All just IMO, of course, feel free to add your own: 
MELISSA BULANHAGUI -- What a charming girl!! She sure DID look like she was having the time of her life despite a bit of a disaster, performance-wise. I'm sure a lot of us wish we could learn how to do that!! (and not necessarily just in a skating context, but in a "real world" context)
MICHELLE BOULOS -- Really good edge quality. NOTABLY good edge quality, actually, given how little truly good edging one sees these days (tho it's gotten better overall since the late 80s/early 90s, which was truly an all-time low in this department. Still, it isn't what it USED to be....). Who's her spiky-haired coach?
DANIELLE KAHLE -- Nice performance, but the choreography -- and music -- could have used a little more variety and spark; the tempo and pace of both were just a little relentless. Good job, tho.
JULIANA CANARAZZO -- What a STUNNING young lady!! Rather has a Silvia Fontana thing going on. (I mean, looks-wise; no wrapped leg here, fortunately). Beyond that, I really enjoyed this program, too -- wonderful flow and good expressions; very enjoyable. Out of all the "new faces" seen this evening, Juliana is definitely the one I am most looking forward to seeing more of.
ALISSA CZISNY -- Well, she was just spellbinding. Sometimes the greater a performance is, the less I can really find to say about it.
RACHAEL FLATT -Sorry. I don't get it. I just didn't see anything that set her apart from any other really talented young lady her age or even slightly older. And I just didn't see this "musicality" that people seem to be talking about at all. Regarding that clip of her at 3 skating to "Broadway Baby" -- Man. That was a LOT of DRESS for such a little girl!!
KATY TAYLOR -- I'll bet part of her might be wishing she had just tanked in the short and been done with it; she probably thought she was turning her year around with that short program, only to go out today and.... :no: :no: :no: I will give her this, tho -- despite the errors, this was the first time I have EVER seen her actually give some indication that she had MUSIC on; this was actually a good program for her, artistically. To me, in the past, she just kind of meandered around out there aimlessly, but there was a definite "point of view" (as Uncle Dick says) going on in in this program and good for her!
KIMMIE MEISSNER -- Meh. I did like the actual program, and I thought the footwork was terrific, but WAY too much telegraphing. Has she always done this and I just never noticed, or has she started working with Elena Liashenko??
EMILY HUGHES -- She's improved a lot artistically in the last year, too. I'd like to see her hold on to this program for another season, because I think she could really do some great stuff with it; even at this point IMO she's only about halfway there. Good show, tho.
[Sidebar: Based on the Torino Bus Incident, can you imagine what would happen if Johnny Weir had left HIS dress back at the hotel????
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(Sorry, I couldn't resist...... )
BEBE LIANG -- Getting past the jump and speed problems, this is a program that IMO should have been much more interesting than it was and it had less to do with Bebe than it did with the actual choreography. I know Sarah Kawahara's work gets praised to the skies and she's supposed to be so great, yada yada yada, but I have yet to see one thing she's ever choreographed (except for a short program she did for Bebe a couple years ago) that ever impressed me all that much.
Lastly, that "Little Girls Have Big Dreams, Too" has GOT to go. Bebe is no longer a little girl (At least not as far as her age is concerned.) That whole thing is condescending, it is sexist, and usually hideously written and just must STOP.
MELISSA BULANHAGUI -- What a charming girl!! She sure DID look like she was having the time of her life despite a bit of a disaster, performance-wise. I'm sure a lot of us wish we could learn how to do that!! (and not necessarily just in a skating context, but in a "real world" context)
MICHELLE BOULOS -- Really good edge quality. NOTABLY good edge quality, actually, given how little truly good edging one sees these days (tho it's gotten better overall since the late 80s/early 90s, which was truly an all-time low in this department. Still, it isn't what it USED to be....). Who's her spiky-haired coach?
DANIELLE KAHLE -- Nice performance, but the choreography -- and music -- could have used a little more variety and spark; the tempo and pace of both were just a little relentless. Good job, tho.
JULIANA CANARAZZO -- What a STUNNING young lady!! Rather has a Silvia Fontana thing going on. (I mean, looks-wise; no wrapped leg here, fortunately). Beyond that, I really enjoyed this program, too -- wonderful flow and good expressions; very enjoyable. Out of all the "new faces" seen this evening, Juliana is definitely the one I am most looking forward to seeing more of.
ALISSA CZISNY -- Well, she was just spellbinding. Sometimes the greater a performance is, the less I can really find to say about it.
RACHAEL FLATT -Sorry. I don't get it. I just didn't see anything that set her apart from any other really talented young lady her age or even slightly older. And I just didn't see this "musicality" that people seem to be talking about at all. Regarding that clip of her at 3 skating to "Broadway Baby" -- Man. That was a LOT of DRESS for such a little girl!!
KATY TAYLOR -- I'll bet part of her might be wishing she had just tanked in the short and been done with it; she probably thought she was turning her year around with that short program, only to go out today and.... :no: :no: :no: I will give her this, tho -- despite the errors, this was the first time I have EVER seen her actually give some indication that she had MUSIC on; this was actually a good program for her, artistically. To me, in the past, she just kind of meandered around out there aimlessly, but there was a definite "point of view" (as Uncle Dick says) going on in in this program and good for her!
KIMMIE MEISSNER -- Meh. I did like the actual program, and I thought the footwork was terrific, but WAY too much telegraphing. Has she always done this and I just never noticed, or has she started working with Elena Liashenko??
EMILY HUGHES -- She's improved a lot artistically in the last year, too. I'd like to see her hold on to this program for another season, because I think she could really do some great stuff with it; even at this point IMO she's only about halfway there. Good show, tho.
[Sidebar: Based on the Torino Bus Incident, can you imagine what would happen if Johnny Weir had left HIS dress back at the hotel????
] (Sorry, I couldn't resist......
)BEBE LIANG -- Getting past the jump and speed problems, this is a program that IMO should have been much more interesting than it was and it had less to do with Bebe than it did with the actual choreography. I know Sarah Kawahara's work gets praised to the skies and she's supposed to be so great, yada yada yada, but I have yet to see one thing she's ever choreographed (except for a short program she did for Bebe a couple years ago) that ever impressed me all that much.
Lastly, that "Little Girls Have Big Dreams, Too" has GOT to go. Bebe is no longer a little girl (At least not as far as her age is concerned.) That whole thing is condescending, it is sexist, and usually hideously written and just must STOP.
Taylor Firth!
....... I can't WAIT to see her in the coming years 
