Skating Before and After

[skylark]

Rika Hongo skated to RiverDance

 

[iluvtodd]

Bourne & Kraatz skated to Riverdance!

 

[skylark]

Shae-Lynn and Victor skated to "Girlfight" and "Cell Block Tango" !!

 

[iluvtodd]

B&K won the World dance title in 2003!

 

[skylark]

B&K won the World dance title in 2003!

Yes, a result I'd been wishing for, for years! at the time I didn't watch ID ... except for B/K!

that year, their OD was a Strauss polka ... "Unter Donner und Blitz (Amidst Thunder and Lightning)"

 

[iluvtodd]

^ We were lucky enough to be @ that Worlds & see them win that world title! IIRC, I got to hug Shae Lynn after the medal ceremony!

 

[skylark]

Shae Lynn and Viktor skated to 'Riverdance'

 

[iluvtodd]

@ the 1998 Winter Olympics!

 

[skylark]

Jason Brown skated to 'Riverdance'

 

[iluvtodd]

^ and the 2014 Boston Nationals audience went nuts (in a good way)!

 

[Giu]

Kazuki Tomono skated to Riverdance

 

[iluvtodd]

Rika Hongo skated to Riverdance!

 

[skylark]

@iluvtodd said:
Rika Hongo skated to Riverdance!

Aaaand ... we have come full circle merely on this one page. So let's do a direction switch!

^ and the 2014 Boston Nationals audience went nuts (in a good way)!

And so did the audience at 2013 Skate America, when we gave Jason a standing ovation at the practice!

 

[iluvtodd]

When it comes to Jason, what's there NOT to love?

 

[skylark]

"Sinnerman"

 

[iluvtodd]

Schindler's List!

 

[LadyB]

Anton Shulepov with his eerie but somehow fantastic half-and-half costume!

 

[skylark]

Roman Sadovsky skated to Schindler's List

 

[iluvtodd]

Josh Farris skated to Schindler's List.

 

[skylark]

Joshua Farris skated to "Give Me Love."