Not if you have to test (like me!), LOL!

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I've got mad salchow disease!

The best part is when you get someone who has been skating for a really long time in freestyle, synchro, or whatever, has high moves/free tests, and then picks up dance, flies through the first few levels thinking dance is a piece of cake, and then hits the European and discovers that they don't know how to do a 3 turn and have to go back to square 1 (you can fake your way through all the other dances up to European if you're already a strong skater). Especially back when the European still required a solo on a standard test...that happened to just about everyone on my synchro team.

That's the way it was done back when I started dance around 1997-1998 (and when I tested the European in 1999). I quit dance when I went off to college/grad school other than just skating through patterns for fun (and actually competed the American at intercollegiate nationals way back in '01), started dance again in 2007, and they both started at the end...so they must have changed during that time. I had to start the American at the end when I tested it last year. I'm pretty sure competing non-quals though, either way goes, because Lauren Zell and her partner did it the old way (and they did the old Tango pattern, as did the Urbans last year, which was awesome).

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well then, youhaveninemonths!

They changed both the European & American start places about 3 years ago to be at the end. Same time they changed around some of the other dances.

I *think* you can do it either way, but make good and sure before you do it in a competition! I've only seen it started at the end since the change, even for tests around here.

Personally, I like the end start better, for some reason they feel easier to me.

That's what I don't get. Someone please explain??

Heh, our "dance buddy" (he teaches everyone their CDs and tests with everyone) couldn't pass his silver moves because he was so USED to doing all the funky dance 3s that the 3s in the field just weren't happening. . .

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This was posted on the icedancers forum. We're still in the trial period for Solo Dance an ANs. Once it becomes a permanent event, then a rotation chart will go into the Rule Book.


2010 U.S. Adult Championships Solo Dance Selections


Bronze
Initial Round: Cha Cha
Final Round: Hickory Hoedown
Silver
Initial Round: Foxtrot
Final Round: American Waltz
Gold
Initial Round: Kilian
Final Round: Westminster Waltz
General Entry Rules
• Competitors may only enter ONE skill level (i.e. they cannot enter bronze and silver).
• Two patterns for each dance are required, except the Killian and the Fourteenstep, where three (3) are required.
• Genders will be combined in these events (i.e. Men and ladies will compete against one another). Respective gender specific steps will be skated by each gender (i.e. Men will skate the male dance pattern and women will skate the female dance pattern).
• All initial and final round dances drawn will be printed in the announcement for the U.S. Adult Championships.
• ALL adult solo dance events/levels will be judged under the 6.0 system.
Adult Gold
Test requirements: At least one pre-gold dance (standard, adult or masters)
Initial Round: One gold or pre-gold dance
Final Round: One gold dance
Adult Silver
Test requirements: At least one pre-silver dance (standard, adult or masters); no more than one pre-gold dance (standard, adult or masters).
Initial Round: One silver or pre-silver dance
Final Round: one silver dance
Adult Bronze
Test requirements: At least one pre-bronze dance, standard, adult or masters; no more than one pre-silver dance (standard, adult or masters).
Initial Round: One bronze or pre-bronze dance
Final Round: One bronze dance

Yeah, I'm confused too. I saw the usfsa web site posting also.

The solo dances for both 2009 *and* 2010 were selected when the proposal to add solo dance to AN as a trial event was passed at GC. So the info is not new, but it wasn't widely distributed because we were focused on 2009. Now that 2009's AN is over, the 2010 dances are posted in the adult section of the USFS site:

http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=42986

And around then they dropped the solo on standard pre-silver tests so suffering through the European solo and failing it 83,483 times because of that is no longer needed.

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Oops ... I passed the American in December 2007, starting in the middle of the rink. And I still see it taught that way.

Ummm, the American looks HARD! Can I stay Bronze after all?

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Sure, we can be Hickory Ho's together

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I've got mad salchow disease!

Hickory Ho's... that's hysterical!!!

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(Score +1 for f~c...)

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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 got my foxtrot dress today! Was not planning on a new dress for this dance (I have a black one that is perfectly fine that I wear for interp now) but then I stumbled upon a $200 dress marked down to $40 at Macy's, it fit perfectly and was stunning but I have nowhere whatsoever to wear it to...then it dawned on me. The entire dress is brown, mesh over lycra with a very well fitted, constructed bodice (that has nice wide straps and isn't too low cut), and the skirt is flowy. I'll just cut the skirt down and make it into an ice dance dress.

My mother was horrified when I tried it on for her and then told her of my plans because it fits perfectly and is just really stunning. But when you think of it, as a formal dress, I'd wear this maybe once every 3 years? Maybe? As a skating dress, I'll wear it probably 4 times next season alone.

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