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2011 Glacier Falls Summer Classic, August 5-7, Anaheim, CA

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Sylvia

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The competition rink is Anaheim Ice in Anaheim, California.

Senior Ladies who have registered include: Mirai Nagasu, Ashley Wagner, Vanessa Lam, Caroline Zhang, Courtney Hicks, McKinzie Daniels, Leah Keiser

Senior Men: Jason Brown, Douglas Razzano (SP only), Jonathan Cassar, Max Aaron, Scott Dyer, Alexander Johnson, Andrew Gonzales, Christopher Caluza, Sean Rabbitt, Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (ITA)

Senior Pairs: Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker (she has registered online, he's not yet)

Junior Ladies include: Katarina Kulgeyko, Gracie Gold, Allison Timlen, Jessica Pfund, Alana Walker

Junior Men include: Nathan Chen, Shotaro Omori, Jay Yostanto

Junior Pairs: Morgan Agster/Adam Civiello (he's not yet registered), Caitlin Fields/Jason Pacini
 
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Does anyone know if/when I can buy tickets to this? Do they need to be bought in advance? And how much they will cost?
 
I think they are $5 at the door, you can just buy it when you arrive. Plenty of seating (but hard/cold/uncomfortable, so bring your own cushion/blanket). I hope to go as well, maybe we could meet up. :)
 
There are 10 US men registered for the Senior event at Glacier Falls competition this week: Max Aaron, Jason Brown, Christopher Caluza, Jonathan Cassar, Scott Dyer, Joshua Farris, Andrew Gonzales, Alex Johnson, Sean Rabbitt, and Douglas Razzano (SP only). Aaron is the Jr. champ and the other 9 all competed Senior at 2011 Nationals -- a good early season field! Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (ITA) and Vadim Akolzin (ISR in pairs) round out the roster.

The Junior Men's field at Glacier Falls looks quite strong, too (2011 US Nationals level/placement included, if applicable): Nathan Chen N1, Maverick Eguia (PHI), Timothy Koleto J10, Patrick Leahy, Michael Christian Martinez (PHI), *Jordan Moeller N2, *Shotaro Omori J9, *Nix Phengsy N3, Ryou Sagami (JPN), *David Wang J7, *Philip Warren J6, and *Jay Yostanto.
(* = in ISP and JGP-eligible)

Senior Ladies (14 registered - 2011 US Nationals level/placement included): Sophia Adams, Chantine Akiyama, *McKinzie Daniels J4, Nicole Fowler, *Courtney Hicks J1, *Leah Keiser, Ayano Kitamura JPN, *Vanessa Lam S7, *Mirai Nagasu S3, Jennifer Osibov, Victoria Tugolukova, *Ashley Wagner S6, Porter Waung, *Caroline Zhang S12
(* = in ISP)

Junior Ladies (19 registered - 2011 US Nationals level/placement included): Lauren Campbell, Gina DeNatale, Hailli Dorman, Carly Gold, *Gracie Gold, Hayley Kidd, *Katarina Kulgeyko J3, Rachel Mendelsohn, Elisa Ogino (JPN), Aju Ono (JPN), Alyssa-Marie Pereslete, Rebecca Phung, Jessica Pfund N12, Summer Reyna, Janae Sims, Taylor Sirset, Allison Timlen J10, Ysabel Tran N9, Alana Walker N7.
(* = in ISP)

Preliminary event schedule is copied below (I didn't include the Artistic and the Pre-Juvenile and below Girls events in the OLY rink on Friday).

The 2 rinks are NHL and OLY.

Friday, August 05, 2011

NHL
Ev# Start End Loc Level Event Grp Type
7:00 AM 8:26 AM Intermediate Short Program A Ladies
8:26 AM 9:16 AM Open Juvenile Free Skate Ladies
9:16 AM 9:36 AM Ice Resurface
9:36 AM 11:26 AM Novice Short Program A Ladies
11:26 AM 12:48 PM Intermediate Short Program C Ladies
12:48 PM 1:08 PM Ice Resurface
1:08 PM 2:48 PM Novice Short Program B Ladies
2:48 PM 4:15 PM Intermediate Short Program B Ladies
4:15 PM 4:35 PM Ice Resurface
4:35 PM 6:45 PM Junior Short Program Ladies
6:45 PM 7:05 PM Ice Resurface
7:05 PM 8:25 PM Senior Short Program Men
8:25 PM 8:50 PM Ice Resurface
8:50 PM 10:25 PM Senior Short Program Ladies

