Well I got to the rink sooner than I thought I would, which was great as I caught all of the mens practices... It was neat but I just wasn't into paying attention! I don't know why but all day I was just zoning!
Anyway I did try to keep watch of the "big names" as I figured that's what's important. Heather and Mel found me and then later Anna found us, so we were this foursome having fun. It was neat.
Group A:
Johnny was the only one who didn't run through even half of his program... this whole group was incredibly boring... I missed a few of the run throughs, but over all it was just a whole lot of standing around with a few jumps put in by Johnny and a lot of unknowns that really didn't keep my attention... Johnny had a few problems with his jumps though.
Dick Button was there, so I kept trying to get him on film, but he's too short when he sits and could never get a good view of him.
Group B:
Evan was late getting to the practice and missed the warm-up, but his coaches were on time! LOL
Timmy looked really good. Calm and confident. Did not run through his entire number, and left before
Jordan Wilson got to run through his. I took a lot of pictures of him though.
Mike wasn't there :( (but that made Heather happy LOL)
Group C:
Ryan had a good practice, fell on a couple of jump attempts, but over all really promising. He looks really strong. His warm up and all work after his music looked good too. All of the men in this group skated through their programs. A couple of the men did not show up.
Matt looked really good in warm-ups, but when it was his turn to skate he fell on both 3 axels. :( The second one he hit hard and was in a similar split position than Johnny was -- just not as bad... just looked bad LOL After his music he worked on the 3axel combo and had awesome results. He has been rubbing his right(?) leg/knee throughout the practice though. :-s None of the men had clean run throughs.
Then I called Melissa Gregory's mom (she is so awesome) and we figured out where to meet during the Dance CDs... She sounded really nice on the phone which was a big help because I was sooooooo nervous. So I told her where I was sitting and what I was wearing and she said she'd look or me as soon as she got there (she was waiting for Melissa to finish getting ready). I was sort of nervous about it, but Heather and Mel and Anna were there so at least I wasn't all alone! LOL
Dance CDs -- GO MELISSA AND DENIS!!!!1 - Tiffany & Sergey = very nice. she is definitly the more expressive of the two.
I have honestly no idea so :p I am just going to comment on the ones that seem to have caught people's attention so if you want to know about someone else tell me!
8 - Tanith and Ben =
WOOT WOOT!! awesome, awesome, awesome! They made it feel like a program. Tanith SOLD the program and Ben was solid... and he's easy on the eyes so ;)
***Melissa's mom came over then and we chatted with her during the zamboni twins. It was really cool! And after filling her in (well, as best we could) she gave us the awesome news about Denis! We also asked her about what the judges looked for in the CD and she said she had no clue. Which made us laugh, but really what DO they look for???***
11 - MELISSA AND DENIS = awesome awesome! ended a little off of the music, but it was a hot ending pose. Thouth they could have higher tech marks, but whatever!
I didn't stay, I felt very dizzy :-p
groggy
