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Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons

skatemd1

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Dec 30, 2013
Just saw this link to a nice story in the Baltimore Sun about the two top US Jr ice dance teams, Michael & Rachel Parsons and their training mates Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter, and how they get along so well even at high-pressure competitions like Junior Worlds. Fun to see two sets of top-level competitors with the maturity to support each other and maintain their friendship throughout. I find all four of these young rising stars to be quite remarkable.
 
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Crossover

All Hail the Queen
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Oct 31, 2014
Are they going senior next season? I like them and feel we can see probably a strong future rivalry between the two US teams since the Jr. Worlds.
 

skatemd1

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Dec 30, 2013
Excited to see Rachel & Michael debut their new programs this week at the Lake Placid International! Also looking forward to JGP assignments. They are definitely staying junior one more year.
 

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Congratulations to the Parsons for their win at Lake Placid :bow:.


2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships

Parsons/Parsons SD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KZit2-xf4I

FD clips are not uploaded yet. The above link is an unlisted video.

Lest anyone wonder:
The SD video above originally was a "listed" video on the YT channel -- as were all the other SD videos at the link from the Lake Placid thread.
The owner of the YT channel later changed all the SD videos to "unlisted" (with the exception of Min/Gamelin).
 

Layback11

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Nov 18, 2014
Love both of their programs! I didn't expect them to go for hip-hop, but they pull it off very well. :yes:
 

skatemd1

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Dec 30, 2013
Love the hip-hop in their short dance, and their free this year, which made even the announcer "misty" at Lake Placid if you listen to the end of the video. They looked amazing for this early in the season. So looking forward to watching the JGP in Yokohama Japan. Go Rachel & Michael! I have a good feeling about them this year.
 

skatemd1

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Mango

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Good luck to the Parsons! I think they have some great programs this year.
 

skatemd1

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Dec 30, 2013
Here are a couple more video links from Yokohama:

Short Dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhi7fyva9To

Free Dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GWGz-ffqLM

Interview on ISU:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_F64bijbU4

What a great performance today in the Free Dance. Have already watched it over and over and think this is their best program yet. Even with a small mistake that cost them a level, still highest score this season in the JGP circuit. Imagine how good this can be by the end of the season. Just stunning! Big things are coming for this team.
 

cheerknithanson

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I stayed up to watch the SP and ended up not sleeping until 4 am. But I realized after sill being awake at 1:30 am (EST), that there was no way I was going to be able to wake up in time to watch it....sigh......

the ONLY REASON I decided to stay up till close to 3 early Saturday morning was to watch them do their SD.
 

semosk8tfan

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Mar 29, 2009
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Love this team! Hands down my favorite dances of the season...Michael fab as usual and Rachael is skating with a confidence and joy that is awesome to watch. Hope they can take the JR title in January!
 
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