2019 Chesapeake Open (incl. DANCE + camp), June 19-22 in Laurel, MD

[Dobre]

1- Wolfkostin Chen 61points
2- Brown Brown 55 points

Ah. And there you go.

(Last year the Browns' third place in the RD here was the first upset of the season, and here we have the first one of this season. I thought W&C had decent odds to outmatch her results from last season. We'll see how the FD goes).

 

[Lara111]

Ah. And there you go.

(Last year the Browns' third place in the RD here was the first upset of the season, and here we have the first one of this season. I thought W&C had decent odds to outmatch her results from last season. We'll see how the FD goes).

Competition is lower this season. I wish we could see Zhao in this RD particularly with his good lines and posture. Chen always was clumsy and still is.

 

[Dobre]

Competition is lower this season. I wish we could see Zhao in this RD particularly with his good lines and posture. Chen always was clumsy and still is.

Why don't you give us a link to your supposed bad-quality online stream, and let us decide for ourselves?

 

[YukiNieve]

NQS Junior RD Results: https://twitter.com/YukiNieve/status/1141769251860164618
NQS Senior RD Results: https://twitter.com/YukiNieve/status/1141794276650758149

I personally thought Browns were really good thinking it is still early in the season.
Ales & Tsarik are always my favorite.

ETA
I am impressed by Wolfkostin & Chen - their unison is good and they don't look like a newly-formed team!
Anya Lavrova's smile was so pretty.

 

[Debbie S]

I personally thought Greens were really good thinking it is still early in the season.

I assume you mean the Browns?

Will you be there tmrw? I will be running around from noon-2, then monitoring 2-4, then up in awards. Come say hi.

 

[YukiNieve]

Thanks for the correction, Debbie.
Yes, that is what I meant.

I Plan to return tomorrow. Where will the award ceremony be held?

 

[Debbie S]

I Plan to return tomorrow. Where will the award ceremony be held?

Awards is all day, my shift is 4-6. So I'll be monitoring Jr FD and then presenting their medals, lol.

 

[YukiNieve]

Oh, I see!
The competition is very well organized. Thanks all of you who help there!

 

[Debbie S]

Based on a photo I was sent to post on the comp IG, the winners of Intermediate FD were Kristina Bland/Gabriel Francis (they also won a trophy ). I don't see anything posted on IDC FB yet.

 

[jlai]

Thanks for the correction, Debbie.
Yes, that is what I meant.

I Plan to return tomorrow. Where will the award ceremony be held?

It's a colorful mixup.

 

[Debbie S]

Where will the award ceremony be held?

Ooops, I totally misread your question! Sorry! Awards is upstairs. You can get there from the top of the bleachers in Patrick or the stairs in the lobby.

 

[YukiNieve]

Thanks, Debbie!

 

[Debbie S]

Novice FD: Peals skated to Aladdin. Looked good!

 

[Debbie S]

And the Peals won!

I only saw the last group of Novice Ladies SP. I liked Hannnah Byers' program to Love and Fly Me to the Moon. She landed 3S, looked like she was going for 2A but popped to single. Good speed and expression. Her coach was a riot. He practically skated the program with her from behind the boards, complete with the arm movements and facial expressions.

 

[Debbie S]

N/K are not competing in Jr FD. My sheet says Ales/Tsarik have also w/d.

 

[Moustaffask8r]

Competition is lower this season. I wish we could see Zhao in this RD particularly with his good lines and posture. Chen always was clumsy and still is.

So I guess your bad streaming is getting better!!! Why don't you share your link! Never saw any streaming at Chesapeake... but there is always a first!

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks to @YukiNieve for these 2 partial RD fan cam videos:
Brown/Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKIgj7e7w6A
Ales/Tsarik (music from Cabaret): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhNXwbaLEYo

ETA that the Gardens Ice House rink has streaming via LiveBarn for hockey games ("available via a monthly subscription basis starting at $14.95/month").

Novice combined dance podium today: https://www.instagram.com/p/By-uYOPl-xg/

Intermediate Pattern Dance medalists podium: https://www.instagram.com/p/By6QNOSlW4e/

Based on a photo I was sent to post on the comp IG, the winners of Intermediate FD were Kristina Bland/Gabriel Francis (they also won a trophy ).

