Here are the results.

(Ordinals followed by Majority)

1. Stephen Trzaska, Washington FSC 2 1 2 2 5 4/2
2. Tim Fisher, Washington FSC 4 3 1 3 1 4/3
3. Jeremy Balcom, SC of Central NY 1 4 3 4 2 3/3
4. Dennis Glorioso, Granite State FSC 5 2 4 1 6 3/4
5. Tim Mizerak, Glissad Academy 3 5 6 5 4 4/5
6. Mark Adams, Washington FSC 6 6 7 6 7 3/6
7. William Papineau, Ann Arbor 7 7 5 7 3 5/7

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YES, it was VERY COOL. Who do you have lined up for next year???

Will all the results be posted?

What a great time! Congratulations to all. The team event was really fun. We were all out the there together and it was more like a party than a competition. Philly and the LOC did a great job. We all felt very welcome and it was great that the local coaches were around and so supportive. Insideaxel and I were there early and had a chance to skate together - that was quite a treat! The local kids on the ice were very polite and friendly.

Nova and loops were great, and have the most important element - when they are on the ice they look like they really enjoy it, worth more than a tripple any day. The lift session in the lobby was fun, and Nova was even brave enough to lift me! You two will have the star in no time (just no pancakes before you lift!)

I was last in spins - rightfully so. I had blisters on my ankle from the new boots and decided to tape them. Wrong - couldn't bend. I was thinking of wearing my old boot on the right foot, but decided to go with the new one. Oh well. This weekend helped to break them in! Congrats to Dani! I thought I skated ok in interp - the judges either really liked it (1,2) or didn't (6,7). That's interp. It is frustrating, but the person I went up to skate for loved it. Everyone made her feel very welcome, and she loved being with the adults again.
Debbie - I'm looking forward to your next performance. Your program was ok-just not what you usually do. It was under a difficult set of circumstances, and yet you were out there with all of us!

Congrats to all!

Den,
That's a idea for the Adult Skating Committee to consider a "Adult Champions Series" perhaps??

I didn't go to the Don Jackson talk- I was too busy celbrating with NoVa on his win in Silver Men!! Party was,eh, okay, considering that most skaters had left!

Congrats to everyone on your performances! Pictures, anyone? See you at the Ashburn, VA competition!

I have a photo of Loops and me doing an axel lift. I can post it if you'd like to see it. (I have to scan it first, though.)

Oh, TerriC, Loops, flo, et al.,

I'm happy to report that I did not lose my job--I had missed half of an all-important board/staff meeting that occurred Wed.-Fri. of last week. I left early on Thursday to go skating with Loops, and I didn't even show up on Friday. Nothing was said. Pheewwww.

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Thanks for the encouraging words. I'm not really sure what I want to do about skating/competing/testing. I guess I just need to think about what I want to get out of skating to begin with.

flo, I hope your blisters heal quickly! You did a great job of continuing on with the sit spin after the problem with the camel. And your layback was awesome!

Hello everyone!! I really want to thank all of you who competed in the Halloween Classic for making our first year so successful. Thanks to everyone who traveled for the event, competed, volunteered, supported other skaters, and most of all for your feedback (both positive and constructive). We are aware of the situations with the warm-ups and ladies locker room and will make sure neither of those problems happen again next year. But most of all, thanks for your patience during our first year as we learned what works well and what areas need improvement.

Congrats to EVERYONE who skated!! Well done!! I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to see all of the performances -- I was insanely busy with running registration and overseeing everything else (on about 3 hours sleep). But I did see some of you (Loops & NoVa, Dani, Flo, etc.) and you all did great. Flo - your interp literally got me choked up (Dani can verify) -- just beautiful! The Maneuver Team event was a blast. Go Ice Workaholics!! (And thanks to everyone for not mentioning my disasterous spins program - I shouldn't have tried to skate under the circumstances....lesson learned).

So, to sum it up from my perspective....THANK YOU!!!! You all rock.

Hope to see you all there next year.

philly

I can verify! I have seen Flo's program many times and have rewatched it many more on my tapes. It is quite good and I was also surprised at how the judging was on that. Especially for us competitive skaters, that program is incredible! Of course, as one of her teammates, I am a huge Flo fan!! Besides anchoring our team, she also made our costumes!

Special thanks to Philly! I couldn't have done this competition without her and would have missed a wonderful time. Mr. Philly is really nice also! I echo the sentiments that this was a wonderful time and I will take many things away from it.

And for everyone that remember's Diana's space alien interp from a couple of years ago - all I can say is wait until you see her new one!! WOW! Philly and I mentioned this board to her, so hopefully she will find us soon.

Hugs!
Dani

ps) I will likely miss Ashburn this year :-(

Joanna was too kind! I two-footed both axels and forgot my program in one section, but picked it up again before most people noticed that I was lost. I had that momentary feeling of absolute panic, what do I do next. Then it came to me in time for my footwork section. My coach was cracking up. At least I landed an axel in the warm up! That was an accomplishment for me...

I came in last in the artistic event and last in the FS event, but I got two medals! Oh well, I knew this was going to be a "developmental" year. It was a fun event, great to see everyone. BTW, Joanna looked great and skated very well. Congrats on the bronze medal!

