Our own e-skater will be taking her Bronze FS test this coming Wednesday afternoon (PST time)!!!



Go get 'em, Janet!!! Fight for this and it's yours!!!

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11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Thanks so much! The support helps a lot. After today's practice.....

Have patience with me...don't have a lot of time to read and post, but will make an effort to post how the test came out.

I'm a bundle of nerves! Even if all goes "perfectly" (which, maybe someone has had a test like that, but never me! LOL!) my "sit spin" (yep, it's recognizable, but is truly at "squat spin") I'm about 50/50 on passing. My friend was flunked specifically for a sit which looks, sadly, JUST LIKE MINE......so.............

Our judges here aren't very easy on adults, as Thin Ice and some other CA skaters have noted.

I'm going to do my best at that time, so I can hopefully live with myself afterward, whatever the outcome!

You can do it. Just take it one element at a time, and remember, it doesn't have to be perfect (you can re-skate 2 elements!).

Not too long ago, I saw a panel of judges pass an adult on her Bronze freestyle even though she did nothing even close to a sitspin. I hadn't realized this, but apparently, if they feel that your overall presentation of your program is strong, they can actually elect to overlook a required element.

Go e-skater!!! You can do it.... looking forward to calling you a Pre Bronze Peanut Gallery Ex- Officio!!

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G- will there be any pre-bronzers left? everyone seems to be abandoning ship (which is kind of a good/bad thing?)

Go e-skater!!!

GOOD LUCK, JANET!

YOU CAN DO IT.

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You CAN do it Janet... and as long as you do something that RESEMBLES a sit spin (squat spin does resemble a sit spin).. and you're up in quality on a couple of other things, you can pass. Remember to skate out with confidence, take your time with each element and use ALL the ice... you paid for it, you may as well use all of it. If you can make eye contact at least once (or look above the judges' heads!) it looks like you are performing and impresses most judging panels.

You'll be GREAT!!! Enjoy the experience and the panel will enjoy it with you.

Thin-Ice

Best of luck to you, Janet!! You can do this.

Good luck, Janet! You can do it! Just stay calm and focus on one element at a time.

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Gold Moves, here I come!

I'm still considered "no test" because my old tests expired...

Good luck, e-skater! I'm sure you'll pass easily!

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Actually, I do have a portion in my program which looks directly where the judges will be......along with this arm flourishy thing. So I guess that's good. Let's hope I don't have a rictus grimace on my face during that element!

GOOD LUCK, e-skater!

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Enjoy it - show them you LOVE skating!!!!!

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Tee, hee, I love that description! And good luck on your test.

My bronze program has my loop and my sit spin right in front of the judges and the backspin and scratch spin not too far away from them. Eeek! And my flourishy parts are facing the audience instead of the judges.....

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YOU CAN DO IT!!!

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