-Up LIVE before leaving to eat.
Here is what I wrote in the competition thread about the Warm-Up:
What would we do without Chris and his pronounciations of names?
Saw Emilea and Vadym taking off their team jackets in the background of a shot shortly after the start of the Warm-Up.
Next time we saw them, the camera was following the Aussie partnership, and it got very crowded with three partnerships at the corner of the rink. I breathed in!
Ah, now the cameras are focussing on them. And they are just wandering around casually holding hands! Typical!
And the next time the camera showed them was when they were coming off the ice.
So, to sum up, we didn't see them do any elements. So, we don't know how they are looking today.
Oh, well.
Since I will be eating when they come on, I'll do this now.
ALL THE BEST EMILEA AND VADYM!!!
CaroLiza_fan
I have now watched their programme. So, here is the sort of comment that I would have written for the competition thread if I had been watching LIVE:
What are you on about Chris? It isn't a Michael Jackson medley, it's a BeeGees medley! 
It took so long for them to get through their first element, the Pattern Dance Step, that I thought that there was going to be no TES Box! But, it looked so good, so I'm not complaining!
Was there a bit of a mistake just before the kicks when the extra layer of music started in "Staying Alive"?
Right. You know how I commented about them looking out of sync in their Twizzles at the Nebelhorn because they were changing position at the same time. Well, it happened here too. And because we had a different camera angle, it looked even more out of sync! Emilea was definitely spinning a LOT faster than Vadym.
There was a point when they were doing some choreography clsoe to the boards that it looked to me like Emilea had got her blade caught in a rut and had to pause for a moment to avoid losing her balance. But, I think they managed to disguise it alright.
All in all, that was brilliant! 
And I just realised - Chris didn't talk during the programme like he normally does. 
Glad that he made a point of correcting himself abotu the music as soon as they finished.
Awww. They got a bunch of flowers. And it actually looks good with Emilea's dress.
Chris very complimentary - he said "The quality of the elements defied belief".
Couldn't quite make out what Emilea was saying when waiting for their scores. But, she misses somebody.
They go into the lead.
I know I haven't seen anybody that went before them yet, but that was so good that I would have been annoyed if they hadn't.
WELL DONE EMILEA AND VADYM!!!
CaroLiza_fan
As for the comments from those that were watching LIVE, there were quite a few comments about Chris saying that they were skating to Michael Jackson. But, to keep this post focussed on Emilea and Vadym, I will not quote them all here. However, I will quote this one:
Well, their dresses certainly fit the BeeGees much better than MJ.
@fia_nrt had commented this about the Browns, who had skated just before Emilea and Vadym:
I feel like I need to keep an eye of this pair. I am normally not following ice dance, but this was fun!
And then followed it up with this:
Okay I will say the same about Zingas and Kolesnik. This is also fun
The member with one of the best usernames on this forum was straight to the point:
As was
@norwegianfairytale:
Wow, that was great
One of our German members who attended the Nebelhorn Trophy commented:
Just as good as I remember from Nebelhorn. Also very well done!
I haven't had a chance to watch the host broadcaster's coverage yet, but
@4everchan was watching it and commented about something Kaitlyn Weaver said:
Weaver is nice... I can see which one is the better dancer.
@amanda b made an interesting observation, which I will have to keep in mind when watching the rest:
That had a real 70's vibe to it, the others have all been a bit generic to my eyes.
And
@Weathergal perfectly summed up the way I feel about the music:
You had me at Bee Gees. You lost me at the re-mixes. Ack! I know the judges scored them well but just too frantic looking for my taste.
And a lovely comment from
@ManyCairns to end with:
I just love, love, love Zingas/Kolesnik. Just love their enthusiasm and joy. Watched Shanghai 4CC last night to get in the mood for Dance and remembered how much I liked them, and my budding fandom has really blossomed this year!
Emilea and Vadym are currently 1.13 points behind 3rd position, Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD (FRA), and 0.66 points ahead of 5th position, Natálie TASCHLEROVÁ / Filip TASCHLER (CZE). All three partnerships are at the bottom of a group of 4 partnerships covered by 2.37 points, which is headed by Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA (CAN) in 2nd position, 2.37 points ahead of Emilea and Vadym.
I normally use a two point gap to define groups. But, although there is a gap of 2.79 points behind the Taschlers to the Browns, I am inclined to say that what we actually have is the partnership in the lead and the partnership in last position out on their own, and everybody else is in a group where 8 partnerships are covered by 7.24 points, which stretches down to Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER (CAN) in 9th position, 5.53 points behind Emilea and Vadym.
Although Emilea and Vadym look to be in a strong position, their position is actually quite precarious. On the one hand, the partnerships in 2nd and 3rd position are both well within striking distance, and so they have a good chance of climbing up and claiming a Silver Medal or a Bronze Medal. However, if their Free Dance does not go as well as hoped, they could easily slip down the order.
So they need to have a good Free Dance to ensure that they get the best result that they can.
WELL DONE!!!
The Senior Free Dance is due to start at 14:10:00 ADT (13:10:00 EDT / 17:10:00 GMT / 19:10:00 EET). So 11 hours from now.
Emilea and Vadym will be the 7th partnership to start. So, second partnership to go in Group 2.
The Group 2 Warm-Up is due to start at 14:55:55 ADT (13:55:55 EDT / 17:55:55 GMT / 19:55:55 EET). So 11h 45m from now.
Emilea and Vadym are due to start at 15:10:30 ADT (14:10:30 EDT / 18:10:30 GMT / 20:10:30 EET). So 12 hours from now.
But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before them withdraws.
More information in the event forum:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/forums/1003
Hope this helps
ALL THE BEST!!!
CaroLiza_fan
, LaLa
, L/B
, and the three American teams battling for 4th. I would love to see ZK contend for bronze though. Politics will be especially interesting this year but I’m so hoping they can push through.
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I really hate it when people lose their own accents. It's losing part of who you are!
I saw this on Instagram.. just horrible and so sad 
in a few hours.
So much of the choreography just felt taken from other ice dance couples - like the straight arm choreography which Green/Parsons used and the twisty knee lift that Chock/Bates used. So it didn’t feel very original to me.
Talk about creating a cushion! Canadian judge had Emi and Vadym in first
