Auugggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!
Don't change the gold pairs!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!

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I know this caused a lot of stress among the skaters, but I have to hand it to the LOC or whomever was responsible for changing the schedule back for doing it in such a timely manner.

It sucks that some of you already made airline changes, etc., but I am wondering if you checked with the referee or the LOC before you did that. I'd be mad if they told me they couldn't make changes to the schedule and I rearranged my plans around that, only to find they would, in fact, make changes. But if not, I guess we all learned today -- for next time -- that if there's a major discrepancy we should hold off before doing anything drastic!

Not to sound preachy or anything.....

Here's to procrastinating with respect to reservations!

(And we missed you at the sendoff tonight, MSF!)

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Yes, I did call, and had been told that the pairs were moved to Wednesday from Thursday.

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Well I think this snafu is unprecedented in AN, at least as far as I've been attending (2000). So I can understand why people would have changed plans once they heard of the original switch in schedule. As stressful as it is to change flight plans three weeks before AN, it's better than having to change them one week before.

That said, I'm hoping the schedule does get changed back to something closer to the original schedule listed in the announcement. While I wasn't affected too much either way, I really feel for others who had their AN status thrown into bedlam over the schedule change.

Also, I do agree that it would make sense to have the Championship events all be on the final day of the competition. But if the referee wanted to go this route, that should have been a decision made in August or September, not in March. Otherwise, the "tried and true" schedule used for many years should have been adhered to.

But whatever, let's see what happens tomorrow and hope things work out.

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So let me get this straight .... they're changing the schedule BACK?!?!?!?!

Oh brother. I switched flights as soon as the last schedule came out AND committed to working on Saturday so I won't lose even more money. My dance partner isn't sure what to do yet.

This really, really sucks. And I don't even know what the schedule is yet. I didn't go through six dance tests in two months just so I could eventually miss the event.

How could something this awful happen? ANs have always been well-run ... it's not like we're reinventing the wheel here.

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As I posted.....This falls on one person....(Chief Ref) we need to be very clear on who we focus our displeasure with! Letters....emails.....(get the torches and pitchforks for this one!)

Yes, I am sorry NoVA....I had an audition for my summer Orchestra Festival last night.... Woo Hooo Here's to 6 weeks in Austria this summer and not in the Hell-Like heat of DC!!!!!!

We shall see what tonight unveils for schedule!

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I've been patient, but I'm now at my wit's end. I am a part-time freelance writer/photographer and made an appointment for an interview on Thursday to help play the bills. NOW they're going to change things back!? Motherscratcher...

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I'm with you Mel!!!! I'm a freelance TV producer, with the same work and travel issues as yours, now I'm just dying to find out what the new schedule will be.

If anybody sees it, PLEASE post the link here! I'm guessing that no matter what, a large number of people are going to be screwed, because people have made travel plans now by two different schedules. I just want this drama to be over with!!!

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I hope this all works out well in the end. Good luck, skatingforums Nationals competitors!

I read in another forum that the new schedule's supposed to be posted tonight (3/14/2006).

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Yup! My coach and his one skater (a Champ. Adult Gold Men competitor) is now sitting by waiting for the schedule and making plans according to that. The problem with that is... the day that the Champ. Adult Gold Men event happens determines my primary coach's coaching schedule... including MY lesson!!! (He's now talking about switching me to Monday nights!!! Bronze Moves practice on a crowded Monday night public session? EEEEK!!!! )

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Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Jazzpants, I feel your pain! I hate doing Bronze Moves in lesson when it's crowded, especially the alternating back crossovers to BO edge. There's inevitably a little kid standing directly in my path, and so I slow waaaay down and get all scratchy....

Best of luck to all the AN competitors, and I hope that you all have great skates and a great time in spite of the horrid scheduling snafu.

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I'm soooo depressed...where's this schedule??? They said Tuesday night--was that eastern, central, or pacific time??? I'm so depressed, and this was suppossed to be the happy time of year for me. I wait all year for adult nationals, because i don't have a life...

WELL, GET A LIFE, LOVEPAIRS!!!:

SURRENDER DOROTHY !

OH, BROTHER WILL SOMEONE JUST POST THIS SCHEDULE, ALREADY...I DON'T EVEN CARE WHAT IT IS ANYMORE...

Hey, guys, let's start our own USFSA! But we can call it something else...any ideas

Hey, if we start our own USFSA, we can just hit the delete button on Moves in the Field!!!

