by Jacquelyn Thayer \ Photos by Melanie Hoyt Ice-Dance.com journalist Jacquelyn Thayer recently had the opportunity to interview 2012 world champions Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir via email on the topic of choreography and program development. IDC: When discussing your…
Lake Placid, NY – August 29-September 1, 2012 Photographs
This week, the United States will host the second stop of the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) Series in Lake Placid, N.Y., a town that is very familiar to ice dancers. Of the 11 teams on the roster, six competed here…
The first week of the Junior Grand Prix is in the books, and Canada already has a medal! Great news for my adopted “home” team. I can’t wait to see how the rest of the series turns out. The JGP…
As I’m sitting here in the Amsterdam airport, waiting for our flight home, I am reminiscing on what an amazing experience we had. We both had so much fun performing our programs for the first time on an international stage.…
Courchevel, France August 22-25, 2012 Protocols: OVERALL: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 131.13 2 1 2 Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN RUS 124.94 1 2 3 Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG…
Team USA is off to a great start! Ashley, Vanessa, Harrison, and Jason all skated amazing! Without a doubt, it was a great start to the season for all of them, and they surely made the US proud. 🙂 This…
It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by since I started this blog. I originally planned weekly updates (and did pretty well with that last fall), but now it’s been a year, and this is only post #16.…
Last practice today and then competition tomorrow! The girls compete this afternoon and the guys are tonight. Time to be a loud and crazy support team!!!!! -Klaber Between epic late night UNO games with Team USA and getting “stuck” on…
Finished our first practice ice! The view here is great and our hotel is beautiful. The rink is a lot more than I expected. We had the draw for the short dance today and drew third. Short dance practice tomorrow!…