2009 LPIDC Program Notebook – Novice
Free Dance Disclaimer: This is my first time reviewing an event for ice-dance.com. I am not qualified to report from any other standard than that of any skating parent who…
Free Dance Disclaimer: This is my first time reviewing an event for ice-dance.com. I am not qualified to report from any other standard than that of any skating parent who…
Free Dance Shannon Wingle & Tim McKernan (64.51) First year senior team, previously competed together at the junior level. She is in a gray/white dress, he is in all black.…
Free Dance Group A Nikki Georgiadis & Graham Hockley (GRE): skating in kelly green with gold filigree. Twizzle sequence mismatched, her way ahead of him. Nice rotational lift. One hand…
COMPULSORY DANCE The Paso Doble compulsory dance kicked off the junior ice dancing event in Cleveland. Although the Paso Doble was a novice dance this season, it was also selected…
COMPULSORY DANCES The 2009 U.S. Championships got underway bright and early on Monday morning with the novice compulsory dance event at 7:40 a.m. Unlike the junior and senior levels, novice…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Compulsory Dance Superfinal Report by Melanie Hoyt Lauren McKernan & Matt Kleffman She has a great smile, and they perform a very solid and confident dance. Their last pattern may…
Compulsory Dance Superfinal Report by Melanie Hoyt Isabella Cannuscio & Ian Lorello They had a very nice opening and I noticed that their blades were fairly quiet. Their lines matched…
Original Dance Report by Abby Millager 1. Maxwell & Traxler pocohontas outfits. Traxler has fringe garters just below the knees. native American flute, drum straightline footwork methodical, decent edges tw…