I won't be there this year, but I want to wish all skaters the best of luck, and have a lot of fun!!!!! Just the fact that you, as an adult, are willing to work hard and get out there is an awesome accomplishment!!!!!

Ugh! Please, no Swiss Acres. Your rooms were great; ours were much less so.

I'm definitely going to be bunking alone. My friend Pollie taught me a very valuable lesson: non-skaters who snore must never share a hotel room with skaters!! You'd absolutely kill me if I kept you awake all night. Plus, I don't want to wake up when you get up to go to practice ice before the sun comes up!

I agree wholeheartedly! I have a couple of friends/colleagues who live in KC, so I'll be splitting my time between the arena and visits with them. But I absolutely will be there to see my pals on ice, though! And to do dinner with anybody who wants to on Friday night. (Annabel, I think that's the perfect night for a meet and greet.)

Ooh, sounds interesting!! Can't wait to see it.

It's absolutely definite - we've booked our tickets! Sadly, if any of you are skating just on the Wednesday we'll miss you, since our own Opens are on 11 & 12 April, so we can't actually get away until the Wednesday. This is in fact a Good Thing, since it's saved us £100 on the fares, but it means we won't be there until the Thursday.

This also means we're not now leaving until the following Wednesday, which means we'll be here on the Sunday morning for the social dance session! So we're bringing our skates.... Does anybody know what sort of thing I ought to bring to wear (it's all very well for Husband, he only has the one smart pair of skating trousers.....)?

Unless anybody has a better idea, I'll get the friends with whom we're staying in Overland Park to recommend a restaurant that will happily cater for a large group.....

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Fantastic!!!!!!

I hear there is a "famous" BBQ place in the area that is a must. Anyone heard anything about this?

We can all get together at the competitor's party too. There are always additional tickets for sale.

This is the place that is legendary for ribs and of course their sauce is what is the capper. I went here once for a thingee, when I was young like, 20 years ago, but I am pretty sure this is the place.

la


K C MASTERPIECE BARBECUE
10985 METCALF AVE
OVERLAND PARK, KS
(913) 345-1199

Thanks!!!! I'll have to check it out.

Here's a link:

KC Masterpiece Barbeque

And Menu:

Menu

All I can say is, nyum nyum!

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There's a better barbecue place in Overland Park called Jack Stack. I've been there a couple of times.

http://www.smokestack.com/article.asp?ai=121

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I guess KC is not the best place for a vegetarian to be, culinary wise!

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I think hubby brought some of this home from a business trip. We greedily ate it standing up at the counter with our hands. I'm not ashamed.

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Wang chung!

Yeah, I was wondering about that....probably not much for rabbit-food-lovers like me.

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Again, I'll try to find out. I'm not vegetarian, but sometimes people find it hard to tell..... I gather there's a superb Chinese buffet, that our hosts will take us to (she's raved about it so often that I simply have to try it!). And all the usual chains, and probably some local ones, too. I'll see what she has to say!

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I bought my plane tickets today. I'm not skating this year, but I'll be there to cheer you all on and meet those of you I've never met in person before! I have several friends who live in KC who are either skaters or are absolutely fascinated with the idea of our subculture, so they'll probably get dragged to the rink with me. I can't wait to see everybody!! It's such a cheap place to fly into and stay in, I thought, "Why not??"

I'm debating whether to bring my skates or not. It's a lot of hassle for 1 or 2 sessions at a rink across town. Thoughts?

Glad you're coming ... you can be my good luck charm!

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I'll do my best! If the Other Woman can't bring you luck, who can??

Too true.
And if Public Enemy #1 isn't there (and I expect he won't be), then we can divert our mischief to other endeavors, perhaps?

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Then we Michigander's on Ice will just have to check it out...........along with anyone else brave enough to join us!!!!! Thanks for the link LoopLoop!

I plan on eating there at LEAST once during AN... but NoVa, I promise to do it AFTER we skate.

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OK, I'm gonna hold you to that.

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I won't be there- I'll be here at home working on those Bronze MIF and FS tests so I can be in Dallas in 2006!!!

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Me too, Terri. Me too!!! WAAAAAH!!!! Still no word from my primary coach regarding when he thinks I should take the Bronze Moves test next. Probably after I have a few torture session w/secondary coach, I'll know more...

The only good part is that I actually had a couple of good lessons so far with primary coach. He's hopeful now...

Adults Nationals 2006 or BUST!!!

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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!!!

Is a "support" group for next year's AN being formed? I had a lesson with my secondary coach tonight and he thinks I'll be ready to test Bronze MIF this summer. So I might be able to make it to Dallas! Actually, I'm going to Nats in St. Louis in January, so I may not be able to take off the time to do AN, but you never know...

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Gold Moves, here I come!

I'll be in KC...it's my third AN's. Same events, same programs as LP (Bronze I and interp I), but hopefully different results. Silly dance partner sprained his ankle after the bronze or silver decision was made, and he's still not ready to go back to dance. He'll be in KC, too, in freestyle....Champ Gold Men, Gold I, and Masters interp I. Must be nice to have only four men at Mids....

Skateguard, Sorry to hear you won't be doing dance in KC. When I saw you two skate that one session over the summer, I thought you looked like you were off to a good start. Oh, well, maybe next year!

We'll be in KC again this year, our 11th AN. We are doing both Gold and Championship Dance this year. First time we've done two dance events at the same competition and since each one has two rounds, we'll be competing every single day! Hopefully we won't get danced out!