OLY
4:25 PM 5:27 PM Novice Short Program Men
...
6:57 PM 8:15 PM Junior Short Program Men
8:15 PM 8:32 PM Junior Pairs SP
8:32 PM 8:38 PM Senior Pairs SP Exhibition
8:38 PM 8:51 PM Pre-Juvenile Free Skate Boys
8:51 PM 9:16 PM Juvenile Free Skate Boys
9:16 PM 9:46 PM Intermediate Short Program Men


Saturday, August 06, 2011

NHL
Ev# Start End Loc Level Event Grp Type
7:00 AM 7:38 AM Starlight Waltz, Pre-Gold National Solo Dance Series
7:38 AM 7:58 AM Fourteenstep, Pre-Silver National Solo Dance Series
7:58 AM 8:12 AM Fiesta Tango, Bronze National Solo Dance Series
8:12 AM 8:32 AM Cha Cha, Pre-Bronze National Solo Dance Series
8:32 AM 8:58 AM Rhythm Blues, Preliminary National Solo Dance Series
8:58 AM 9:10 AM Dance - Intermediate Exhibition
9:10 AM 9:25 AM Ice Resurface
9:25 AM 11:43 AM Junior Freeskating Ladies
11:43 AM 12:02 PM Pre-Juvenile Pairs Freeskate (6.0)
11:43 AM 12:02 PM Juvenile Pairs Freeskate
11:43 AM 12:02 PM Intermediate Pairs Freeskate
12:02 PM 12:14 PM Senior Pairs FS Exhibition
12:14 PM 12:29 PM Ice Resurface
12:29 PM 2:05 PM Senior Freeskating Men
2:05 PM 3:35 PM Junior Freeskating Men
3:35 PM 3:55 PM Ice Resurface
3:55 PM 5:44 PM Senior Freeskating Ladies
5:44 PM 6:04 PM Ice Resurface
6:04 PM 8:13 PM Novice Freeskating A Ladies
8:13 PM 8:33 PM Ice Resurface
8:33 PM 10:30 PM Novice Freeskating B Ladies

OLY
Ev# Start End Loc Level Event Grp Type
7:00 AM 9:13 AM Juvenile Free Skate A Girls
9:13 AM 9:33 AM Ice Resurface
9:33 AM 11:46 AM Juvenile Free Skate B Girls
11:46 AM 12:01 PM Ice Resurface
12:01 PM 1:44 PM Intermediate Freeskating A Ladies
1:44 PM 2:03 PM Junior Pairs FS
2:03 PM 2:18 PM Ice Resurface
2:18 PM 4:01 PM Intermediate Freeskating B Ladies
4:01 PM 4:21 PM Ice Resurface
4:21 PM 6:00 PM Intermediate Freeskating C Ladies

Sunday, August 07, 2011

NHL
Ev# Start End Loc Level Event Grp Type
7:00 AM 7:47 AM Pre-Preliminary Free Skate B Girls
7:47 AM 8:30 AM Preliminary Free Skate A Girls
8:30 AM 8:50 AM Ice Resurface
8:50 AM 9:26 AM Preliminary Free Skate B Girls
9:26 AM 10:13 AM Pre-Preliminary Free Skate A Girls
10:13 AM 10:33 AM Ice Resurface
10:33 AM 11:43 AM Juvenile Free Skate Girls
11:43 AM 12:29 PM Pre-Juvenile Free Skate A Girls
12:29 PM 12:49 PM Ice Resurface
12:49 PM 1:25 PM Intermediate Freeskating Men
1:25 PM 2:07 PM Pre-Juvenile Free Skate B Girls
2:07 PM 2:27 PM Ice Resurface
2:27 PM 4:00 PM Intermediate Freeskating Ladies
4:00 PM 5:18 PM Novice Freeskating Men
5:18 PM 5:38 PM Ice Resurface
5:38 PM 6:56 PM Novice Freeskating Ladies
 
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I'm tweeting top results/scores as I receive them from the rink and editing them into my blog (ETA on Saturday that Senior Ladies SP and Junior Men SP results from Friday night are now added): http://unseenskaters.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/2011-glacier-falls-summer-classic-aug-5-7/

Still waiting to hear Senior Ladies SP (ETA correct placements 1st-6th: A Wagner, M Nagasu, C Hicks, L Keiser, C Zhang, V Lam) and Junior Men SP results...