Chesapeake Open on Instagram: "And the winners of the Intermediate Free Dance and President's Cup Trophy at #chesapeakeopen2019 are...Kristina and Gabriel of @dscclub! Congratulations!"

26 likes, 1 comments - chesapeakeopenskating on June 20, 2019: "And the winners of the Intermediate Free Dance and President's Cup Trophy at #chesapeakeopen2019 are...Kristina and Gabriel of @dscclub! ...".

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4 fun photos of the Pre-Juvenile Rhythm Blues/Fiesta Tango podium: https://www.instagram.com/p/By8K9khljTu/

 

[platniumangel]

Results aren’t up for Junior FD yet. I watched the last group. All the teams in the last flight was wonderful!

Lots of teams withdrew from FD including Ales and Tsarek.

 

[platniumangel]

Regarding Novice FD, I felt Emimova Zhao should have been second. I agree with the Peals being in 1st.

 

[Dobre]

Regarding Novice FD, I felt Emimova Zhao should have been second. I agree with the Peals being in 1st.

Thank you for all your comments!

Efimova & Zhao had a 1.00 deduction. Actually, without it, they would have defeated the Peals on the combined score. These three teams all came in super close when you combine the compulsories with the FDs.

 

[Lara111]

I liked Brown's FD. It has the potential to develop into something really good.

 

[YukiNieve]

Awards is all day, my shift is 4-6. So I'll be monitoring Jr FD and then presenting their medals, lol.

Do you know when the award ceremony takes place for junior dance?

 

[ZilphaK]

Just a heads up that if you have a LiveBarn account, there are cameras in Gardens Ice House and you can see all the programs live and on replay.

 

[Dobre]

Combined RD & FD Junior Dance Results:
(Scores are blurry even when I zoom in and the math here is not quite right so I'm getting some digits wrong, but the totals seem close-ish)

150.33 Wolfkostin & Chen (RD 61.08 , FD 89.25)
135.69 Brown & Brown (RD 55.07, FD 80.62)
109.10 Lavrova & Gart (RD 43.34, FD 65.86)
73.95 Taylor & Volmer (RD 27.85, FD 45.10)
51.18 Bottesch(sp?) & Sokol (RD 24.24, FD 26.94)

 

[Sylvia]

Junior & Senior FD scores: https://twitter.com/YukiNieve/status/1142194511285800960
Junior RD scores: https://twitter.com/YukiNieve/status/1141769251860164618

Junior Dance podium photo: https://twitter.com/YukiNieve/status/1142193769573470208

Ales/Tsarik's FD music is "I'll Take Care of You" by Beth Hart; his IG last week had #bethhart (FD) & #cabaret (RD music): https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVxHqVHZ-i/

 

[winston]

Woah! Wolfkostin/Chen are making quite a splash! Good for them. Fun to see a new team make it happen.

 

[ZilphaK]

Senior Ladies SP

Emily Zhang
2A
3S+3L (attempt? couldn't see clearly, looked like wonky landing)
3F fall

Sarah Jung
3Lz fall
1 waxel
3F+2T

No scores announced

 

[her grace]

Woah! Wolfkostin/Chen are making quite a splash! Good for them. Fun to see a new team make it happen.

Upsetting Brown/Brown is a great start to their season!

 

[Dobre]

Woah! Wolfkostin/Chen are making quite a splash! Good for them. Fun to see a new team make it happen.

Yes, kudos to W&C! 14 points above the team that finished 4th at Junior Nationals last season (3rd in the RD). A team that finished 5 spots above Wolfkostin & Zhao at the same competition.

*It's not that surprising from a two-year away perspective though. Both Wolfkostin & Zhao and Buckley & Chen defeated the Browns in novices at the 2018 Nationals. Which was one of the reasons it was such a surprise when the Browns upset the apple cart last year.

Anyway, it's a nice solid score for W&C at the start of the season. Puts them in the conversation. Will be fun to see how all the teams progress through the summer. Looking forward to seeing the new programs and all the players.

 

[Debbie S]

Last year here, the Greens finished behind N/K and G/S. We now know that was at least partly due to Caroline dealing with an illness. My point is that early-season comps are unpredictable and often don't mirror what happens later in the season. Probably not worth it to do deep analysis of these results.

It was a great performance by W/C and hopefully all teams will continue to improve as the season goes on.