Senior Free Dance

[Rosaleen]

1 Megan Wilson / Garett Goodman Ice Palace FSC AB/NT/NU
Music: (all by Prince) When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, Let's Go Crazy / Her in purple & white him in very dark purple
S ftwrk - slow - expresses music well hitting highlights / rot lift was fast pleasing / spin with her in camel him in sit change to upright with her leaning back / music change to purple rain / one arm rot lift multiple changes of pos & change of direction / twizzles out of sync on 1s tset (with arms behind back) good on 2nd / music change vertical upside down lift he went to one foot but couldn't hold it and put his foot down then to curve lift / strt steps - holds are close but not really keeping up with the music that has changed to something faster / curve lift to end is nice / generally they're quite slow / T 34.l41 C 21.95 ded 1.00 lift tot 55.?? New pb / gr tot 109.24

2 Lauren Brown / Jonathan Pelletier - Pierrefonds / St Eustache (QC) QC
Music: Piano Concerto #1 by Tchaikovsky / her in red with gold trim around bust him in grey & white top black pants
Sense of elegance in their opening moves / nice speed & flow so far / lift with her standing between his knees him in squat / diag steps they've slow down a fair bit for it - very nicely done - twizzles matches / nice set of twizzles for the 1st ones but she fell out of the 2nd / O ftwrk - parts were nice but some out of sync esp on twizzles / one arm rot lift the turns one way then the other / combo lift with her leaning out from him in spreadeagle is very nice / spin / another rot lift / their skating matched the grandeur of the muisc - it didn't overpower them and their sweeping curves & edges flowed with the rise & fall of the music - hard to explain but they had the 'grand' attitude.
/ T 38.21 C 24.20 ded 1.00 tot 61.41 new pb / gr tot 114.09 currently 1st

3 Kassandra Rochefort / Julien Mercier - Loretteville / Saint Laurent QC
Music: Let Me Fall - Josh Groban / Viva / Victory - bond / white with shades of blue around edges
Nice soft opening / rot lift with her leg around his neck chage to strt lift / twizzles - she fell out of the end of the 2nd set / O ftwrk is with the music but slow / rot lift - she's draped over his arm changes rot direction / spin - her in catch foot then leaning back - grinds to a halt and travels on 2nd part / music changes and picks up / curve lift with him in spread eagle - he almost lost it and an obvious balance check by her / diag steps - he had a step down ¾ way through / I found the dance to be very long - / T 32.26 C 21.26 ded 2.00 tot 51.52 / gr tot 101.86 currently 3rd /

4 Bethany Puttkemery / John Simpson - Stayner Recreation / Mariposa WC CO
Music: Song for You by L Russell / I've got a Woman & Night Time is the Right Time by Ray Charles / both in light purple
Spin right of start / no hands lift with her around his body with change of pos / twizzles match / nice easy flow so far / music change and some nice dancing pretty much in place / curve lift him in spread eagle - they're really good with this section of the music - right kind of movement & attitude - O ftwrk is quite nice / one arm rot lift ends the lighthearted section / bluesy now for strt steps - then into rot lift - finished a little ahead of music / enjoyable dance especially the middle section - don't think they were quite bluesy enough on the final section / T 38.67 C 23.70 ded 2.00 tot 60.37 new pb / gr tot 113.31 currently 2nd /

5 Andrea Chong / Spencer Barnes - East York SC / Scarboro FSC CO
Music: Ama Sedua by Karl Jenkins / black with bright yellow accents /
Opening chor cathes your interest - nice easy rot lift her draped over his arm / twizzles that were fast and went on forever into a short set / real walt to music now strt ftwrk had exactly the cadence of the music / low lift with her horiztonal to ice / pin with her in catchfoot / curve lift into rot lift / S ftwrk - slowed down a little toward the end / S lift with her changing pos the program had some very nice touches - / T 40.72 C 27.46 tot 68.18 new pg / gr tot 131.32 currently 1st /


6 Colleen Drybrough / Adam Drybrough - Calalta FSC AB/NT/NU
Music: Blues for Klook / both in black
Low lift with her horz to ice / nice bit of quick ftwrk in middle of diag steps / fun move with them both in back bend leaning on each other / a couple more neat highlights / curve into rot lift was great - easy transition / twizzles seemed to match / O ftwrk matches the music - flows / sorry I stopped writing - I was enjoying the dance so much / captured the flavour of the music so well and used the musical highlights with unusual moves - lifts were innovative / T 35.60 C 26.71 ded 2.00 tot 60.31 new pb / gr tot 118.04 curently 2nd

7 Mylene Lamoureux / Michael Mee - St Eustache (QC) / Montreal QC
Music: Song for You / Save the Last Dance for Me both by Michael Buble
Her in gold lame skirt and gold glitter on top (what there is of it) , him in black with light tie /
Set the mood of 'the standards' with their opening lift and into O ftwrk / some dancing as the music changes - very difficult looking lift that was attractive / at times in the next section they seemed to lose a little of the timing and weren't quite in sync with each other / near the end he had trouble on both sets of twizzles but didn't put his foot down on either / T 39.00 C 31.85 ded 1.00 tot 69.85 new pb / gr tot 140.33

8 Laura Csumrik / Kevin Gallagher - Orillia FSC / Mariposa WC CO
Music: Evita Soundtrack / her in white him in white shirt with black pants & suspenders
Rot lift her draped over arm / dancing has just the right lilt for the music / tiny bit out of sync on 1st of the set of twizzles / I really liked this dance - great speed & flow for the most part / their body language and the choreography changed to reflect the difference moods of the pieces of music / they highlighted all the highlights in the music - the phrasing was great / T 43.21 C 30.06 ded 2.00 tot 71.27 new pb / gr tot 128.18 currently 3rd - due to a disasterous fall in the CD that took a long time for them to recover from /
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[Rosaleen]

