[quote:5db43e986c="batikat"]Loved the bit about your coach Lynne - I too detest the Baby dances and hope to pass the first 2 levels soon so I won't have to do them (except for competitions maybe) anymore. It is boring doing the standard dances to the standard music and I only really enjoy them when I can do them either with my coach or with any unsuspecting man I can pounce on! - of which there are very few![/quote:5db43e986c]

I actually enjoy the "baby" dances, simply because they are the only ones I can even begin to do well! There is seriously nothing like doing a Dutch Waltz with a really good partner, and you are aware that you are covering the ice at warp speed, you are on fantastic edges, and - well, it's [i:5db43e986c]certainly[/i:5db43e986c] the most fun you can have with your clothes on.... Mind you, dancing something I find challenging, like the Fiesta Tango or the 14-step, with a partner you can really trust is also fantastic!

Not that this happens often; I mostly skate with my husband and we haven't quite got to that stage yet - although we very occasionally get glimpses of it - but it will come. Sir is a fearful glutton for punishment - he has just skated for Slough at a RIDL with his other partner, with no more success than he had last week - and, being a man, gets to do easier steps, so he can do harder dances (NOT FAIR!).

[quote="batikat"]I have seen at competitions one 72 year old who can still jump and spin (better than many younger skaters!) so there is hope for me yet.[quote]

She's more than that now, isn't she? I'm sure she is at least 75, if not older.

Last year in the Pairs at Bracknell, the youngest lady, to my certain knowledge, was well into her 50s, with a partner who looked, I think, younger. They came last. The other pairs were all well over 60, and in many cases over 70, and they still are fantastic skaters.

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