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HA HA HA!!! Time to properly embarrass the heck outta FrankR!!!

Congrats to our newly minted Adult GOLD MEN, FRANKR!!!

Yes, he just tested and passed his Adult Gold Free test TODAY!!! And to think, it seemed like only yesterday I knew you when you were just starting to skate... (*sniff sniff*) So PROUD of you, buddy!!!

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Cheers,
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!!!

Hey, that's awesome! Do post your testing story! They are always so suspenseful, even when you know how they turned out, LOL!

While I PM'd you earlier, here's another shout out of congrats!!

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Adult Nationals, 2009 "The Time of My Life"

LOL!! Leave it to jazzpants.

I thought I'd be oh so discrete and ride into the sunset quietly but NOOOO!!!!

Thanks jazzy, Terri and doubletoe!

Well, as for the story, I'll tell you that I was very nervous from the minute I dropped the test application into the mailbox a few weeks ago. Let's just say my moves coach/choreographer doubled as my therapist for the past few weeks. Fortunately, I started to calm down last week and had a decent week last week and a pretty good session right before the test today. Most things started to click right away. However, during the five-minute warm-up my nerves started to catch up with me and I missed a few things here and there. My test skate actually started very strongly. My opening sit-spin, according to one judge, had eight revolutions!! I wasn't aware I could do that many revolutions on any spin! I followed that up with my axel and it was a good one. The elements went pretty well up until my final combination spin. I was pretty tired and by that time I was actually thinking I might actually pass this test. So I go into the spin and as I was changing feet I sat down. (Spins! SPINS!!! Why do you betray me?!?!?!?) The judges were very nice. One of them said to me "Three guesses which element we'd like to see you re-skate." My response "Ummm...that would be the combination spin sir?" So I re-skated my combination spin and it was okay. So I passed.

One judge gave me 3.0 on technical merit and 3.0 on presentation. The second judge gave me 3.2 on both the technical and presentation mark. The third judge gave me 3.2 on the technical mark and 3.3 on the presentation mark. I think the passing average is 3.0 and the passing total is 6.0.

So, there's the story. I wasn't 100% happy with how I skated. I think I was too nervous and moving in between the elements I didn't feel as comfortable as I did at Adult Nationals. I would have preferred to get through my program cleanly and pass without having to re-skate anything but those are the breaks and on the whole, the judges seemed happy with my skate.

So, now it's time for me to work on actually looking and skating like a Gold skater. Eeep! Have mercy.

Thanks again,

Frank

congratulations!!!!!

And let you get away without a FANFARE!!?!? I think... NOT!!!
You're welcome! You've earned it, dude!!! (And LOL, on the "Moves Guru acting as your shrink" line!!! I'm sure I'm gonna need a "shrink" by the time my test dates rounds around.) But you'll be great as a Gold level skater!!!

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Cheers,
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!!!

Great job!!! That's a huge accomplishment.

Compared to my Gold FS test, you were a pro! Maybe this summary of my test will make you feel better. . . I had two axels and I fell on the first one. On the landing of the second axel, the friends who came to cheer me on were frozen silent for what seemed like 5 seconds as they waited to see if I was going to hold onto the landing--which I had by a toepick--or end up on my butt (I finally convinced them I was going to remain upright, and I got a round of applause). Then I promptly messed up on the two easiest elements in the program: a plain sitspin and a loop-toeloop combination! Those were the two elements I had just substituted in to dumb down my competition program for the test, and they ended up being the ones I spazzed out on and had to re-skate. Trust me, I felt very unworthy of passing, LOL!

Frank, congrats once again!!!



(I was planning on going straight home and posting here, but as you know, decided to go to Floyd to watch the adult group rehearsal and ended up talking a little too long, so came back just 30 mins or so ago... jazzpants beat me)

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--renatele

Congratulations!

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Wow, congrats! That's such a great accomplishment. Makes me green with envy (now if only I could get those Novice moves done so I could make a general stab in the direction of Novice free!).

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"Without Vision the People Perish"
שלום לעולם תמיד

Congratulations, Frank! Looking forward to seeing your Gold debut. I know you'll be awesome (to borrow Kimmie's word)!

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Terri C is a Bronze lady!
Gold Moves, here I come!

Congrats FrankR!!! That's a fantastic accomplishment!

Outstanding achievement - all the best in your competitions!

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Congratulations!

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I've got mad salchow disease!

Congratulations FrankR!!!!!! You looked like a gold skater all this season - well deserved!

Congratulations Frank, and welcome to Gold Men! Hope to skate with you someday soon!

Kelton

Congratulations, Frank! You're AWESOME!

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Where are those knives when I need them?
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I need a detachable left foot!

CONGRATULATIONS FRANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, you were definitely ready....beautiful axels and all. You will make a very nice compliment to the Gold men's competition.....move over everyone!

Pairman2

Wow!! Thanks so much everyone for all the nice posts. I skated this morning just to get on the ice after the test and work on some basics and I can tell you that once that adrenaline from competing or testing leaves you, skating becomes much more difficult. I think I'll rest up tomorrow.

In any case, thanks again! I really appreciate everyone's support.

Frank

Welcome to the dark side! And KONGRATCHULAYSHUNS!!!

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Whatever!

Hey, Frank -- congratulations!

It seems like only yesterday that you were just starting to skate . . . where has the time gone? Obviously, the passing years have been better to you than to me (along with jazzpants a card-carrying member of the Pre-Bronze For Life Club )

Ellen

Welcome to the Big Leagues!

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Congrats Frank ~ that was a very quick process for you. Best wishes at the Gold level. I'll join you there at the fall of 2007

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Tim David's Website

CONGRATULATIONS Frank!!!

Welcome to Gold!

For me testing nerves are much worse than competition nerves, don't worry about the one little reskate. Sounds like the judges really liked what they saw, so be proud of what you did.

Patty