Figure Skating

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

All right everyone have you taken your naps, got plenty of pop corn in the house to pop, have the cell phone turned off this evening because it is time to go for the gold in the original dance tonight. May the best dressed, best rehearsed, with no mistakes, couple win.

Bonny, you're a day ahead of yourself. Tonight is the O.D., original dance. This is the one where they have to skate to a certain type of music, this year it is "folk dance" (it can be ANY country's folk dance). Monday night is the free dance, where they can be "free" to do anything they want within the outline of what is acceptable in dance and when the Gold will be awarded.

I don't have much faith in Ben & Tanith winning Gold, they may not even place on the podium. I don't know what it is with them this year, but they have, it seems, lost that "it" they had last year and the year before. I'm thinking their training partners, Davis/White, will place ahead of them.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

A friend of mine just sent me a message that the Mother of Canadian Ladies skater, Joannie Rochette, passed away in Vancouver. No details available at this time.
How awful!

[Bonny]

I had the wrong day turned on the TV Guide. Oh Well I plan on watching anyhow. Ben & Tanith seem to be working to hard. Your right about Davis/White. They are more natural looking in their moves where Ben/Tanith are just so intense. Have a good evening.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

I had the wrong day turned on the TV Guide. Oh Well I plan on watching anyhow. Ben & Tanith seem to be working to hard. Your right about Davis/White. They are more natural looking in their moves where Ben/Tanith are just so intense. Have a good evening.

I get days mixed up sometimes, too! Pantry moments!

You know what, I think you hit it on the head in reference to Tanith & Ben...I wonder if their relationship is straining or something these days? Something is just different. I know they switched coaches because they thought they needed to go in a different direction, I'm thinking it might've been a wrong move...

[Bonny]

Poor Joannie that is terrible. Things can change so fast in our lives & loosing a mom has to be the worse of all.

[cassiesmom]

Ice dancing ... Belbin and Agosto are in 4th after the original dance. Davis and White are in second!

How sad for the young woman from Canada. Hopefully she can go on with her performances.

(MT4FF, I heard Andy Rooney describe figure skating on 60 Minutes tonight as a mixture of gymnastics and ballet ... I thought that was pretty insightful!)

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Ice dancing ... Belbin and Agosto are in 4th after the original dance. Davis and White are in second!

How sad for the young woman from Canada. Hopefully she can go on with her performances.

(MT4FF, I heard Andy Rooney describe figure skating on 60 Minutes tonight as a mixture of gymnastics and ballet ... I thought that was pretty insightful!)

I wasn't surprised that Belbin and Agosto didn't pull up any. I thought their outfits were a little too much and too white! Davis & White are marvelous! You could see Meryl's body positions throughout the program a lot better with her costume than you could Tanith's and some of the other ladies.

I got a kick out of reliving the falls that occurred last year during the OD! I'd forgotten. The worst one was that of Canada's Marie-France Dubrueil and Patrice Lauzon. I had really grown to like them and was hoping they'd win the Gold. I never, ever liked that red head of the Italian team and although I felt bad for her partner I was glad they fell. She needed a reality check, she had an ego and attitude like Plushenko's!

I'm sure Joannie's Mom would want her to go ahead and compete. I hope Joannie can skate well in honor and memory of her Mom and it would be wonderful if somehow she garnered the Gold.

Edited to add: Mickey Rooney desribed figure skating pretty darned well!

[smokey the elder]

Interesting that someone brought up Surya Bonaly. She and Plushenko seem cut from the same cloth. My SO used to call her Surly Bonaly!

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Interesting that someone brought up Surya Bonaly. She and Plushenko seem cut from the same cloth. My SO used to call her Surly Bonaly!

Surya Bonaly may march to a different drummer, but I don't see her ego being as huge as Plushenko's. I've seen her live several times, she always had a big smile for the crowd...Plushenko always had leers and "look at me" kind of looks. He never seemed to be there for the fans, just for himself.