2012 NHK Trophy Blog #3: Early Practices & Long Days
Wow, that was a long day of competition!!! It started me up from 4:30am to do hair and make-up to be ready for practice in the morning. The long bus…
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Wow, that was a long day of competition!!! It started me up from 4:30am to do hair and make-up to be ready for practice in the morning. The long bus…
Yesterday was a great day to Polka! Chris and I started off the Short Dance event with our program from the movie “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” We are very…
Miyagi, Japan – November 22-25, 2012 Photographs Competitor’s Blog by Cathy Reed
Hello everyone! We are in Sendai, Japan for the 2012 NHK Trophy, the last Grand Prix event of this season!!!! Sendai is located in the Miyagi Prefecture, the area which…
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photo by Liz Chastney The Grand Prix series draws to a close with the sixth event, NHK Trophy in Sendai, Japan, featuring a full field of…
Paris, France – November 16-18, 2012 Photographs
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photo by Julia Komarova If the line-up at this week’s fifth Grand Prix stop in Paris seems eerily familiar, there’s a good reason: all but two…
So sorry we haven’t managed to give you an update in a few days. Thursday was practice day and to be honest, nothing really happened. The practice was in the…
Hello Everyone, It’s my turn to fill you all in about our 1st day of competition in Moscow. Last night was the dreaded 2nd night after a transatlantic flight. I…
Things were going smoothly when we arrived at JFK airport in New york right up until boarding the plane, when I had a brief panic and thought I had lost…
Never has a competition been as aptly named as this one. Despite it being our second international this year after Dortmund, it feels like the season has been a series…
Well, I had an unusual sort of a day today. Had a shock this morning when the alarm went off at 7am and we didn’t need to be up until…
Graz, Austria – November 5-8, 2012 Competitor’s Blog by Louise Walden
Moscow, Russia – November 9-11, 2012 Competitors’ Blog by Penny Coomes & Nick Buckland
by Daphne Backman The 2012 Ice Challenge will be held in Graz, Austria, from November 5 to 10. Ice Challenge is an annual competition hosted by the Austrian Figure Skating…