9 Terra Findlay / Liam Dougherty - Anjou Kinsmen / Anjou Kinsmen QC
Music: Czardas by Monti from Classics meets Cuba / both in dark brown
Upside down vertical curve lift / silent edges - not a sound even why they go right by me - great leg extensions / opening section was very flowing to mainly slow low cello ? notes / music now very light and bouncy and so are they very fast twizzles seriers - good sync / back to slower music with a bit of beat this time / O ftwrk matches rise & fall of music / spin with her in catch foot is very pretty / rot lift with one arm / music picks up even more and rot lift with change of direction into final pose / very good speed & flow - sense of power & fun at the appropriate spots in the music / T 40.87 C 34.02 tot 74.89 new pb / gr tot 145.68 currently 1st /

10 Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno - Gloucester FSC / Vancouver SC BC/YT
Music: Phlip Glass Medley (4 pieces) / shades of muted grey & blue - both in catsuits
Opening moves make nice shapes with the music / strt steps are close together - twizzles matched / change of mood to darker one / O ftwrk captures the rising urgency in the music / the dance involved me completely - her wearing leggings with just a hint of a skirt really added to the shapes their bodies made / T 41.54 C 33.24 tot 74.78 / gr tot 145.26 currently 2nd /

11 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje - Sault FSC / Kitchener - Waterloo SC NO
Music: One Fine Day from Madame Butterfly / Honor Him from Gladiator Soundtrack
Her in black on top with black grey & white skirt - him in black
I didn't end up taking element notes on this dance - everything flowed so well. No obvious errors (at least to me) . / T 46.53 C 37.21 tot 83.74 / gr tot 160.65 currently 1st /

12 Siobhan Karam / Joshua McGrath - Minto SC EO
Music: Funeral for a Friend by Elton John her in dull purple with dull fushia under skirt him in black / this is a favourite piece of music of mine so it will colour my judgement 
Curve then rot lift / spin with he rin catch foot then Y / lovely chor to the opening piano notes / he might have had a touch down near the end of O ftwrk in twizzles / diag ftwrk as music starts to build & speed up - nicely done / twizzles had excellent sync - bit far apart / positions in the curve lift changed and reflected the tone of the music / music was used very well by the choreographer (Igor Shilband) positions and steps & changes in holds & cadence of steps flowing from the music / T 43.61 C 35.35 tot 78.96 new pb / gr tot 154.61 currently 2nd /


13 Lauren Senft / Leif Gislason Hollyburn Country Club/Skate Winnipeg BC/YT
Music: Anytime Anywhere - Sarach Brightman / shades of purple & turquoise
Lovely shaped to strt lift / twizzles were good at tiny bit out at end of 1st ones but since she fell on those during warm-up this was a good set / - they seem a little slow compared to the last 2 teams or so / I was having a hard time staying with them on this dance - my gaze kept drifting off / T 43.36 C 36.95 ded 1.00 tot 79.31 / gr tot 157.63 currently 2nd /


14 Chantal Lefebvre / Arseniy Markov Lasalle Inc (QC) / Prescott EO
Music: Memorial her in black on top with shades of blue semisheer skirt him in black with same fabric sash
Diag steps were close together and edges were deep, strt line lift with her vertical upside down him on one knee - he caught a bit of his toe pick and wobbled but managed to hang on - there was a collective gasp from the crown as it happened . T 40.02 C 36.72 tot 76.74 / gr tot 156. 04 currently 3rd /

15 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Ilderton SC WO
Music: Waltz Triste her in light mauve him in cream with dark grey pants /
I didn't take notes on this - most of us have seen or will see it on TV. I didn't see any flaws at all in this skate. T 49.20 C 45.60 tot 94.80 new pb / 189.49 currently 1st /

16 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon St Leonard (QC) / Boisbriand QC
Music: At Last by Etta James / her in cream him in light cream shirt with black tie hanging around his neck .
I didn't take notes on this - most of us have seen or will see it on TV. I didn't see any flaws at all in this skate. T 49.16 C 52.42 ded 1.00 tot 100.58 / gr tot 203.54 currently 1st

WD Catherine Miller / Guillaume Gfeller De Beloeil / Vallee De La Rouge QC

 

[chuckm]

There were flaws. I can't see Canadian TV, so I don't know what exactly were the errors, but according to the protocol, they got -GOE on the twizzles, their midline step sequence was rated only level3 (it was level4 at the GPF), their Rotational lift was rated only level2 (it was level4 at the GPF), and their final combination lift was rated level3/level4 (both lifts were level4 at the GPF). They also got a -1 deduction for an extended lift (they got that at the GPF also).

The base value of their technical elements was 1.50 points lower than what they did at the GPF (and that was with their GPF twizzle sequence downgraded to level3 due to Marie France's stumble), but with the +GOE lavished by the Canadian judges, they wound up with a technical score 0.66 higher than they got at the GPF.

And of course the Canadian judges gave them PCS scores ranging from 8.58-9.00, while the GPF PCS ranged from 7.85-8.30.

 

[Kara Bear]

Marie-France and Patrice skated a lovely program. The only little wobble I noticed was with the twizzles. She seemed to have some problems with it. I am glad I was able to see this program in person - it was a great show!

 

[SkateTalker]

As we all know now, Marie-France was not well and they almost had to withdraw. I guess twizzles and dizzyness don't mix well.

 

[lanadd]

As we all know now, Marie-France was not well and they almost had to withdraw. I guess twizzles and dizzyness don't mix well.

Yes yes they have an excuse everytime they messed up something