SENIOR COMPULSORY DANCE REPORT Report by Daphne Backman The sounds of the “Oh Susannah” echoed through the Xcel Energy Center as the senior dance event started with the Yankee Polka compulsory dance. The Yankee Polka compulsory dance was first skated…
JUNIOR COMPULSORY DANCE Report by Daphne Backman From the ISU Ice Dancing Rulebook: The Viennese Waltz was created by Eric van der Weyden and Eva Keats in 1934. It is a light and graceful dance which must be skated at…
NOVICE COMPULSORY DANCE Report by Daphne Backman Chloe Wolf & Rhys Ainsworth and Megan Evans & Nathan Truesdell, the only returning teams from the 2007 novice event, set the tone for the novice compulsory dance event on Sunday in Saint…
2008 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – SAINT PAUL, MN Senior Event Preview by Katie Weigel On January 23 in St. Paul, MN, the quest to be the 2008 U.S. dance champion begins with the first phase of the competition – the…
Zagreb, Croatia – January 21-27, 2008 While the United States is deciding its national champions, across the Atlantic Ocean skaters will be competing in Zagreb, Croatia for the title of 2008 European Champion. The dance competition begins on Tuesday, January…
2008 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – SAINT PAUL, MN Junior Event Preview by Katie Weigel Junior ice dancing event kicks off on Monday, January 21 with the Viennese Waltz compulsory dance. Competition continues the next day with the original dance, which…
2008 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – SAINT PAUL, MN Novice Event Preview by Daphne Backman The novice compulsory dance events will open the 2008 U.S. National Championships, starting on Sunday, January 20. Competitors will skate both the Tango and Kilian. The…
VANCOUVER, BC Junior level dance teams in Canada qualify for the Canadian Figure Skating Championships at the Skate Canada Eastern and Western Challenge events. Each section is allowed to send a maximum of four teams to their respective Challenge. In…
VANCOUVER, BC When the 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships kick off in Vancouver on Wednesday, January 16, a new era will begin. For the first time since the BMO Skate Canada Eastern and Western Challenge events were instituted in…