katz in boots
10-09-2008, 03:33 AM
Okay, I'm excited. Last Saturday night was our local Artistic Competition. I compete at Adult Silver.
My big achievement this year was not totally freezing with performance anxiety. About 5 mins away from our warm up I realised I was actually looking forward to it, and for me that is a huge improvement.
I didn't skate well; in fact I fluffed every element except a toe-loop. I skated really badly BUT I performed really well in my presentation of the program.
So many people came up to me afterwards to say how much they enjoyed my program. And although I came second(out of 2), they actually instigated a new award for Most Entertaining Performance, so I got that award.
The next morning I tested Elementary 1 Dance, the Canasta Tango and Dutch Waltz. I had reconciled myself to passing only the Tango, if anything, but I passed them both !!!!
Pretty pleased with my weekend's skating !!:D
My big achievement this year was not totally freezing with performance anxiety. About 5 mins away from our warm up I realised I was actually looking forward to it, and for me that is a huge improvement.
I didn't skate well; in fact I fluffed every element except a toe-loop. I skated really badly BUT I performed really well in my presentation of the program.
So many people came up to me afterwards to say how much they enjoyed my program. And although I came second(out of 2), they actually instigated a new award for Most Entertaining Performance, so I got that award.
The next morning I tested Elementary 1 Dance, the Canasta Tango and Dutch Waltz. I had reconciled myself to passing only the Tango, if anything, but I passed them both !!!!
Pretty pleased with my weekend's skating !!:D