When I first started skating on my club's ice, I tried to move out of the way when I saw dancer/coach pairs coming and I would usually end up in their way. I would apologize and they would be OK about it (no berating, thank goodness), but after a few near-misses, one adult dancer told me the best thing to do was to stand still so they could see me and go around me, versus trying to figure out where I was going (and me doing the same with them, lol). So now when I see dancers coming, I move to the boards if I'm close or I stand still. If I'm near a coach or other skater that is somewhat stationary, I'll move next to them so that we're one big object instead of two smaller ones - easier to see and move around us. Unless the dance path seems to be between me and the other person, and then I just pray, lol.

Today, there was a teenager whose mother must have restarted her music 5 times in quick succession. The girl was trying to land her axel, which was in the first 10 secs or so of her program, and kept falling or popping, and the mother would start the music over. I felt like going over to the mother and pointing out that the kid's not going to get her music restarted in comp, but I refrained.

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Terri C is a Bronze lady!
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I am sorry if I have offended you, but I really don't understand what the problem is with keeping out of their way. I don't dance myself, so I don't know at all the patterns, but somehow I don't seem to have the problem to keep pout of their way... As long as I keep moving, it is pretty easy to keep out of their way. It is much more difficult with free dance or free skating programs which don't have patterns.