After the 7.5 hour (1.5 hour detour to Camarillo to get my dog) drive home, I'm a walking zombie today.

Patty

Wow, I haven't posted or read in an long time but this is a nice thread. I'll re-iterate what my partner said and congratulate Loops and Nova on a solid performance. Given the shortened warm up and the fact that they had to go first they were in unison and made not one itty bitty mistake. I probably would have been more of a disaster than I was. We were happy to do the hard stuff well but the fall on the flip rattled me, then I tripped poor Timmy and had to muffle a fit of giggles. We had a really good time after we woke up and calmed down. I watched many events and enjoyed every minute of it. Silver men was great and I called it for Nova but he didn't believe me. And interpretive was really good. Watching Ross Luxton was a treat. I didn't get to meet many posters though so perhaps at Ashburn Loops and Nova can do introductions. Tim and I are going to keep at it until we skate clean then we'll retire! haha.

Here's to finishing my gold program and actually passing the &*^$%$# moves.

Great job everyone and kudos to Andrea Rea!
Carey of C&M

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OK, as promised. I'm sorry I don't have any other photos. I got these pics from the official photographer.
(Actually, my mom really liked them, so I broke down and purchased them--anything for you, ma! )

http://www.chem.duke.edu/~stephen/Aston04.htm

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I just wanted to commend Phillyskater and everyone else involved on a fantastic job. I was very impressed with the facilities and the staff, everything was, as Mr. Button would say, “first rate!” If the programs had not said “1st Annual IceWorks Halloween Classic,” you wouldn’t have known it was their first. The 14-hour round trip was well worth it!

Special thanks to Flo who assembled a great maneuver team, I was very pleased to have been a part of it. Everyone really contributed with each of their elements, so it was truly a team effort. Although I must single out Flo’s spiral sequence, it was absolutely spectacular.

As for my other event, Men’s Gold Free…wow. I simply can’t believe how competitive it was, as everyone brought something special to their programs. From Dennis’ wonderful flow and choreography, to Ross’ energy and audience connectivity and Christopher’s unique elements and magnificent ice presence, it was just a great event. I am very, very humbled by my finish.

Congrats to NoVa and Loops on an excellent pairs program, and NoVa again on what looked to have been a very competitive freeskate.

Looking forward to next year!

Kelton

Good, you didn't get the one that make you look stressed out lifting Loops!
This was one of the reasons I missed the Don Jackson presentation, I was too busy helping NoVa pick out pictures.
I showed the one picture of me in my final freeskate pose to the gang at work today and they were impressed!
NoVa, glad to hear that all is well at your workplace!!

Yes, working 4 blocks from the White House, working in a journalism field, and it being the day before Election Day, managers' minds were on other issues!

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Yes, thanx so much for your help. I am the most indecisive person!

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K,
I, again, was impressed with your performance (and your spins keep getting better! grrr ). Congrats on skating up to gold and winning! [Stay in gold! Stay in gold! Pass the gold MIF and FS tests--soon! I quiver at the thought of you 'skating down' to silver. ]

The gold FS was one of the marquee events. I did NOT envy those judges. It was great to see all the different styles in that event. I learned a lot about how to approach future programs.

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My club here in Chesapeake may be having a test session in early December. If we can get the appropriate judges, then some of you can visit me and get those tests passed- NoVa- ready for round three on Silver MIF???

Can't blame you for being nervous your first time at Gold!
But you're right; at least you landed an axel in warmup so nobody walked out of there thinking you couldn't land one, LOL! I like to think that coming in 4th out of 4 means the 5th-10th place people just didn't have the confidence to show up. So congratulations on your first Gold competition! What a milestone!

so what's the detailed result?

congrats NOVA. You go boy!

Does anybody have any reports on the Gold Men, what stuff did they attempt.

Ughh, after last weekend, I don't want to even think about skating, especially testing.

Looks like I might be testing on Nov. 27. So I'm stuck in the adult-unfriendly Washington Figure Skating Club, home of the "let's judge the adult tests using the standard track mentality." Grrr.

Nah, I think I should be ready. And there's another test session here on Jan. 3, I believe.
If nothing else, I still qualify for adult silver pairs at Adult Nationals.
(And no, I am NOT skating in bronze level at AN--silver level or bust!)

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Lovely photo of NoVa and Loops - so are we going to see you both at the European competitions next summer????

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Haha. I would *love* to go to Europe (haven't been there yet). But I don't think that is going to happen next year.
And I won't be old enough to do the ISU Adult International in Oberstdorf, Germany in June (the announcement says the competition will be limited to skaters from 30 to 60 years old).

Maybe 2006?

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InsideAxel, thanks for the kind words. I certainly did not expect the event to be as close as it was either. I unfortunately did not get to see your program since you were on right before me, but I ordered the DVD, so I'm looking forward to watching your program. Congratulations on your win!

I also wanted to mention that the sweepers at the event did a really great job. I was quite surprised to see the kids handing me stuffed animals when I was done skating... what a nice touch! To those who can pass along the message, please thank them for their hard work this past weekend.