I will be a "bust" this time. I am working on the Silver Moves tests. Just need a mental break from competing for a while and work on those things I need to work on to improve my skating w/o distraction. I might still do a program just to keep my speed up, in case I change my mind!!!

Who's going? If you are a pre-Bronze lady working towards going, there might be a champagne torch for 'ya...

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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!!!

I will be there COMPETING this time!

Right now, the plan is A/D Interp 1 & LE/C Interp 1. Whether I do freestyle will depend on whether I can pass my Silver tests before 1/15 (it all depends on time & health, right now).

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Does anyone know where adult Easterns might be next year? Thanks!

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I'm hoping to be there. It will depend on a couple of things. First is health - I'm still not back on the ice, but I'm going to try to get back on after graduation in a couple of weeks (really don't want to do something to the knee or anything else before then - law school graduation on crutches would NOT be fun). Second thing is money - I haven't yet found a job, and the legal market is not good right now. I might not have any money to use to go!

But if I do, I'll stay at Silver I FS and Light Ent/Comedy I, then solo dance at some level. Realistically, FS might not be able to happen if the knee isn't good and I can't get everything back, so that might drop and I just do dance and artistic.

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I'm hoping to go; it will probably mainly depend on finances. I'll do gold solo dance again...unless they add in the in-between levels in which case I'd be able to do pre-gold. Hoping they stay clear of the Argentine Tango!! Hoping for Quickstep! **cross fingers and hope hope hope**

I'm a maybe at this point. If I do go, I'll probably do interpretive and maybe Silver. I'm going to be working on passing the FS test. I wouldn't be competitive, but I might just skate my test program. I really just want to pass Silver FS.

Also, I need to know the dates before I can be sure. Maybe next month for those?

I've put off Silver Moves to work on Bronze Free- but with lessons down to 10 minutes a week, I'm not sure if I'll be able to test in time. I have a program all ready to go- problem is, I can't do the jumps that fast

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The dates for next year's AN are already set: April 13-17, 2010.
http://www.usfigureskating.org/event...s.asp?id=42207

(I'll be there for singles. Not sure about pairs yet!)

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I'll be there with bells on! For sure, Gold solo dance (provided I pass my Kilian) and Masters art/dramatic interp 1, Masters light ent/comedy interp 1.

Still undecided on moving up to Gold FS - I have a clean axel but I've never landed it in competition. Stamina is also a struggle for me, so a 2:40 program might not be advisable. I'm concentrating on passing Senior MIF first, so if I don't have time, the freestyle test will be the first to fall by the wayside. Buuut ... I've been Silver forever, and I'd really like to compete under IJS. We'll see!

And I just realized that I have two more years as a I instead of just one year. Sheesh, I'll never be a II!

Believe or not, even though I got my butt kicked at Skate SF, I was happy to be a II this past Nov. if nothing else b/c I get to say that I'm a II one last time!!!

Not happy to be a Bronze Ladies III. THAT is a VERY LARGE...and TOUGH group of talented ladies there!!!

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jazzpants

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!!!

Count me in for AN 2010. In my first day back on the ice, my coach started working on "new and harder footwork". I haven't even thought of music yet.. but she's never let a little think like that stop her!

That is EXACTLY how I feel! Unless they change the rules AGAIN, 2010 will be my last year as a I!

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I'll be there!

Silver Free (starting new program next week), I'll be silver for a while, not making any concrete plans to move up while in law school (if it happens, it happens...basically, if I have a consistent axel and am in the top 3 at AN two years in a row, or if by some miracle I get a consistent double, I'll move up because at that point I should, but I'm not setting a timeline).
Masters I A/D interp (keeping same program)
Masters I Lt Ent/Comedy interp (new program I didn't have time to put together this year)

As for solo dance, I'll do it for sure but what level is up in the air. As of now, I'm staying silver, because other than testing 1 pre-gold soon, I'm taking a break from dance for a bit to finish my JR and SR MIF tests. (With moves changing, I want to get those done...dance isn't going anywhere). If pre-levels get added, I'll consider moving up to pre-gold. Don't want to make the jump to gold just yet, even though it's really only one gold dance if the structure stays the same. It will also depend on what the dances are. If the Killian is being competed for gold (or pre-gold if it's added), forget it I'm staying silver. Ha ha.

I'm a I until 2013. I will turn 31 in January 2012, but since my birthday is a few days after AN apps are due, I'm still a I. That will be a strange year, because any of the spring comps that have apps due after my birthday will have me at II, but AN, Mids, and anything else due before my birthday will have me compete as a I (provided there are enough entries to split I and II).

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2010-2011 goals:
Pass Junior MIF test
Don't break anything

Assuming we pass our tests, my partner and I will be there in Pre-Bronze Dance. I'll also do solo dance and an interpretive (first year in IV), but probably not a free skate. I want to concentrate on dance this next year, and do my First Figure Test.

I'm in for this one for sure at silver ladies 2. My best girlfriend lives in Minneapolis, so I'll stay with her My 1st and only AN was a disaster for me, an awful skate and last in my qualifying group, and now I get the chance to replace that memory with a better one.
I'm lucky it's planned for MN, if it were anywhere else I probably wouldn't go as I'm saving my $ for Mountain Cup '10.

If I pass Pre-Bronze and Bronze this summer while I'm working with my USFSA coach, I may go. I have relatives in Minneapolis to visit and maybe stay with. It's an ambitious goal, but not out of reach, we'll have to see.

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Hurray!!! I'm looking forward to FINALLY meeting you. I'll also be in Interp. IV. Do you plan to do an artistic/dramatic or a comedy/charachter/light entertainment?

I'd like to be returning for my 16th, but who knows.

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Wow I see you all are planning WAY ahead of time...

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2010 Skating Goals

1) Land Double Axel
2) Pass Junior Moves at the end of January
3) Pass Novice Free at the end of January
4) Pass Senior moves by september
5) Consistant double flips and double lutzs
6) Learn a new cool spin!

I really missed being on the ice this year and am gung-ho for skating in three events next year. Who knows, maybe I'll take a few dance tests and enter solo dance for a giggle.

Let's hope I get the camel and lutz back in this post-pregnancy training!

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Champagne in 2005, 2008, 2009 - who's next out of the pre-bronze club...?

Wang chung!

I'm considering next year, but can I recover from last week first??

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Adult Nationals, 2009 "The Time of My Life"

I'm in - started my new Gold FS program this morning. If it doesn't kill me...

I'd like to think so, but I'm currently on break from skating! If I'm back in the early fall then I'm going.

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Skate __
New boots __
(lowering the bar for 2010 as I haven't skated in a year)

I just got my vacation request at work approved for next year, so I intend to be there! No. 16!

Definitely doing Masters Novice again and might also try to qualify again for Championship. I have to wait and see when and where Adult Sectionals are to make sure I can take that time off work.

Solo dance ... hmmm. Don't know. Definitely not doing Silver again, but I still need to pass a pre-Gold before I can move up. I intend to start working on a couple of them soon, it's just going to depend on when I can get lessons. I don't think there will be any "pre-" levels next year; this is a two-year trial for Bronze, Silver and Gold and only after that can anything be changed, and it would have to go through GC. (Hopefully anyone who wants the addition of "pre-" levels said so on their Solo Dance survey in your competitors packet!)

If I don't do solo dance, I will do Interp. This year was the first year in 15 years that I didn't do Interp, and I must admit, it felt a little odd!

I plan on going too if things keep going well with work. I'm putting together a brand new program. Ladies Gold III