chewy
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I went to the London show, a last minute decision. It wasn't a full house, and the crowd was more white hair than young skater groups which I attribute entirely to the ticket prices as you could tell by where the crowd was sitting as to where the demarkation line was for the lower price tickets.
Mr. Chewy who is the hockey guy appreciates the finesse of the blade and he kept talking about Satoko afterwards. Yeah, he gets it. I had not had a chance to ever see Deanna and Maxime live in person, and oh my god Deanna can emote to the last seat in the building. I hope she gets Canadian citizenship and can go to Olympics, the ultimate dream!! Such stars! The biggest applause for the skaters in the intros was for Elvis. He's not my cup of tea but based on the crowd, I can understand that.
Loena!! Giving it! Unfortunately, between Loena's charisma and Satoko's skating, Maddie Schizas didn't stand out.
Mr. Chewy, as I, is a fan of Ilia since we trekked across the wilds of New York State to go see him in Lake Placid land the first competitive 4A, and well, he mostly holds his place in the group numbers but his solos were highly interesting as to his potential. We talked a lot afterwards about how he's the the new kid but with all these tricks that he can do without having to think about, but the next step would be to define a style that's more than jumps. Seriously he doesn't need style, he can win with jumps for a long time (another discussion topic) but he needs a signature that's not just a snowboard trick. When you see pro skaters with careers this is more obvious. Elvis has been working that rock and roll biker chop chop feet for a long time, Keegan is always trying to kill himself (footwork in speedskates anyone?), Patrick has the most distinctive skating because Patrick, anyway you get my point. Ilia has long legs and should do something with them. Patrick got a bit of a standing O on his second program, but he biffed a spin so it was a mixed applause.
I liked the SOI Skaters Observation Institute segments. It's been a while since the show has had a theme to holds things together and the skaters pull it off. It was effective in Maxime transitioning into the Lets Hear it for the Boy number. The audio wasn't that great where we were sitting so we didn't catch all of the voiceovers especially in the beginning, and there were some dead spots as they shifted props in and out.
Does anyone know if the show will be taped for TV?
@SkateGuard, I appreciated the music list. It makes it easier to remember the show afterwards!
Mr. Chewy who is the hockey guy appreciates the finesse of the blade and he kept talking about Satoko afterwards. Yeah, he gets it. I had not had a chance to ever see Deanna and Maxime live in person, and oh my god Deanna can emote to the last seat in the building. I hope she gets Canadian citizenship and can go to Olympics, the ultimate dream!! Such stars! The biggest applause for the skaters in the intros was for Elvis. He's not my cup of tea but based on the crowd, I can understand that.
Loena!! Giving it! Unfortunately, between Loena's charisma and Satoko's skating, Maddie Schizas didn't stand out.
Mr. Chewy, as I, is a fan of Ilia since we trekked across the wilds of New York State to go see him in Lake Placid land the first competitive 4A, and well, he mostly holds his place in the group numbers but his solos were highly interesting as to his potential. We talked a lot afterwards about how he's the the new kid but with all these tricks that he can do without having to think about, but the next step would be to define a style that's more than jumps. Seriously he doesn't need style, he can win with jumps for a long time (another discussion topic) but he needs a signature that's not just a snowboard trick. When you see pro skaters with careers this is more obvious. Elvis has been working that rock and roll biker chop chop feet for a long time, Keegan is always trying to kill himself (footwork in speedskates anyone?), Patrick has the most distinctive skating because Patrick, anyway you get my point. Ilia has long legs and should do something with them. Patrick got a bit of a standing O on his second program, but he biffed a spin so it was a mixed applause.
I liked the SOI Skaters Observation Institute segments. It's been a while since the show has had a theme to holds things together and the skaters pull it off. It was effective in Maxime transitioning into the Lets Hear it for the Boy number. The audio wasn't that great where we were sitting so we didn't catch all of the voiceovers especially in the beginning, and there were some dead spots as they shifted props in and out.
Does anyone know if the show will be taped for TV?
@SkateGuard, I appreciated the music list. It makes it easier to remember the show afterwards!
