Skate@Delaware: It has been fun to follow your progress on the synthetic ice! Thanks for sharing and congrats on your parts and first performance! You know I am waiting for the video!

Ok, after having many computer glitches, personal problems, and a daughter getting ready to graduate from HIGH SCHOOL next week (prom was on Saturday and I did 2 heads of hair)....

Here is some video:

http://tkahline.sk8rland.com/TKahlin...=Synthetic+Ice

There are two up and in two formats: skating and waltz jump. Take your pick and choose your format. Sorry for the poor quality, I used my cell phone (which sucks, but hey, maybe if I didn't keep dropping it...)

We are still hashing out the "video taping is verboten" issue... even trying to get a copy of our performance which was PUBLIC!!!! sucks. Oh well.

I have other things to do than get into a political war with the rink or skating director. Like working on my jumps and learning to spin again!

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Here is the link to their article. It's just a blurb, I came across it while looking for the new rink hours (still not up yet...)

http://www.skateatthefair.com/detail...oom/detail.htm

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

What a nice article! Great name for the show too

Thanks, Morgail! Tomorrow, we skate in the capital for their 4th celebration....if it doesn't rain (anyone besides me hoping for rain????)

I am a little nervous about this show-we should have a bigger audience. The celebration usually attracts 30,000 people downtown for the event (vendors, bands, stuff going on and the fireworks).

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Ok, I haven't updated this. We opened with the fair and next thing I knew, my schedule was: working, skating, crawling into bed, repeat!!!

I've dropped 3 pounds from sweat/fat loss/not eating since we started on July 19!!!

We typically do 2 shows per day (4 & 8 pm) and 3 on the weekend, and 3 on Tuesday (which was Kids Day).

did I mention I was exhausted? the show was supposed to be 25 minutes, but we timed it and it is about 35-40 minutes.....roughly!

But, during the course of the show, two girls "got" their axel!!!! One girl got an attitude problem adjusted, there were multiple minor injuries (escalating as the week is progressing and exhaustion is setting in) and we are learning one can sleep ANYWHERE!!!

I will update more after we close on Saturday. We are also getting a video/dvd which I believe I can put on youtube (i will have to ask about that).

Later, it's late and I'm tired!!!!

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Speaking about synthetic surfaces, did everybody see Lucinda Ruh doing that 'rest room' paper spinning contest? I think that was synthetic ice right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBu_PQomA4