Downtown Jason Brown - Let the Good Times Roll (uber thread #2)

[katmari]

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[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

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Oh wow, Emily Hughes on the left, haven’t seen her in a long long time

 

[Sylvia]

What do Jason's fans think - should he keep his Tarzan FS for next season? (November 2023 CS Warsaw Cup official video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUs2Vokz58

 

[kwanfan1818]

If it feels like unfinished business and will weigh on him if he doesn't, then he should keep it. Otherwise, no.

 

[YukiNieve]

Jason did a short Q and A session in Montreal for his fans.

A few notes:

• He intends to have new SP, FS, and EX for the next season.
• He has been working to develop his own JB brand including T-shirts and jackets (He eventually wants to donate the proceeds to the charities)
• He plans to show the new programs at Friends on Ice in Japan

https://twitter.com/JasonBrownFP/status/1778511454540570909

YouTube Link:

2024World Jason Q&A

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[Sylvia]

Thank you, @YukiNieve! Interestingly, Friends on Ice is taking place 1 week later than usual (August 30-Sept. 1, 2024):

Friends on Ice 2024

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8/30-9/1 - Yokohama, Kanagawa
Shizuka Arakawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Shoma Uno, Kana Muramoto, Takeshi Honda, Miki Ando, Akiko Suzuki, Shae-Lynn Bourne-Turok, Jeremy Abbott, Stephane Lambiel, Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Weaver & Andrew Poje

 

[cholla]

Jason (and Tracy) were interviewed by French website Skate Info Glace in Montreal. Here it is (in English)

 

[katmari]

Looks like Jason's been working with Rohene on choreo as well as Randi Strong and that he's been working on a tap dancing exhibition number.

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[mattiecat13]

I hope he hasn’t given up on his Tarzan long program. I was looking forward to seeing it.

 

[Sylvia]

Cross-posting from the 2025 Nationals in Wichita thread in GSD:

Jason Brown visited Wichita and the KFDI FM radio station (5th photo in his set) - his photos from around town: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6J3gtyutCy/

"Jason Brown stopped by the [KFDI FM] studio to talk about his figure skating life and the big news for Wichita, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships coming in January" with JJ Hayes (5 mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0LjPfdc8iI

JJ on Demand: Olympian and U.S. Figure Skating Champion Jason Brown

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I love this story because it’s such a huge boost for the Wichita economy. The Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships are coming to Wichita in January of 2025.

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JJ: "If I'm going to get out there in a unicorn outfit next year you are going to a karaoke bar [Jason: "Deal!"]... It's going to be a really amazing time. My wife was super excited about it when she heard about this yesterday!"

 

[katmari]

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Sounds like he's going to be very active (that's our Jason) at the event!

From on ice performances and learn to skate sessions, to Olympic panel discussions, I’ll be part of all the action Saturday, June 15th.

 

[Sylvia]

^^^ Thanks - I will update the Shows & Benefits thread in GSD with the news of Jason’s involvement: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2024-spring-summer-club-ice-shows-benefits.111676/

4 more photos from USFS’ “Icemen” event in Peoria, Arizona about 1 week ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/C59TKfhySLf/

 

[katmari]

Jason has a website where you can sign up to receive updates about upcoming events: https://www.jasonbskates.com/workshops

I received an update email today of events / shows Jason has planned for the summer:

Saturday, June 1st: The Glenwood FSC is hosting a workshop in Flossmoor, IL.

Saturday, June 15th: The DiversifyIce Foundation is hosting a “Skate”-Raiser at the Fifth Third Arena in Chicago, IL.

Saturday, July 20th: The Greater Chicagoland Skate USA Committee and the Chicago Figure Skating Club will be hosting a seminar at Hoffman Estates Ice Arena from 9am to 1pm.

Summer Shows:

Sun Valley on Ice: August 24th (Sun Valley, ID, USA)

Friends on Ice: August 30th-September 1st (Shin-Yokohama, Japan)

 

[Allskate]

So, yay for Jason doing the Grand Prix this season. He's doing Skate Canada and NHK.

It's the off-season, so time to speculate about programs for next season.

Has anyone read or heard what music Jason is planning to use this season? Maybe I've missed it?

Jason posted this on Instagram. Shazam tells me it's French Fuse's "Space." I think it's from Hans Zimmer's Interstellar music. It could be that Jason just used that music as background music for his post. The clip isn't actually to the music. He doesn't say that it's for a program and his hashtags are for #practice and #training and #pianomusic. But, I can see him using this for a short program. It kind of has the same intensity and pacing as last season's short program, though a very different style of music.

Jason Brown on Instagram: "🎹 🖤 ⛸️ #figureskating #skating #iceskating #piano #pianomusic #practice #training"

15K likes, 233 comments - jasonbskates on June 2, 2024: "🎹 🖤 ⛸️ #figureskating #skating #iceskating #piano #pianomusic #practice #training".

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Here's a youtube video of the music:

Space

Provided to YouTube by JMK RecordsSpace · French Fuse · Jeremy LapierreSpaceâ JMK RecordsReleased on: 2023-01-27Auto-generated by YouTube.

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Also, he has space images on his IG story today with the background music being Meghan Trainor's "Take it to the Moon." Is he giving us Easter eggs?

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[mattiecat13]

Jason had Tarzan as a long program last season but used The Impossible Dream at Nationals instead as it wasn’t ready. Hopefully it will be ready for this season.

 

[Allskate]

Jason had Tarzan as a long program last season but used The Impossible Dream at Nationals instead as it wasn’t ready. Hopefully it will be ready for this season.

Personally, after seeing it at the Japan Open, I'm not excited about the Tarzan program. Maybe he'll change it and improve it, but I'm kind of hoping he goes with an entirely different program.