One of the hazards of skating pairs or ice dance is the 2 blade click-of-death ~
Tangled blades took me down during our performance today, but in the spirit of
#WeGetUp ... I did just that and we managed to finish out the program only having to omit a pair camel spin just before the ending.
It was a.really nice program choreographed by our pairs coach Chris Anders formerly of Disney On Ice. We struggled to learn a lot of the steps, but worked hard to try and do them justice. We could have used another 1-2 weeks of practice on it, but we walked away with smiles on our faces.
Much thanks to our coach Chris and my partner Hank Landis for holding me up!
A chronicle of my attempt at the world of "Adult Figure Skating since 2012"
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Thursday, December 8, 2016
3 Days Before Holiday Show
This run was at the end of our 45 minute lesson today. Weren't sure we could pull it off, but considering we were on public session and had no music playing overhead - It wasn't too bad.
I think we can finish on time and skate more "to the music" while we can hear it overhead. We had to dodge the little ones, that slowed it down a bit.
We will head to a freestyle session tomorrow afternoon to give it a go with music.
I think we can finish on time and skate more "to the music" while we can hear it overhead. We had to dodge the little ones, that slowed it down a bit.
We will head to a freestyle session tomorrow afternoon to give it a go with music.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Christmas Crunch Time
Hank and I are finally back on the ice in our last week of practice before our club holiday show on December 10th. We should have 5 days of practice to get this to a presentable state!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Foggy Lesson Day
Special affects? No just some Arizona rain and building humidity. It created a foggy foggy rink with some bumpy drips in the center of th...

-
As much as I am enjoying learning to ice dance and practicing moves in the field ... this was the best day of skating I have had in a long t...
-
With a gigantic sigh of relief, I am proud to say that I successfully passed my Adult Bronze Free Skate Test today ... and with no re-skates...