Davis and White #36: What a Wonderful World

[semogal]

Wow, thanks everyone for finding and sharing those clips! A wonderful start to my day. I am so pleased that these skating opportunities continue to come their way.

 

[mollymgr]

D/W will be doing a Q&A on Facebook live tomorrow at 10:15 EST.
https://twitter.com/rockcenterrink/status/917743542545641472

 

[literaryfreak]

The Orpheus and Eurydice number is exquisite! I took an opera class in college, because figure skating introduced me to opera music, and L'Orfeo was the first one we looked at. So seeing D/W skate to this myth made me smile. I love love the way they use the scarf. I hope they find a way to reuse this number elsewhere somehow. I also really like how Charlie's shirt ripples in the wind as they skate, adds to the drama. Charlie's Perseus number is pretty cool too.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Hoda Kotb just announced the Baby White news on the Today show (along with Meryl's engagement).

 

[Sylvia]

Fan cam (Barber's Adagio for Strings): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo9KUSx4XHg

 

[Laura4]

Meryl and Charlie on NBC Olympics Facebook:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyiJ8cLjWyw

 

[Sylvia]

Original FB Live: https://www.facebook.com/nbcolympics/videos/vb.318682000328/10156870387200329/?type=3&theater

 

[Finnice]

Great news for both of them! And they will also skate in Art on Ice 2018.

 

[mollymgr]

Great to see them back on the Rockefeller Rink again. That has become a tradition of sorts.

I totally agree with the Orpheus and Eurydice number being amazing. The set made it look so authentic because towards the end as Meryl is skating backwards, it gives the viewer the feeling that she is going back into the underworld. They have grown so much as performers.
This program finally gives me my fix of seeing D/W portraying these legendary characters without the pressure of competition. I thought that would never happen after their FD in Sochi.

OTOH, I was getting so distracted by the fashion designing fail of the Eros costume, I was trying to drown it out by focusing on Bocelli's singing. I think it is voidy.
I loved the entire show and I hope we get a nice HD version when it comes out in December. The Helen of Troy group number was cool too.

Charlie said a "No" today when asked if they were going to Pyeongchang on the facebook live thing. But they are doing SOI.

 

[semogal]

Don't have time today to watch the clips. Did they announce a due date for baby White?

 

[mollymgr]

Don't have time today to watch the clips. Did they announce a due date for baby White?

No, it was just a very brief mention by Hoda and if you blinked you could have missed it.

 

[Laura4]

Great pic of Meryl and Charlie for Sports Illustrated:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BaH5Cm0l6DV/?taken-by=sportsillustrated

 

[Barbara Manatee]

That interview was a leeetle awkward... "You're engaged, you're having a baby, too bad not with each other!"

Always great to see Meryl and Charlie skate though, and nice that they did other media, too.

 

[chapis]

That interview was a leeetle awkward... "You're engaged, you're having a baby, too bad not with each other!"

Always great to see Meryl and Charlie skate though, and nice that they did other media, too.

Omg!

 

[Laura4]

Meryl's Podcast interview with Dr. Geneva Williams:

https://soundcloud.com/search?q=dr geneva williams meryl davis

 

[Barbara Manatee]

A short interview with the Olympic Channel.They got a lot of guff for dragging out their decision, but it meant they could make it and have no regrets, so the h8rz. Spoiler alert: they aren't planning a comeback in 2019, either.

It's incredible being able to take our sport and turn it into art, and we're very lucky to be able to do that, and we enjoy it very much.

 

[justtojoke]

Meryl : "I think the door is pretty closed". I love how content they seem to be and also how they keep striving to be role models in everything they do. It's inspiring. Thanks for posting that.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Everyone start saving now to attend 2020 Nationals where D/W will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

 

[Barbara Manatee]

Time to put in another bid, Detroit!

justtojoke, I love your newest avatar. I'm ready for Meryl and Charlie to dial back on their signature moves, but I could watch that slide all day, every day. So romantic.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Word on the street is Detroit is hosting in 2019, so one year too soon!

 

[mollymgr]

2020 sounds like such a sci-fi and futuristic year. We should have flying cars by then.

D/W are participating in a live chat with Classroom Champions tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_EZfsBIk8

 

[VGThuy]

Oh man D/W being inducted at a Detroit Nationals would have been so perfect and fitting.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

The Olympic Channel is showing the SD from Sochi right now until 10:00

 

[justtojoke]

The Olympic Channel is showing the SD from Sochi right now until 10:00

I am loving the Olympic Channel!!! They showed the FD too! And it was gloriousThe way DW competed and skated...made you sit back in your seat. It was nice to see that again,I got stressed all over again

 

[semogal]

I have work to do but I find myself watching Meryl and Charlie on youtube!! I love this JSOI performance because it show cases how they have grown as performers since Sochi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgGJVFC3DE

 

[mollymgr]

I am loving the Olympic Channel!!! They showed the FD too! And it was gloriousThe way DW competed and skated...made you sit back in your seat. It was nice to see that again,I got stressed all over again

The Olympic Channel is all kinds of awesome!!! I'm so happy that this has so much potential to finally allow more skating coverage.

Here is D/W's recorded chat from today from Classroom Champions. Charlie needs a table lamp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_EZfsBIk8

New CNN SI interview. Nothing that we haven't heard before.
https://www.si.com/olympics/2017/10/13/2018-winter-olympics-meryl-davis-charlie-white-retirement
(Editor's Note: The following interview was lightly edited and condensed)...??? so that's where all the good stuff went.

 

[Laura4]

Just read on Tumblr that Charlie will be doing commentary with Andrea Joyce for Ice Dance this week.

Also this week, Meryl is flying to New York for the Women's Sports Foundation ceremony.

 

[Flip Jump]

Baby boy White’s due date was Oct. 3 at least that was what the baby registry said. So I’m pretty sure the baby is here. Gramma Jackie is keeping it quite

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Baby boy White’s due date was Oct. 3 at least that was what the baby registry said. So I’m pretty sure the baby is here. Gramma Jackie is keeping it quite

That due date is incorrect.

 

[Miintx]

I keep checking here for reports of the baby. It's got to be soon.