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Signed! I don't think it could hurt for the petition organizers to send along a copy to whoever Deanna's MP is. Petitions don't always spark change put they do spark awareness. I really hope that Deanna gets her citizenship. She's a wonderful Ambassador for Canadian figure skating and deserves...

Thank you for the info and sorry to anyone for confusion! The date IngramSpark and Nielsen provided booksellers is September 3 and it is listed as a pre-order in most bookstores. The book will be released in September. :)

R Sorry for any confusion! The release date is September 3 (9/3) but some European retailers are entering the data from IS as 3/9. It’s in pre-order status and it won’t actually be released until September 3. If you can’t wait and want to read it now, there’s an ARC Reader sign-up form on the...

Blurb, teaser trailer and pre-order info for my new book Sequins, Scandals & Salchows: Figure Skating in the 1980s, coming this fall: https://www.skateguardblog.com/p/sequins-scandals-salchows-figure.html

Cats would be the worst skaters! The announcer would be like “Please welcome to the ice… Mittens” and Mittens would be there pawing at a cardboard box and having none of it.

Whoever’s doing their marketing deserves a raise. I was out running a quick errand around lunch time and “Spanish or Vanish” got stuck in my head. 🤣

👏👏👏 You deserve like a chocolate cake or something because you nailed it. If they want to compete at Worlds, then they can look at the wonderful example all of the clean skaters from around the world set in Montreal and change... because that's the direction the sport is headed.

Christopher Dean started working with them during the 1987/88 season. "West Side Story" really wasn't in their wheelhouse at all and it was likely chosen to play it safe and appease the judges during the Olympic season. Susanna Rakhamo and Petri Kokko worked with the same coach as the Duchesnays...

"I feel the real potential of figure skating lies in its presentation as an authentic art form."- John Curry

Torvill and Dean come to mind. They got a 5.1 for artistic impression at Worlds in 1979. By 1982, they received a slew of 6.0's. In those days, it was very much 'wait your turn' in ice dance and there wasn't a lot of movement in the standings but there were teams like Torvill & Dean and the...

I Have Nothing received three nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards: Best Lead Performer, Comedy (Carolyn Taylor) Best Guest Performance, Comedy (Mae Martin) Best Photography, Comedy Full list is here...

2027-2028 theme: Songs from the TikTok 2028-2029 theme: Dance Party again? 2029-2030 theme: (gestures vaguely) I don't know... "Makeba" by Jain?

Book review for Toller Cranston: Ice, Paint, Passion which is officially released today: https://www.skateguardblog.com/2024/03/book-review-toller-cranston-ice-paint.html As of right now, the book has moved up to take the #1 Best Seller spot in the Ice & Figure Skating category on the Amazon...

A very special interview with Phillippa Cranston Baran about Toller Cranston: Ice, Paint, Passion: https://www.skateguardblog.com/2024/02/talking-toller-with-phillippa-cranston.html

There are some wonderful launch events coming up in conjunction with the upcoming release of Phillippa Cranston Baran's book Toller Cranston: Ice, Paint, Passion: Toronto, ON - Donna Child Fine Art Gallery, February 24th Arnprior, ON - O'Brien Theatre - March 3rd San Miguel de Allende, Mexico -...