The last time that we had the waltz, Gilles & Poirier skated to the Beatles and Chock & Bates tried to skate to Dark Eyes.
It is amazing that everyone who was around 22 years ago remembers that OD for good reasons. (We all remember DomShab’s Vancouver OD for other reasons.)Polka wouldn't be my first choice but I'd be fine with it in conjunction with another ballroom rhythm as in the 2003(?) "Grand Ball" theme. A program like the DenStavs' Baroque one would be awesome.
Wasn't that the "march" part of that program?Wasn't G&P's Waltz RD asked by the ISU to be adapted into a potential CD?
G&P applied. I recall there was a process by which teams were supposed to apply. I assume the teams used the second rhythm for the application. I googled, and G&P's pattern was named The Maple Leaf March and Kaliszek & Spodyriev's was the Tea Time Foxtrot.Wasn't G&P's Waltz RD asked by the ISU to be adapted into a potential CD?
My real hope is that they go for an 'At the Movies' theme with a waltz pattern
Me either. The more I've read up on the music rights issue, it's twofold - first is the song copyright which applies to the musical composition, second is the sound recording copyright which applies to the performance. The recording copyright is going to be a problem regardless of whether the song copyright has expired and the composition itself is in the public domain. And, in the US, Congress has extended the recording copyright to at least 100 years from the date of publication, so good luck finding a quality music recording that is already in the public domain.Although, to be honest, I’m not sure what theme they think would avoid issues with rights.
The year they did their Latin FD, that SD is a classic.I think Guignard/Fabbri would do a splendid waltz. My favorite Polka was Delobel/Schoenfelder's Wild West version.
Virtue/Moir did a program using an old, scratchy-type recording in one of their programs, but I don't know if it was as old as the mid-1920's. I loved that program.
That sounds good in theory, but in reality we would probably get a bunch of Moulin Rouge, Lalaland and POTC.My real hope is that they go for an 'At the Movies' theme with a waltz pattern
There was a rumor a few years back that ISU wanted to introduce the Maple Leaf March into juniors, but I think COVID derailed the whole process. And I have a vague memory that they won’t use it as the Senior pattern in the RD until Gilles/Poirier retire due to conflict of interest.G&P applied. I recall there was a process by which teams were supposed to apply. I assume the teams used the second rhythm for the application. I googled, and G&P's pattern was named The Maple Leaf March and Kaliszek & Spodyriev's was the Tea Time Foxtrot.
I'm pretty sure the actual patterns in 2016 were to the Ravensburger Waltz.
Oh, please no. I can't see that being something that gets people tweeting about ice dance in a good way.What about an Opera themed RD with a Waltz pattern? Olympics are in Italy, so this would be a good fit. Besides, we already had a Musical RD, this would only be fair.
I’ve never done anything to you. Why do you hate me?What about an Opera themed RD with a Waltz pattern? Olympics are in Italy, so this would be a good fit. Besides, we already had a Musical RD, this would only be fair.
There is a lot of instrumental music in opera, some of which has been used beautifully in skating like Meditation from Thais, but when people chose vocals they are more often not opera singers but pop and its appalling.
I think that's just about the best retirement announcement I've ever read. He's a very good writer, and it comes across as truly sincere.Tim Koleto formally announced his retirement from competitive skating today in a series of posts interspersed with photos from his career:
Tim Koleto 小松原尊 on Instagram: "Announcement. ✨ Please swipe right (the post was too many characters to write here). 日本語のご報告は最後の写真です。🙏🏻 Tim"
693 likes, 58 comments - timkoleto on January 28, 2025: "Announcement. ✨ Please swipe right (the post was too many characters to write here). 日本語のご報告は最後の写真です。🙏🏻 Tim".www.instagram.com
I have an old desktop computer and I can't swipe to the right or left side. What does Tim say in that post? Thank you