This is absolutely assinine. I cannot believe that the Chief Ref fu**ed up the schedule by deviating so dramatically from the posted tentative schedule, thereby screwing over people who'd already scheduled time off from work and flights. And I REALLY cannot believe that they're actually making it worse by changing the schedule again, thereby doubly screwing over some of those people who'd changed their plans. I'm not going this year, but I'm just appalled at this situation. I know they're trying to make things better by changing the schedule again, but come on! This is the worst scheduling nonsense I've seen at AN in the 8 years I've been competing as an adult. I KNOW that the Chief Ref is a volunteer, but JEEZ!! I'd be so pi**ed off if I was competing this year.

Skaternum,you've said it all. While I'm not eligible to compete at AN yet, (someday in this lifetime) I feel for everyone who has trained their asses off for this once a year shindig, only to have a schedule screw up by a Chief Referee who has IMHO demonstrated ignorance as to competitors' travel plans, etc!
The best thing from it is that there are a good group of folks in Chicago that sound like they are going to make it a priority to avoid the mess of this year in 2007!

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Schedule is UP!!!

http://www.dallasfsc.org/2006AdultNa...20Schedule.pdf

(You can stop being depressed now, lovepairs!!! And I'll help you on that "Delete MITF" button... )

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Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

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good news is I can still go to work on Thursday. Bad news is if I make final round (insert snorts of disbelief here) in Bronze III, I will be on the ice in various stages of dress from 10am to 3pm for freestyle and interp on Fri.

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So MSF, is it Dallas or Vegas?

I sure hope that USFSA person who wrote that e-mail to Maggie Harding follows through on her word that this mess will not happen next year. Looking at the new (final?) schedule, I'm almost glad I'm not going - I'd be competing at 8:40 a.m on Wed - that's earlier than NYI! I don't understand why they didn't put Bronze I and II on Friday, like they did with Bronze I (also no QR) last year. It makes sense to have all Bronze Ladies finals on the same day, whether there is a qual round or not.

Looks like MSF's complaints were heard -- all the men's bronze events are on Saturday! (My event is still on Thursday, so I'm probably not going.)

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That's my confusion.... Wed was supposed to be for qual rounds. Doesn't it make sense that if there isn't a QR, just a final round, it would be put on the day of FRs? (meaning, Friday)? I don't mind skating early Wed (I'm bronze I) but skating with the other final rounds would have made more sense. At least to me. But I'm lucky, I didn't have to rearrange anything, so I'm not complaining!

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All the Open Golds are now on WEDS and these are all FR too. Bronze 1 was always scheduled for Weds. Make up your mind, Mr. Referee. Also, there's a group with a w/u but is not competing on Friday (Masters Interp 2)

Speaking of masters interp 2 can someone tell me how i am supposed to skate 2 events at the same time....masters interp comedy 2 is also scheculed for thurrsday night ony minutes before i am to take the ice for championship ladies gold. i was thinking of turning in a blank cd, taking the ice for a minute . announcing to the audience that i am withdrawing from the event at adult nationals for the first time in 6 years and why, thanking the judges for their time , and stating that the person who organized this fiasco should hang their head in shame, and skting off while they are still wondering what happended to my music...do you thiunk i will get gurantee a last place finish in champ. ladies gokd for that?

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a can of stickum : $5.95
the email asking "how do you get this sticky stuff off " ...priceless

those are great ideas...now what lift were we doing again?

hey Tim...i finally figured out how to get the sticky stuff off!

Missing: east coast stunt doubles poster

OMG... not that I want to aid and abet your plans, but... you could record yourself making such an announcement and burn that to the CD that you turn in before the event. It may not win you the event but you might get some originality points!

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Hey girl, I have an idea ... I'll bring my video camera and we'll tape your interp program during your warmup. Then I'll play it back for them when they call your name.

I still can't figure out which Masters Interp I'm supposed to be in ... I think they stuck me in comedy but I need to be in dramatic.

I'll just go ahead and say it ....

I HATE DALLAS!!!!!!!!!!! I REALLY REALLY HATE IT.

Now that they've changed EVERYTHING again, I have to change my flights ... AGAIN. And I have to bail out on more work, and lose more money.

Part of me thinks that they need to get a new chief referee for the event. If I was him/her, I don't think I'd want to show my face in Dallas. On the other hand, I would like to meet the ref in person, because by then I'll have an exact tally of how much money I've wasted and lost just trying to get there.

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