Here is the US National's tentative time schedule

US Adult Nationals - Schedule

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You mean that there's no Bronze I qual round? I don't believe it. Then again, after last year, I'm not surprised....

Hey Loops, a nice schedule for us--in both singles and pairs.

No early-morning competing!!! (Watch, we'll get all 6am practices! )

What, no qualifying round for Silver Men I? How can that be?!

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Yeah, I thought the same thing. My first thought was that I must have missed the qual rounds on the schedule, so I looked through it again. I guess it's a combination of Kansas City not being the most exotic place (no offense to those from the area!) and last year's AN being so well-attended (due to the popular Lake Placid locale). Too bad I didn't start skating a year earlier - right now, I'm working on my Bronze tests with the hope of passing them by the end of the year.

Hey Mel on Ice, you made the finals your first year at AN! Not too shabby.

Edited to add: Hey NoVa, what are you doing up? You've got a comp tomorrow - get to bed!

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But LP wasn't very well attended (for Bronze I). We had more in Ann Arbor in 2003...and there were 72 in 2000. Now there's 18 or less. We'll have to see if that's an oversight or something, but if not Mel on Ice will never hear the end of this....

What was the skating like in Bronze I last year? (I can't remember.) Were there lots of returning/aged up skaters? If so, that might be intimidating to the "true" Bronze (started as adult) skaters. Just a guess?

Hello all,

Looking through the schedule I noticed that they combined Bronze Men 1 and Bronze Men 2 into one event. Last year there were only two of us in Bronze Men 1 and they still kept the event separate. Bronze Men 2 was pretty well populated last year so I'm assuming that's the case this year as well. Does that mean only one person signed up for Bronze Men 1?

Hey Stephen, I was also shocked that there was no qualifying round for Silver Men 1. Do we have any idea who else is doing this event besides the two of us?

Take care,

Frank

No QR for Gold II!!!!! Yeah!!!!! This means I don't have to leave for KC on hubbie's birthday !

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It figures, my singles event (Silver II) is the only one with three qualifying groups. The last time I went to AN, in 2001, I was in Bronze I and there were four groups.

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Bronze I was a mess of abilities last year, from people who had a sal, toe, and sometimes loop, to a girl who had a full diagonal footwork sequence, complete with rockers, counters, and choctaws. (She had entered Champ Dance at Mids but withdrew, but she also medalled in pre-Gold dance.)

Yes, skating against such strong skaters can be intimidating....I wonder how many people are sitting at home, waiting to spend the $$ for when they are "competitive." I'll be in the middle of the pack with camel/sit/back sit, loop-toe-loop, lutz-loop, sit, flip, waltz-tap toe-sal-toe, forward scratch with arms over head. That's a bit above the test level, isn't it?

Add in the fact that KC isn't exactly the mecca of fun for the 25-35 y.o. crowd, and it's not surprising (especially since 99% of us don't have CEO salaries quite yet ) that the numbers are down.

However, this topic (Bronze I at Lake Placid) has been discussed ad nauseaum, so you can probably go to archives and find out what happened.

I am now wondering how many Bronze I's there would be if AN's were in Vegas....

I was the only Bronze I that signed up They called and asked if it was ok for me to be combined with the Bronze II guys. I agreed to still skate.

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Haha. I ended up going to bed at 12:30ish, then awoke at 3:30, again at 5:30, then finally at 6:30am. Considering the competition results, the lack of sleep didn't affect my performance--in fact, I think it helped ... it's hard to overanalyze/overthink when you can barely keep your eyes open!

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Haha. Yes, it's very daunting when we proceed directly to the final round. I think there might be 4 or 5 of us? You, me, and the first and third place finishers at Eastern sectionals. I think there was a silver I in Pacifics, so he might also join us. Being in a group of 5 at nationals and coming in 5th is not fun: That's one off from medaling! (I know, I know, big eye roll, and wah! since the ladies have gazillions of entrants.)

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Hey there,

That sounds about right. Last year there were four guys in Silver 1. If it turns out that there are five of us then that would be the largest group in which I would have skated. I've skated by myself in one event (exhibition) and as many as four in a couple of other events but never more than that. I've always felt odd at how few of us guys skate at the Class 1 age category in comparison to the ladies. I think if I had to skate in a giant qualifying group just to get to the final I'd be a nervous wreck.

Frank

Watch it ... Loops is always throwing daggers at me over how many skaters she is up against and how "easy" I have it. (Whatever! ) What's nice about the DC area is that there are usually 4-5 silver men in any event. And at last year's Halloween Classic near Philly, there were 7 silver men.

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Oh sure...now they post it. I thought I would have to skate QR for Gold II on Wednesday so I booked my flight, room, car for Monday, now I find out that I don't skate until Friday! I guess that I can say that I already made Final round

I'll be in that Silver II group with you loops. Not expecting much, as I still don't have my skates!!!!!

Hmmm, no Gold Dance Final Round listed. I know that's not right! I'm guessing it should be following the Pre-Gold Dance FR on Friday night. I think that is how they have done it the last few years. Hopefully they will have the final schedule up soon!

And we can save the hotel money for more important things like beer and chocolate!!!!!

You're my kind of friend!

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We have got to make sure we meet at AN! Maybe at the official practice ice, if nothing else.

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Well, we'll miss all the Wednesday events thanks to our own Opens which don't finish until Tuesday. I just hope we get there on the Thursday in time to see Michigansk8er's interpretive, since I want to pinch all her ideas for my own.... Oh blast! I see we miss the Ladies' Interpretive IV - we are due to arrive at the airport at 16.45, but we ought to at least check in with our friends rather than go straight to the rink! Major, major bummer..... still, we'll doubtless see Dottie's interp at the Mountain Cup....

Longing to see all my old friends, and to meet some of you face to face for the first time! And, I hope, to dance with some of the dancers on the Sunday morning.

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Definitely! I'll be there practicing all week I've decided not to change my flight. When do you arrive?

Didn't we sort of decide to have a skatingforums dinner at Jack Stack on Friday night? Or am I just dreaming??

Michigansk8er and I are driving down. We haven't decided yet - possibly Tuesday night, possibly Wednesday morning. We'd like to see some of our friends who have to do the qualifing rounds skate.

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