by Melanie Hoyt After winning the compulsory dance at the 2008 BMO Skate Canada Senior Challenge, Siobhan Karam and Kevin O’Keefe also won the original dance on Friday evening. Their program, set to music from “Lord of the Dance”…
Eastern & Western Challenges Mississauga, Ontario – December 5-9, 2007 Senior Original Dance Report Senior Free Dance Report Novice Free Dance Report (Western) Pre-Novice Free Dance Report (Western) Photographs
by Melanie Hoyt Have you ever heard a can of soda pop explode? There’s a distinct POP! and then a slow, quiet fizzing sound as the carbonated liquid drains out of the small hole that the POP! created. This…
by Melanie Hoyt After a successful show in February 2005 to benefit tsunami victims in southeast Asia, Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto scored another hit with Home for the Holidays: A Celebration on Ice. With two shows on December…
Detroit, MI – December 22, 2007 Show Report Show Blog Photographs
by Melanie Hoyt Although Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir’s triumph at the 2008 BMO Canadian Championships was never in question, the rising team gave classy, exquisite performances every time they took the ice. In the end, their victory was…
by Melanie Hoyt On the senior level at the 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships, start order was determined by reverse order of placements. After the compulsory dance, the senior dancers attended a “draw,” but it was only a…
by Melanie Hoyt The junior free dance began the second day of competition at the 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships. The teams skated all three portions of their competition within a span of just over 24 hours, but…
by Melanie Hoyt The junior dancers had a busy Wednesday at the 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships. After a warm-up that began at 6:00 a.m., they were on the ice at 9:00 a.m. for the compulsory dance, and…
Sunday, January 20, 2008It was time to start the medal ceremonies… Dragging myself out of bed at 7:30 on Sunday morning was a little difficult. Although my friends and I had stayed in on Saturday night, we were up…