Courchevel, France August 27 marks the start of the 2008 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. The first stop on the nine-country tour is Courchevel, France. After this event, the series crisscrosses the globe, going to Italy, Mexico, Czech…
Original Dance by Laura Fantarella Madison and Keiffer Hubbell This powerful team had a “big” program. They skate fast and close with big leg extensions. They reverse traditional elements; sometimes she is doing what the male skater typically does. They skated…
The 2008 Lake Placid Ice Dancing Championships began with the first-ever competition of the Finnstep, ice dancing’s newest compulsory. The dance was designed by 1995 world silver medalists Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko and was modeled after their classic original…
Free Dance Group A Reported by Jim & Tammi McManus Team #1. Natalie Wojton/Michael Soyfer – interpreting very musical program as birds Started with a very nice combo spin, level 3. He was on 1 foot for the curve lift.…
Original Dance Group A by Melanie Hoyt Isabella Cannuscio & Ian Lorello – “In the Mood” + “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” Cute program with great energy! Cannuscio & Lorello appear to “get” what this year’s theme is supposed to be…
Tell us how you started skating/ice dancing: What is it like for you, as siblings, to skate together? What do you like best about skating with your partner? Both: We started skating when we were about 6 and 7.…
Madeline Heritage & Nathan Fast burst onto the ice dance scene last season and captured the juvenile national title at the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships in Salt Lake City in December. During their free dance in Salt Lake,…
When did you start skating, and how long have you been ice dancing? Patrick: I began skating when I was six years old and I began ice dancing when I was nine years old. Katherine: I started skating in…
LPIDC – Attendance Never In Doubt Monday, July 28, 2008 It’s been a year since my first trip to the picturesque town of Lake Placid. As someone who is moderately obsessed with the Olympics, Lake Placid was a town I’d…