2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic

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Anastasia KONONENKO (UKR)

Music: Blues for Klook

Dark blue and black sparkly dress

... missed most due to camera only showing Kiss & Cry?!...

CCoSp3p
StSp
LSp - split Biellmann

SP: 44.03 (PB), 6th (out of 11)

 

[casken]

Either someone forgot to press a button, or the feed operator thought watching Papp and her coach analyze her program set to "Blues for Klook" would be more interesting than the actual program.

 

[Violet Bliss]

too much leg patting. lmao

Anastasia KONONENKO (UKR)

Music: Blues for Klook

Dark blue sparkly dress

... missed most due to camera only showing Kiss & Cry?!...

The visual was stuck replaying the leg patting.

 

[Icey]

Omg lmao

 

[casken]

Well, the ladiezzz really earned their moniker today.

 

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Vasilisa DAVANKOVA / Alexander ENBERT (RUS)

Music: Ave Maria (vocals)

She's in off-white flowy sparkly dress. He's in off-white/grey matching shirt, grey pants.

3T
2Tw
3FTh - tilted, slight twofoot
3Li
FiDs
StSq
FCCoSp3p - unison off at end

SP: 51.50

 

[colleen o'neill]

I'm not sure why you think P/I's music is a rhumba, coleen o'neill. Is it the name? Farruca y Rumba is a piece of flamenco music, and I don't think anything they've used from it could be classified as rumba, especially not during the paso sequences.

Protocols don't appear to be up yet, but PCS marks are. And a shaky lift alone doesn't explain why P/C beat P/I on PCS when P/I are superior in other areas.

Sounds like P/I had a mishap this morning. Glad it was nothing serious!
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No, I was going by the rhythm... having studied a teeny bit of flamenco, myself. Rhumba or rumba, that's what it is ( a bit of a different feel from a latin Rhumba, but same basic rhythm.. though faster). It may have the same number of beats per measure, but also a very different feel from a real paso doble. It's more playful, less pompous, if you like

Still, I love this team. They're my favourite up-and-comers. In my mind, I'm always judging them against the perfection I feel they're capable of (but not in a denigrating way). ...And I've noticed ,over the past few years that the judges are often not as bothered as I am by music deviations, so it may not work against them, anyway... All round, do I think they're better than P/C..yep.So I'm happy to capitulate, if you say they still deserved the win ( It's what I wanted, after all)

I did like P/C's program and there was nothing tentative about their presentation, so with my lack of detailed technical knowledge, and fighting (as always) against my latent homerism, I was willing to let go of it, while being very unhappy with the point spread.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

 

[s_parks]

uggh the way he threw her was just looking for a fall...

 

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Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA (JPN)

Music: Bossa Nova Baby by Elvis Presley

She's in hot pink dress w/ black cage waist. He's in white shirt, grey sweatervest, black pants.

3S - she stepout, at least <
2Tw
3Li - shaky early exit, botched position change
3STh - very tilted, hard fall
FCCoSp3p
StSq
FiDs

SP: 39.80, 2nd (out of 2)

 

[Violet Bliss]

Kihara's long preparation to throw scared me. Thank God the twist throw turned out OK but sure enough the throw jump was so off resulting in a fall.

 

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Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / Hamish GAMAN (GBR)

Music: All I Ask of You (from "Phantom of the Opera") by Andrew Lloyd Webber (vocals from movie)

She's in sparkly lavender dress. He's in white friilly shirt, black pants

2Tw
3T - she falls, he has hand down
3STh
FCCoSp3p
3Li
StSq
FiDs

SP: 46.08, 2nd (out of 3)

 

[LRK]

No score available? Makes it sound like they ran out or something... Anyway, poor Caitlin and Hamish, it can't be fun not to know your score...

 

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Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (CAN)

Music: Un peu plus haut by Ginette Reno (vocals)

She's in grey applicé dress. He's in all black w/ a bit of sparkles

3Tw
3Lz - she's low, stepout/hand down
3LzTh
FCCoSp3p
3Li
StSq
FiDs

SP: 68.92, 1st (out of 4)

 

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Natasha PURICH / Andrew WOLFE (CAN)

Both in black costumes with silver/bronze sparkles

3Tw - bit low catch
3T - she stepout/hand down
3FTh
3Li - lunge entry
CCoSp3p
Stsq
FiDs - cool under leg entry

Solid for a new pair

SP: unavaible, 54.84, 2nd (out of 6)

 

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Brittany JONES / Joshua REAGAN (CAN)

Music: W.E. (soundtrack)

She's in red sparkly halterdress. He's in grey jacket, black pants

3Tw - crashy catch
3T* - she singles, stepout
3Li
3LoTh - hand down
FiDs
FCCoSp3p - unison off
StSq

SP: 39.92

 

[Violet Bliss]

Brittany is a tall for Pairs and she is gangly. How old is she? Maybe she will grow out of it, without growing taller.

 

[cjmorton29]

It's really too bad about Jones/ Reagan... Last year at Nationals they were SO new- like only 4 months or something, and looked so promising it was really exciting! But it seemed that they had a rough off-season, and it looks like she grew which makes things difficult. I'm still hopeful, though, that they can grow together more!

 

[canadablue]

No, I was going by the rhythm... having studied a teeny bit of flamenco, myself. Rhumba or rumba, that's what it is ( a bit of a different feel from a latin Rhumba, but same basic rhythm). It may have the same number of beats per measure, but also a very different feel from a real paso doble. It's more playful, less pompous, if you like

Thank you for the explanation! I didn't realize there was such a thing as flamenco-rumba, and was not hearing anything that sounded like latin rumba in this dance.

 

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Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER (USA)

Music: Speak Softly My Love by Andy Williams (vocals)

She's in red sparkly red dress. He's in black, grey vest

3Tw
3LoTh - bit forward
3S - she twofooted, maybe <
3Li
FiDs
CCoSp3p
StSq

SP: 51.66, 3rd (out of 7)

 

[s_parks]

51.66? Sounds a bit low...