Congratulations, Jazzpants!!!

[Terri C]

Well peeps, it finally happened!!
Jazzpants has PASSED her Bronze moves!!

(Terri is now left to sweep up and lock up the Peanut Gallery sometime later this year)

[Debbie S]

Yeah, Jazz! Congratulations!!:bow: :bow:

[Skate@Delaware]

HIP-HIP=HOORAY!!!!!!!

[doubletoe]

Just posted this on the "Good Luck" thread, but it merits being posted again. . .


GO JAZZPANTS! GO JAZZPANTS! GO JAZZPANTS! Woo HOO!!!!!
I KNEW you would do it this time! Yesss!!!
By the way, all of my passes have been "barely" as well. My coach tells me the judges always do that, so not to pay attention. :lol:

[crayonskater]

Congrats! You've worked so hard!

[PattyP]

WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!

Congratulations Jazzpants!! :D :D :D

[2loop2loop]

Congratulations 'pants.We knew you could do it!

[TaBalie]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bow:

[Hannahclear]

Congrats! :mrgreen:

[Miss_Kate]

Woo Hoo!!!! Go Jazzpants!!!! :mrgreen:

[twokidsskatemom]

great news !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

[Scarlett]

Congratulations!

[TreSk8sAZ]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!! All of your hard work has payed off!!!!!!!!!

[LilJen]

Third coach is a charm!! Congratulations! On to Silver???? :D

[Frumpy]

Way to go!:bow:

[Mrs Redboots]

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS

So when do you take the free skating test?

[LoopLoop]

Yay Jazzy!

[samba]

FANTASTIC, WELL DONE!!!

[Tessa]

AWESOME!!!! Congrats!

[e-skater]

CONGRATULATIONS, JAZZ!

I knew you could AND WOULD do it! I am so happy for you!!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[FrankR]

Woo-hoo!!

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Let the party begin!!

Congrats!! Well Done!!

[sk8pics]

Yeah! Congratulations! I knew you could do it!:bow: :bow:

[montanarose]

Oh no! We just lost another member of the Pre-Bronze For Life Club :( But kudos to you :bow: :bow: :bow:

Cheers,
Ellen

[Sk8pdx]

Go Jazzpants!!! Congratulations to you!!! You deserve champagne and chocolate!!! :bow: :bow: :bow:

[Isk8NYC]

That's wonderful news!
Congratulations Jazz - you earned it with all your hard work and practice!

[cecealias]

Jazzpants - CONGRATS!!!! I have watched ya every single week for the past 5 years struggle through this and KUDOS to you!! Yaya!!!

Now you can skate high FS at club session!! Get your butt out there!!:twisted:

[jazzpants]

Thank you for the well wishes, you guys!!! :mrgreen: (Just came back from Pilates class...)

I'm still coming off the test session and still can't believe that this test is finally done!!! As cecealias says, it's been a lot of years of work and frustration! As soon as I passed I was practically CRYING onto my test forms!!! Believe me, when I said I barely passed, I meant "by the skin of my teeth!!!" 8O

I still got Bronze FS test to go, so I'm not quite yet out of the "Pre-Bronze FS Club for Life" club yet. As for when I'm testing...hmmm? Depends on who you ask! ;) Jay did say "You better be jumping tomorrow at Berkeley, cuz you're taking NEXT TEST SESSION in Sept!!! 8O (He was SERIOUS!!!) 8O I of course, had to remind him "Should I get my loop consistent first???" :oops:

But yes, I can FINALLY skate High FS at our Club Ice session!!! :mrgreen:

Go Jazzpants!!! Congratulations to you!!! You deserve champagne and chocolate!!! :bow: :bow: :bow:At this point, I'll settle for a nice LOOOOONG nap... (but not 'til after I finish up the test notes for e-skater!!!) ;)

FrankR: OMG!!! LOVE the MJ dance smileys!!! LOL!!! I should subscribe to the gymgossip forum just so I can get all those KEWL smileys you've been posting!!! :lol:

AGAIN, THANK YOU YOU GUYS for your support and encouragment! Means a LOT to me!!! :D

[flying~camel]

CONGRAULATIONS!!!!! :bow:

I'm looking forward to meeting you in Chicago next April! :D

[sexyskates]

Congrats!!!!!! :d

[Black Sheep]

Go get 'em Jazzy! :D :bow: :mrgreen:

[mikawendy]

Congrats!!!!!

[renatele]

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!

[kar5162]

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Super congrats - passing Bronze moves is a great accompishment.

[Mercedeslove]

CONGRATS GIRL

Way to kick skating boo-tay!

[beachbabe]

Congratulations Jazzpants!!!:D :D :D


you'll pass Silver too in no time. :D :D :D

[Rusty Blades]

Jazzpants has PASSED her Bronze moves!!

NO! Tell me it isn't so! The world will end tomorrow! 8O

Congrats J.P. That must be one hellofa feeling!

[aussieskater]

Awesome! :D :bow: :bow: Huge congratulations now winging their way across the wide blue sea to join the heap already at your doorstep! Does this mean you're looking at AN 07 ?? 8O

[dcden]

Great job, jazzpants! Keep up the hard work! Bronze FS is next... you can do it!

[skaternum]

Way to go, Jazzpants!!

[jazzpants]

WOW!!! LOTS of responses!!! THANK YOU GUYS!!!

8O 8O :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Rusty Blades, it's tomorrow and the world has not end yet... ;) And yes, it's one helluva feeling!!! :bow: :bow: :bow: I'm STILL partying!!!

