...maybe I'm just blind; is there a thread going for AN news?

there is now

my friend Denise (from MI) came in 6th in Bronze Ladies 1B. She fell twice and screwed up a sit spin. She sounds a little dejected, but still happy to have competed and finish in the middle of the pack. She is helping my friend Joyce (from here in MO) by putting her on the ice since no coach went up with her. Joyce was involved in a collision as she and another skater were gliding backwards in opposite directions. Joyce is ok, but the other woman had some teeth knocked out!

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Wang chung!

Wow...teeth knocked out That's awful....One member from my club is going on to Silver II finals. Can't wait to get there tomorrow. I'll be there in time to watch some Interpretive late tomorrow.

WOO HOO!!! I see PattyP placed 3rd in Silver II Group A QR!!! She's going to the final round!!!

Go PattyP!!!


(So far so good... whoever blessed the ice for me did well!)

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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!!!

Does anyone know how many will move on to final rounds in Silver I?

Just got home awhile ago from working registration. Met Raine and Black Sheep, so far.

The Ladies IV Interpretive was great (I spent all day at the Cube and this is the only event that I got to see. ) All of the ladies were great, especially the lady from Lake Placid who skated to Young at Heart.

Everyone I've met so far has been terrific!

Since Silver I has two groups, they should take 6 from each for 12 in the final. Silver II took 6 from each of the two groups, and Bronze I had 3 groups, so they took the top 4 from each group.

Actually, the top 5 from each group in Bronze I and II moved on to finals.

I skated yesterday in Bronze 2C, was hoping to place mid-pack, and ended up 7th/13. Major kudos to AAFSC for an AWSOME job running the event. The staff was very friendly and everything ran on time. Wish I could have stayed for another day or so to watch everyone, but am heading off on vacation next week and couldn't have spared anymore time from work than I've already taken. I'm really glad to have done it while it was relatively easy to get to for me. Not sure if a week in Lake Placid will be in the cards for me next year.

Thanks for the correction, and I'm glad to hear they are taking top 5 from those groups, as a local skater made it then I'm on my way in about an hour.

Please tell me that your friend Joyce was not Silver III - I have a friend in that group who has mysteriously withdrawn and I'm hoping she wasn't the other lady involved in the collision.

Thanks!!!

yes, Joyce was in Silver 3, group B. Her poor placement tells me she was badly shooken up by the collision too.

Go Duane, go!

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Wang chung!

Not sure where to start....this has been a very unique AN for me.

Yes, the ice was properly bless for my QR, I landed a clean axel and had a pretty good skate. Spins could have been better, but I place 3rd and qualified.

My interp event is where it gets interesting...I was skating really well and probably got too much into my program and caugh my blade on a back crossover. My leg folded under me and I felt a sharp pain. Then I went to get up to find my foot completely numb, I can't get up because my dead foot wont support any weight. They stop the music and have to help me off the ice. Then as they unlace my boot to see what is wrong, I get feeling back in my foot. They ask if I want to finish and I say "can I??" I tell them I'm getting my skate back on and going back out. It's getting sore at this point, but I'm going to finish the program. The problem is that they thought the fall was part of the act and screwed up where the music should have been restarted, so I missed the last 10 seconds of my program.

The funny thing is that as I was sitting at the Urgent care center waiting on a Dr. and a friend of mine called to tell my coach and I that I had won the event. My coach and I were in shock and then we started crying. We couldn't believe it. So as soon as I knew it wasn't broken, we started insiting that they get us out of there so that I could make the medal ceremony. I made it!

My ankle is quite sore and swollen, so final round probably will not happen for me tomorrow. Oh well, at least I can say that I qualified.

This is definately an AN I wont soon forget. Besides all the drama...I'm having a great time and as always AAFSC is doing a terrific job!!

PattyP

Other good news....Flo won her interpretive event!!!!

PattyP... things are ALWAYS interesting when it comes to you and competing!!! LOL!!!

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery for you!!! Looks like whomever blessed the ice did something screwy... you're not supposed to be INJURED!!! (Guess if I want the ice blessing to be done right that I better do it myself...)

WOO HOO!!! GOOOO Flo!!!!

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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!!!

Well done for winning, PattyP - and Flo, too. Hope I do as well at the Mountain Cup (Am I competing against you there?). I do hope your ankle is a lot better - and that you haven't done any serious damage. What a frightening thing to happen, though - and muchos, muchos kudos for going out there and finishing the event!

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Congratulations to all of you who have medaled! Also, congrats to those of you who have just made yourselves darn proud, regardless of the outcome! Sounds like you're having a very good time.

A couple of skaters from my area have either medaled or made it to a final round--can't wait to see how they all end up.