ETA: Many thanks to feraina for this Marley/Brubaker SP exhibition video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zBlROnNIro
 
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I commented on Caroline & Mirai in other threads. Ashley's program is a firecracker and she's looking sharper than I've seen in a long time. It looks like her move is working. Courtney Hicks - wow, what a talent. Great height on the jumps and some marvelous spins including that remarkable sit spin variation she invented (I think). I love her flying camel. She's got the "it" factor, IMO. Leah Kaiser is very strong technically too but doesn't seem to connect to her music. Both she and Courtney have 3/3's. After seeing them, I have to say I'm less optimistic about Caroline. She's improving but the field around her is not standing still for her. But she's improving.
 
About Ashley I look many times at her lutz and i think that there was a outside edge...did she fix her lutz this summer or I am wrong..:laugh:
 
Jason Brown has the 3A now (more or less)! That's a great program, he reminds me a little of Rohene Ward with that flexible back and amazing fluidity. (And I believe Rohene has choreographed his FP?) I don't get why Razzano scored higher than he did, but no biggie, they were very close. Brown already has screaming fans, LOL.
 
Thank you feraina, and two other people who took time to shoot and post the videos. Wish I could have watched Ladies SP live. Nagasu, Wagner, Zhang, Lam, Hicks, Kaiser, Daniels in Senior and Gold, Kulgeyko in Junior, to me that's more attractive than GP/4CC/Euros/Worlds :) So far I watched Kaiser, Lam, Wagner, and Hicks's SPs. Pity about Lam's and Hicks's jumps, Lam's score seems a bit too low to me. but I'm very excited Hicks tried second-3Lo combo! I know it's a bit cheated but looks better than her 3F3T at Jr Worlds. Not many skaters (can) do second-3Lo combos, and especially as Asada and Ando avoiding them nowadays... I guess Sotnikova and Hicks are the only two doing it this season?
As I watch more of Leah, she reminds me of Mao Asada in many aspects more than ZiJun Li does of Mao. And she now has wonderful 3Lz3T combo too. As an Ashley fan I'm happy her jumps were as crisp as ever, and the choreo is interesting. I guess it's too late for Ashley but somehow, practicing with Courtney may motivate her to bring back her 3F3Lo... well, probably not.

@burntBREAD
I agree, she has so many good qualities but her Bielmann has always looked slow and labored.

@Sylvia
I checked your entry at Unseen Skaters, something strange about Gold's and Kulgeyko's jump layouts, no triples?
 
Ashley's Black Swan today was terrific. I think she popped one jump, but everything else was very confident. She should be in first. Loved Mirai's program; it just needs time to develop; Courtney Hicks was outstanding, and this was the first time I've seen Leah Keiser in person. I really like her; she looks happy to be there--always smiling on and off the ice.
 
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I thought Ashley Wagner has a very nice long program. If she could only do a clean program in competition, the whole thing would look perfect. I liked both Mirai's music choice and costume but thought the choreography was a bit lacking. In the beginning, it looked pretty good. But she seemed to lose the character halfway through the program. In the end, the music was very fast so I was expecting something like a step sequence or some jumps. Instead, to the fast music, she did spins that didn't fit the dynamic of the music. I hope the program will look better at competitions in the future. Mirai is a great skater herself. She just needs to believe in herself because she has everything to become a great skater.
 
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Thank you feraina, and two other people who took time to shoot and post the videos.
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You are welcome! :)

Besides the videos, I also did PBP for most of the junior and senior events and posted them at FSU. If you want to know how someone did, and there's no video, and you can't access FSU's competition section, you can ask me to find the PBP for you -- just PM me.
 
Of the 3 LPs, I've got to say I enjoyed Caroline's the most--and that's something I did not expect.
 
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