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Pairs short program

sequinsgalore

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Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Steele/Schultz (CAN)

Music: House of the Rising Sun

3FTw - not much height, but clean
3S - landed, she has a bit of a swinging leg
3STh
PCoSp
Li
SlSt
FiDs

Solid performance, though it didn't excite me.
 

sequinsgalore

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Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin (CHN)

Score: The Nutcracker by Petr I. Tchaikovski

3FTw - good height
3T - solid, looked rotated
3LoTh - also nice
SlSt
Li
FiDs - quite nice and low, despite catchfoot
PCoSp

Very nice performance, nice development and improvement - they still need to work on expresssion, but they've got potential
 

sequinsgalore

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Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Klara Kadlecova/Petr Bidar (CZE)

Music: Flamenco by The Princesses of Violin

2Lz - not upgrading from junior?
2Tw - a bit low
he falls
3STh - hard fall from her
Li
FiDs
PCoSp
SlSt

Too bad about the falls...
 

sequinsgalore

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Joined
Dec 12, 2008
Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang (CHN)

Music: A Transylvanian Lullaby by John Morris

3LoTh - nice height and gliding landing edge
3FTw - also nice
3S - she doubles
PCoSp
Li
SlSt
FiDs
 

dorispulaski

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Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Steele & Schultz Can
House of the Rising Sun

3tw caught on shoulder
sbs 3S (she wide swinging free leg) did he double?
throw 3 salchow
Lift into poor position. Then release to one hand. Abrupt exit.
Steps, crossing, which I liked
death spiral, he changed hands.
TES 26.68 PCS 21.57 total 48.25
Good start to the event.

Yu & Jin CHN
The Nutcracker

In very red costumes
Beautiful 3Tw
3t's nice unison
dance lift into lovely 3Lp throw
footwork, lunges & twizzles, crossing section. Not great speed. spread eagles.

Building speed for lift. Her leg extends at high point of music.
Spread eagle by him into death spiral

pair spin, kind of average.

Overall a very nice program, should lead.

TES31.91 PCS 22.51 TOTAL 4.42


Kadlecova & Bidar CZE
music byThe Princesses of Violin
She's in lavender/fuschia. He's in a black jump suit with a lavender collar.
SbS 3t did he double?
2t twist anemic
he falls on nothing
3S and she takes a complete header (rotation complete)
The crowd groans
Lift, exit in Biellmann spiral position
death spiral. Gosh he's having trouble with the revolutions.
Mishketunok/Dmitriev type pair spin (girl head down, one leg up)
steps. Butterfly in nice unison to end.
Oh dear.
TES 20.28 PCS 20.26 DED -2.00 TOTAL 38.34

Zhang & Zhang CHN
A Transylvanian Lullaby by John Morris
Same costumes as at SA. Nice applause
She looks a bit nervous.

Beautiful 3lp throw flowing edge out
Beautiful light split3tw from complex entry
3S done; not a bit skiddy on the landing by him
pair spin- nice completion
one hand lift wonderful changes, cartwheel out.
crossing footwork that fills the rink, cartwheel in the middle
nice leg line match on a little spiral
death spiral. Made sure of the rotation. .

TES 30.77 PCS 29.80 TOTAL 60.57
not a season's best (because of the 3S)
 
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sequinsgalore

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Dec 12, 2008
Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig (USA)

Music: The Man I Love by George Gershwin

3FTw
3T - she twofoots, stepout
PCoSp
3LoTh - nice height!
SlSt
Li
FiDs

Solid season debut
 

sequinsgalore

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Dec 12, 2008
Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN)

Music: Borsalino by Claude Bolling

3FTw
3T
3LoTh
Li
FiDs
SlSt
PCoSp

Solid effort, a bit rough around the edges.
 

sequinsgalore

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Dec 12, 2008
Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN)

Music: Country Dance by Josh Turner

3T - she falls
3FTw - w/ hand over head
3FTh - nice
SlSt
PCoSp
Li
FiDs

Except for the fall, a nice performance. The danish Eurosport commentators love them, especially her.
 
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