Hope those of you there enjoy the rest of your time and are watching some great skating.

Here's a hello wave from those of us at home.

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I went to Adult Nationals to compete on Wed. and Thurs. in Bronze 1 and interpretive ladies 1. My freestyle was a bit iffy....I was very nervous and my jumps were hoppy and I two footed a couple of them. I also messed up one of my camel spins. In the skate order, I skated right after the girl who won this qualifying round, so compared to her kick butt skate I looked pretty bad. I ended up placing 7th, right behind Mel's friend Denise.

My interpretive went a bit better, even though my jumps were again a bit hoppy. My 3 yards of chiffon veil behaved itself except for one instance where it got caught briefly....ON MY BUN. This is the first time I've worn my hair in a bun. I've got a lot of hair, so it's a pretty big bun. I'm used to swinging this veil around wearing a pony tail, and it just slides off my hair when I flick it over my head. The bun sort of caught it briefly, but I managed to quickly get it back into position without flailing around. Again, I two-footed some jumps and AGAIN the stupid camel went AWOL, but the rest was ok and I came in 5th.

I saw a lot of hysterical interpretive programs. One lady in interp 1 skated as a little kid (complete with a tutu and bloomers showing beneath) to "twinkle twinkle little star" and she did every single move that little kids do.....the little hoppy things, the not-very-low shoot the duck, the spiral where they grab their free skate with their hand. (Every little girl I've seen in lessons does this. Either this microseconds long grab the foot spiral, or the "dying swan" bent spiral with their butt in the air.) It was cute.

In interp 3, during one of the warm ups, there was a lady in drag, in a tux, with a beard and balding head. We're all trying to figure out who she's supposed to be. Pavarotti? Then I figured out, "Oh my god, maybe she's DICK BUTTON!" And indeed, her music began with a voice-over saying, "please welcome the next competitor, Mr. Dick Button." She proceeded to do iffy spirals and a poor layback and there were voice-overs in her music saying how her free leg position was poor, etc. It was hysterical.

I regret missing one of the interpretive events....I don't know which one it was.....but I saw their medal ceremony. By some strange coincidence, every one of the four medalists had a costume involving a large stiff tutu, and they decided to pose for one of their award photos with all of them leaning over so all you could see was their rears haloed by these big tutus. It was hysterical. (One of the ladies had even put rhinestones on the rear of her costume.)

Anyway, it was a lot of fun even though my jumps didn't "sing" and I didn't stand up straight enough. I also managed to misplace a pair of jeans in the locker room. (Hey ladies, if you're in the Michigan locker room (room G iirc) and you see a pair of Gap boot cut blue jeans, let me know.) But I saw a lot of really great programs and many skating feats that I would like to try. So it was pretty inspiring!

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My friends, Nancy & Richard, are currently second in Championship Dance after the second dance! I'm so excited!!! This is their last year skating together because Richard is moving.

Congrats to all! PattyP, I hope you have a speedy recovery. I've been reading this thread out loud to hubby, who says "Sounds like they have a lot of fun at Adult Nationals." Hmmm, maybe we can go next year just for the fun. Thanks for all the great reports.

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Good luck to Elizabeth O'Donnell and Eileen O'Donnell from Amherst SC! I believe this is Eileen's first year in Gold. Kick butt!

Jocelyn

Hey, Patty!!! I thought you were NOT gonna compete in the final round of Silver II!!!

Not bad coming in 5th out of 12th for someone who's injured!!! I would have loved to see how well you would have done if you were NOT injured!!! Congrats to you!!! You did a nice job this year, it looks like...

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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!!!

Have to properly embarrass my coach and say congrats to him for his Bronze medal in his Masters Men Interp II event... YAAAAAY!!!!

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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!!!

I didn't see a Masters Pairs event this year. Anybody know what gives??

And congrats to Dani for a nice middle-of-the-pack finish in her Bronze I qualifying group. That's pretty good for somebody who just recently started skating on frozen water!!

With a whole lot of tape and Ibuprofin I was able to compete. I had to take out my axel, forward sit and toe-loop and some of the footwork but since I had no concern about placement, I relaxed and skated a clean program. I was absolutly shocked at my placement, I expected to come in last. I can barely put my shoe on this morning from the swelling, but it was worth it to be able to skate in the finals.

This has been a great AN for me even with my stupid injury.

Thanks to everyone here who came to support me for the event, it really motivated me to skate well.

PattyP

I've seen your injury mentioned elsewhere, Patty - I'm afraid you're going to be the "star" of this year's AN, like Jazzpants' coach's Michelle Kwan routine was last year - the thing everybody talks about!

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