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Heather - your avatar trips me out, I'm so used to Brian Roberts (that's who it was right? LOL) that I don't realize it's YOU posting lol I do double and triple takes lol
Heather - your avatar trips me out, I'm so used to Brian Roberts (that's who it was right? LOL) that I don't realize it's YOU posting lol I do double and triple takes lol
Sorry to freak you out! I had my avatar set to Amanda & Mark the last time they won a medal at US Nats so it seemed appropriate to have it be them again. :agree:
And besides that, Brian actually got married to some model recently so he's now dead to me.
I recorded the exhibition on DVD as I was at the gym. I see that I was mistaken; they did show Caroline. A few observations:
She seemed to have her famous "mule kick" on her first jump, but it seemed to be absent on her second. She must be working on it. She did a spin that I don't remember seeing before. Most importantly, she did an arabesque spiral and then went directly into a forward charlotte. This should be a big point getter in competition.
I think this girl is going to do some serious damage next week in Vancouver.
I recorded the exhibition on DVD as I was at the gym. I see that I was mistaken; they did show Caroline. A few observations:
She seemed to have her famous "mule kick" on her first jump, but it seemed to be absent on her second. She must be working on it. She did a spin that I don't remember seeing before. Most importantly, she did an arabesque spiral and then went directly into a forward charlotte. This should be a big point getter in competition.
I think this girl is going to do some serious damage next week in Vancouver.
She only did one flip/lutz. The second jump was a loop and therefore not a victim of the mule kick... That first fall didn't look too good though.
^ Thanks so much for posting the link!
and why not? Their LP was very special. The EX was ok.OMG! NBC is showing Amanda and Mark?! Has hell officially frozen over?!
Were you there, Spun Silver? To me nothing in that whole 'show' was anything special. The Men indeed were unimpressive and the rest were passable to ok. The whole affair was so gloomy with so few people in the audience.Yes they did and her spins brought tears to my eyes (familiar as they are). She skated to one of my favorite Joni Mitchell songs - a somber choice for a 15-year-old with so much ahead.
The men were uniformly unimpressive. I am so sick of hip-shaking and shoulder wiggling. Who really likes to see that??? Plus, a US championships exhibition without Johnny... I admit I was ill-disposed.
I loved almost all the pairs and dance teams and Alissa was fine. ITD (disagree) with those who enjoyed Rachael's Respect. I thought it was a poor move for this still juniorish skater to take on the Queen of Soul. She did NOT pull it off, IMO. Ashley maybe - Rachael no. Speaking of Ashley, I unfortunately missed her number, darn it.
Since I've been so critical of Rachael's music I'll make a positive suggestion for her in another thread.
Caroline did not look happy or confident at all...but it was a really nice program.
Thanks Toni. I saw him in the K&C talking to some officials just before the 'show' began. The conversation was on the loud speaker, but with my ears I just didn't get it. He was fine and dressed in civilian clothes.Joe - no, they didn't show Johnny - however he was given his Skating Reader's Choice Award, IIRC, during the exhibition.
the exhibition started with Samuelson and Bates doing a lead in that was filmed in the lobby of either the arena or the rock n roll hall of fame, never did understand where they were... and then they cut to Ryan Bradley intro-ing Keana and Rockne
No, I just watched on TV. It must have been dreary without a good audience. I rarely find exhibitions or show skating really "special." They use music that rebuffs my classical soul and some of the cheap effects (bump & grind type stuff, playing with hats, etc.) are turnoffs. But some skaters take this medium seriously and excel in it - Johnny, Mao, Joannie and Caroline, among others. And these days we have to take what we can get on TV. I did enjoy this one more than I expected and was proud of our young dance and pair teams, and Caroline and Alissa.Were you there, Spun Silver? To me nothing in that whole 'show' was anything special. The Men indeed were unimpressive and the rest were passable to ok. The whole affair was so gloomy with so few people in the audience.