Ice Dancing - Free Dance (Mon. Feb 22 - 16:45)

[skatemom1122]

Really enjoyed the Reeds, thought they used their music really well. Loved the change in dynamics from the faster bit to the slower section.

DO you have something against the Reed family?

 

[ARipp42014]

Reed-squared in the lead. Up next, the Beiers!

 

[Spun Silver]

This German couple is cute but I so wish people would stop skating to Beethoven. Only Yagudin could pull it off. And his costume... no. He serves in the German Army, btw. Amazing that he can skate at this level!

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

But then it stuck me -- I don't know how tall Peter Carruthers is, but terry Gannon (a former basketball champion) is over six feet. Kristi is barely five feet, but the way they were sitting all three were about the same height. Mysrtery solved. Kristi must have been sitting on a phone book, trying not to fall off. :yes:

I think when sitting it has a lot to do with Long Torso v. Short Torso. Gannon would have made a Primier Danseur if he took that route.

 

[DesertRoad]

Oh my god, a Beethoven MEDLEY. 'Cause one piece of Beethoven just doesn't have the variety and dynamics for this ice dance team's abilities. The hubris is staggering.

 

[beep_beep]

Mega Beethoven by the Beiers, although not the most difficult, very enjoyable, can't get more german than that...

I wonder what these wonderful music pieces could have been in the hands of the top tier teams....

 

[Face2Mac]

2 sloppy lifts for Germans (and one of them was amazing if not for exit), but you can see their progress could be good.

 

[Cadiva]

DO you have something against the Reed family?

Sorry?

 

[tripleaxle]

Go Paul and Vanessa!

 

[skatemom1122]

Sorry?

LOL, totally apologize Cadiva. Meant to quote someone else.

 

[DesertRoad]

NBC is airing an interview with Michael Phelps, the pothead from the wrong kind of Olympics, in lieu of showing any of the live events happening right now. The IOC should have NBC's Olympics broadcasting rights yanked.

 

[ARipp42014]

Oh boy it's singalong time! *sings* Mama... oooooh! Didn't mean to make you cry if I'm not back this time tomorrow....

 

[Cadiva]

LOL, totally apologize Cadiva. Meant to quote someone else.

That's okay, just wondered what I'd done to offend them by saying I like'd their routine

 

[skatemom1122]

That was a beautiful free dance for Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier.

 

[Spun Silver]

C/P - What a beautiful team! What a beautiful number, and their costumes are perfect for the music and "plot."

 

[Face2Mac]

That was good. C/P

Cousins loves it. He was speechless. 85

 

[ARipp42014]

That was a beautiful free dance for Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier.

:agree:

 

[beep_beep]

Crone/Poirer are Canada's sacrificial lambs tonight. But they'll be big.

 

[MikiAndoFan#1]

1st place for Vanessa and Paul!

 

[Cadiva]

That was a beautiful free dance for Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier.

Totally agree, Robin Cousins said he liked it very much, said he'd been critical of her yesterday as having hunched shoulders but said that this routine suited their style, was strong and elegant.