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Time to get back to practicing jumps and spins again though. Jay wants this Bronze FS done FAST!!! And when he's on my case about stuff, I better get it done as fast as possible. 8O :twisted: :lol:

[Hannahclear]

I think what's required of Bronze FS is so easy compared to Bronze Moves. It's like a vacation. :lol: Not to mention it's a 1:40 compared to what, at least ten minutes for the Bronze Moves test?

I'm taking mine in two weeks. Watch me have jinxed myself and now I'll have to retry. :twisted:

[jazzpants]

I think what's required of Bronze FS is so easy compared to Bronze Moves. It's like a vacation. :lol: Not to mention it's a 1:40 compared to what, at least ten minutes for the Bronze Moves test? 12 minutes at my rink and yes, true up to a point! Though if I have to take any FS tests, I'd rather take it at a test session that doesn't have a lot of skaters, since I would not have that much of a wait between the early morning warm-up before the test session starts and when my test actually is. At my rink the way the test sessions are organized is dances, then moves, then FS! This could take 20 minutes if the session is very quiet, or this could take 1.5 hr to 2 hrs, so you have to keep yourself warm off-ice the entire time. I hate it... but it's necessary!!! :roll:

I'm taking mine in two weeks. Watch me have jinxed myself and now I'll have to retry. :twisted:I know what jumps and spins YOU have based on your lesson/practices post... should be a vacation for you! :twisted: :P :lol:

[Hannahclear]

I know what jumps and spins YOU have based on your lesson/practices post... should be a vacation for you! :twisted: :P :lol:

Yes, but those jumps are better for me than the ones I have to do for the test. Waltz/toe? Not something I do on a regular basis. :lol:

[skatingatty]

Just chiming in late to say CONGRATULATIONS on passing your test! :)

[Thin-Ice]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! We knew you could do it! And you have! Better start putting together that AN07-bound FS program! (You'll pass the Bronze FS test with no probem!)

Hurray for Jazzpants!

[MusicSkateFan]

YAHOOOOOO!!!!!

We all knew you had it in you to do it!

Now on to the FS!

ps

start the silver moves NOW!!!

Congrats!

[flo]

Wow!!!!! Way to go!!!!!

[quarkiki2]

Yay! Hooray!!!

[slusher]

:bow: WOW :bow:

I know that I was more estatic when I passed my skills test than the freeskate. Moves (skills) are just a beast. The freeskate's gonna be FUN!

Great feeling, eh?

[sk8er1964]

YES!!!!!

See ya in Chicago! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[tidesong]

Congratz Jazzpants !!!

[dbny]

What great news to see on my return from camping!

CONGRATULATIONS JAZZ!

[MissIndigo]

Congratulations! I know this has been a long time coming for you!!!

And the butterflies you said you had earlier...I'll freeze some of them on film later this week as I'm perusing Yerba Buena Gardens!! ;)

[DallasSkater]

Jazz: I am so delighted to learn that you passed. You have really been persistent and deserve the title. A big congrats to you! I bet you will breeze through the fs title after completing that!

[icedancer2]

Jazz --:mrgreen:
Now that I am done seething with jealousy I would like to congratulate you on your BRILLIANT pass!!

Yea -- and now you have inspired me!! Thank you!:bow:

[Raye]

Awesome!!! I knew you could do it!! YOU GO GIRL:bow: :bow: :bow:

:halo: Party on Dudette! you've earned it :halo:

[Mrs Redboots]

12 minutes at my rink and yes, true up to a point! Though if I have to take any FS tests, I'd rather take it at a test session that doesn't have a lot of skaters, since I would not have that much of a wait between the early morning warm-up before the test session starts and when my test actually is. At my rink the way the test sessions are organized is dances, then moves, then FS! This could take 20 minutes if the session is very quiet, or this could take 1.5 hr to 2 hrs, so you have to keep yourself warm off-ice the entire time. I hate it... but it's necessary!!! :roll:Do you not get, as our skaters do, a 3-minute warm-up before their test? Our tests start very early in the morning anyway, to allow time for the judge to get to work (we only need more than one judge if the skater is skating higher than level 6), so there's seldom time to skate much beforehand. But each group of skaters gets a warm-up before their actual test, so the sort of warm-up you need to do beforehand is more like that done before a competition.

[jazzpants]

Do you not get, as our skaters do, a 3-minute warm-up before their test? Our tests start very early in the morning anyway, to allow time for the judge to get to work (we only need more than one judge if the skater is skating higher than level 6), so there's seldom time to skate much beforehand. But each group of skaters gets a warm-up before their actual test, so the sort of warm-up you need to do beforehand is more like that done before a competition.It's 5 minutes warmup right before the test itself and for a skater who has nerves problem are stiff muscles and lower back problems (sciatica), it becomes quite agonizing for the nerves and for the lower leg. It's hard to bend your knee when you're not warm up. You have to stay warm and run, jump around the entire time off ice and my lower back does NOT like jumping/hopping motions for long periods of time (over 20 minutes.) And of course, since you have to be at the BEGINNING of the test session even though you're scheduled for 2 hours down, b/c you never know when skaters either drop out of the test session or whatever and you would have to be there ready to take the test then! (This happened to me in 2004 when I walked in 45 minutes earlier than I was scheduled to test and I walked in to find that I was supposed to be in my dress ready to warm up! Needless to say, both Jay nor I were 8O 8O 8O about this!)

[coskater64]

Congratulations! Keep up the good work!:lol: