CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Jazzpants, congrats on the Silver! I knew you'd do really well, and you did!

Now, on to Bronze MIF for you!!!!

WAY TO GO JAZZPANTS! YOU ROCK!

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Woo-hoo! Congratulations, jazzpants!!!!!

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Coming out of posting retirement to send jazzpants a hearty CONGRATULATIONS! You da bomb. Tell us all about it!!

WOW!!! Word travels FAST on the net!!!

AWWWWW, SHUCKS!!!! Thanks everyone!!!

Yup, I got a Silver... and would have been a challenge for the Gold medalist had I not abort a flip attempt in my program. GRRRR!!! But the rest of the program was GREAT, so I ain't bitter!!! I had a wonderful time... and the best part was that it was a PARTY when I got on the ice! I never expected that HUGE of a cheering section for Pre-Bronze... never mind for me!!!

TreSK8AZ, I feel awful missing you again at the comp. While you were skating, I was busy getting my scores and looking for our Bronze medalist for a podium shot (which ended up never happening anyway and just as well... I was tired, hungry and just in need of some major sleep... and all that HAIR SPRAY and pins I got to get off my hair too!!!) I did tell pedonskates to say hello to you for me!

And yes, I finally got to meet pedonskate and doubletoe... and they were both a HOOT to be around! (Thank you for that stuffed doggie, doubletoe!!!) Nice to also see PattyP, ask8ngcat, daisies, and Thin-Ice!

Let's see....

• Doubletoe had a wonderful straightly footwork section towards the very end of her program and she landed her DOUBLE SAL at Championship Adult Gold Ladies tonight!!! YAAAAAAY!!! So happy for her!!! Clearly belongs at Gold!!!
• Pedonskates is a HOOT to watch, on and off ice!!! What a bubbly personality!!! I LOVE IT!!! (Did you accomplished your goal of having FUN this time around? You looked like you did.)
• ask8ngcat got the Pewter in Silver Ladies III and the GOLD in the interp!!! Cathy, you ROCK!!!
• PattyP got the Bronze in Adult Gold Ladies II-III. (And your coach tells you she didn't think you would place... uh huh, uh huh... )
• daisies was busy doing a LOT of judging this year... including MY Pre-Bronze III event!!! (Thank goodness I didn't realize you were there until after I got my scores!!! I don't pay much to anything but my program when I do my program anyway.)
• Thin-Ice was ever the presense...just about everywhere else!!! And she got 5th in Bronze Ladies IV event last night and Bronze bling for her interp this afternoon!!!
• I want to take this opportunity to thank my wonderful coach Jay (or JKo, as he refers to himself sometimes these days.) He's a HOOT and manages to not only keep me calm but actually have fun at this competition!
• Celebrities sightings... I read from another board that doubletoe has seen Timothy Goebel at Oakland the past few days she's there to practice. Well... he's coaching this Friday afternoon and afterwards as I passed him by to go outside to move my car. Well, long story short, I got to meet him and took a picture him with me!!! He's a sweetie and guess what? He ain't that tall either. Only a few inches above me... he looks taller on TV for some reason. Anyway, very nice and friendly and WONDERFUL GUY!!!

icedancer2... who do you want to know about???

These are qualified for AN:

• Championship Masters Men: Joe, Mike Dianda (Welcome back!!!), Ted Gradman
• Championship Masters Ladies: Elizabeth Floriani, Stephanie Ewing, Natalie Shaby, Beth Delano
• Championship Gold Men: Nick Chou, Matt Leissring, Andy Schell, Gary Klingbergs (Chris Le Conte withdrew)
• Championship Gold Ladies: Resa Lee, Ninotchka Aschow, Carolee Purdie (YAAAAY!!! My hero!!! I want to skate like you when I get to your age...), Paula Smart
• Champsionship Dance (not sure which top ice dancers go to Nationals): Julie Keith/Michael Ricigiano, Heather Trescases/Carl Nelson, Molly Johnson/Kia Samii, Julie Radlick/Jordan Johnson

Anyting else I've missed or wanted more info on...

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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!!!

Jazz- way to go, and congrats to all!

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You did a wonderful job! Congrats!!!

I had a lot of fun judging. It's very interesting being on the "other side" of an adult competition!

Congrats Jazzpants and PattyP and everyone else!!!

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CONGRATULATIONS!

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That's quite all right. I'm sure we'll meet up one of these days! I pretty much was only there for my practice ice and competition. Ended up getting bronze in my event, then left right after because I had an early flight home Saturday.

But congrats to everyone who skated!!!!

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I'm guessing you mean bronze, right? CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! That is so awesome you medalled at your 1st Adult Sectionals. Im very proud of you! You'll do great at AN's.

Thanks!!!

I was truely shocked with the results. Jazzpants must have done a good job with her ice blessing! I fell on my butt in my axel attempt, but I hit all my spins. I had no expectations this year so getting the bronze was great.

Great competition and fun weekend.

Congrats to everyone who participated!

Congrats to jazzpants, PattyP, doubletoe, and everyone!

On to AN! (well, on to AN for some - those of us who are still trying to pass Bronze MIF will be staying home and working our butts off so we can be there next year!)

Jazzpants, it was such an honor to meet you. Your big snile is stuck in my head (anybody got a wrench? Naah, on second thought, leave it there!). I was so thrilled to see your beauty on the ice rewarded with that medal!

And Patty, you kick some serious ice! ;D

http://www.usfigureskating.org/event...s.asp?id=29815

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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!!!

Congrats on your performance Jazzpants, and thanks for providing us with the scoop on the KOMPETISHUN!

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WOW! Twelve ladies in Masters Ladies! For many many years they had at most 6-7 (and with a few withdraws only 4-5), while Easterns and Mids consistantly had over at least 11 ladies. I always hated the disparity in the regions, with the Men too, because it seemed so unfair. I'm glad some more Pacifics ladies are finally joining the party!

Keep in mind at least one of those ladies are from the Eastern regions. I hear there are quite a few people from Eastern who joined the Western regions skating clubs b/c their original Sectionals conflicts with their trip to the Olympics this year. Of course, there are those (like pedonskates) who have physically moved and joined whatever club their new rink is at too.

But yeah, it's getting tougher to be in Master's and Adult Gold ladies now. Much harder to qualify now for Nationals, especially with the new age group rules and new younger skaters coming in to compete against us ol' farts...

A note to Joe R in Masters Men: (Just gorgeous to watch!!!)

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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!!!

Yeah... don't I know it.

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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!!!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

Waitaminnit. . . I certainly didn't take you for an "ol' fart." What age class are you in, Jazzpants?

I'm a class III, same as you! (I'm closing in on 40...)

On second thought, we're NOT ol' farts here!!!

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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!!!

Non-qualifying results:

http://www.smisc.org/results.html

Action Shots:

Click Here

(Oh, God!!! I hope my secondary coach doesn't seen those sit spins and spirals positions of mine. )

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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!!!

Thanks for the links, jazz.

Holy cow--check out the flexibility of the silver men!

And looks like silver pairs was a fun event with split ordinals to go around.

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Wow!!

Last year when I went to Adult Nationals in Kansas City, several people from the SF area came up to me to tell me that I looked very much like Mike Dianda. Now that I've gotten to see pictures of him, I agree. Holy s--t! That's kind of freaky.

Frank