purplecat
02-19-2005, 12:05 PM
Here's my review! (Especially for Sing_Alto!) ;) :)
I was in the corner and we had a huge cable line in front of us, but what was worse is a Hyundai SUV was at the end of the ice too blocking our view of the corner! Those who were directly behind the car got moved, but not us...though some moved on their own. There were many empty seats.
Opening - Hooray For Hollywood. Girls in big black ball gowns which quickly came off to become short black dresses with necklines that looked like necklaces. Missed some of this while people were getting seated. I know that Shae-Lynn did a spin, Yuka & Jason did a death spiral and Brian B. and Kristi together did russian splits and double flips.
Brian Orser - Believe from The Polar Express. All five nominated Oscar songs were used, this was the first. Brian did a double axel, double toe and a open axel in this nice soft program. His back flip is always a crowd pleaser.
Yuka Sato - Wine Safari from Sideways. Fun, a little funky number. Yuka landed a triple loop here. She wore the outfit from the Kenny Loggins opening which was based on the 03 SOI opening costumes. This was short, but I liked it.
Caryn Kadavy - Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King. This was the first time I've seen Caryn live so it was nice to finally see her grace in person. She did a single axel, double loop and double flip.
Rosalynn Sumners - De-Lovely. This was the same number she did for Kristi's show, but without the guys with feather fans. She landed a double toe and single axel. People criticize Roz, but I still enjoy her great flow over the ice and good speed.
Kristi Yamaguchi with Gorsha Sur, Jason Dungjen and Brian Orser - Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries. The second nominated song. Kristi does a layback spin alone, a beautiful platter lift with Jason, side by side 'tano single axels with Brian O. and the lift that Gorsha does with Renee where he carries her in one arm and she is laying horizontal. Fun number with a latin feel. Kristi wore her Smooth dress. The guys were in red and black.
Shae-Lynn Bourne with Michael Bolton singing You Don't Know Me from Ray. Shae was in the blue 01 SOI finale outfit. Nice program. I enjoyed her skating here. Lots of edge moves.
Elvis Stojko - music from The Aviator. This was an entertaining number. Elvis was very solid with his jumps tonight. He did a triple toe and a double axel. And I think some Charleston moves! I'm not sure because he was behind the Hyundai!
Renee Roca & Gorsha Sur - Learn to Be Lonely from The Phantom of the Opera. Lovely number to the third nominated song. Lots of my favorite lifts of theirs including the one where she is just balancing on his back/neck. They got stuck together at the end. It was very funny, but cute. She was wearing a costume that looked like the ones from the 04 SOI opening...Grand Canyon Suite. Very pretty.
Brian Boitano with Franc D'Ambrosio signing The Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera. The highlight of the night for me. Brian was amazing. He did a double axel, beautiful 'tano triple lutz right in front of me (which made up for the bad seats!), a triple salchow and stepped out of his triple toe. Love the end spread eagle which seems to go on forever! Partial standing ovation.
Act Two
Rosalynn Sumners - Closer. Serious, slow number. Big single axel here. I think she could do a double if she wanted to, she gets enough height.
Elvis Stojko - Lose Yourself from 8 Mile. This surprised me! Elvis was dressed very rapperesque! LOL! The audience loved it and Elvis got into the music. He did a double axel and I think an open axel and triple toe.
Renee Roca, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Caryn Kadavy - Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) from The Chorus. The fourth nominated song. Interesting program. The three were connected pretty much the entire time. They started by traveling in a circle and then did lines with Shae doing moves on the end and then wove in and out of each other.
Yuka Sato & Jason Dungjen - Lovers from House of Flying Daggers. Asian inspired program. Lots of pretty lifts. I was disappointed though that they didn't do a throw or a twist lift. First time seeing Jason. They had one star lift that didn't get up all the way. Nice number though.
Shae-Lynn Bourne - All That Jazz from Chicago. Fun number. She shoots that water pistol and jumps at the crowd here!
Renee Roca & Gorsha Sur - Some of These Days from Beyond the Sea. Another enjoyable outing from Renee and Gorsha. Unfortunately they had a freak fall in the corner and took some time to get back into the program.
Elvis Stojko - Old Habits Die Hard from Alfie. This was just really an introduction into Caryn's next solo. Elvis did an arabian and some footwork.
Caryn Kadavy - What's it All About from Alfie. Nice number with a female vocal. Caryn did a single axel and I think that got her mad so she immediately did a double axel, but stepped out of it. She later added a double flip and a nice spread eagle to this smooth program.
Brian Orser - Accidentally In Love from Shrek 2. Fun upbeat program. Brian did a double toe, double axel, open axel and back flip in this audience pleasing program. The fifth and final nominated song.
Brian Boitano with Michael Bolton singing Georgia on My Mind. Great program with a triple toe, triple salchow and two double axels. Plus a surprising flying sit spin! The audience loved him and gave him another partial standing ovation.
Kristi Yamaguchi with Kimberley Locke singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Another great program. Kristi did a great triple toe, a double axel (a little bit of a stop on the landing, but held on) and a double loop. I love her lavender dress. Lovely spins, russian splits and a lovely spiral.
Finale - Started with music from Million Dollar Baby and Caryn Kadavy. Roz and Shae come out to Finding Neverland music. Then Elvis and Brian O. come out, don't know the music. Brian B. joins them and he does a triple toe and then they all do double axels. Yuka & Jason and Renee & Gorsha do a lift with the girl on the guy's shoulder. Music from Ray. Then Kristi comes out and they they all skate to the end bows. The girls were dressed in dresses like the 04 SOI Time finale white dresses.
Retakes-
First Dan Hicks had to retake a segment, twice!
Brian Orser redid his triple toe in Believe...one take.
Brian Boitano and Franc redid the entire Music of the Night. Though Brian just skated around until the end. He was so funny when he made the 'tano motion for where the lutz was we all laughed. He picked it up at the end and did russian splits into the triple toe (perfect!), combo spin, huge deathdrop and those to die for spread eagles. Huge ovation for the retake!
Yuka & Jason redid the star lift from Lovers.
Renee and Gorsha redid the part where they fell...they did a lift that they had to omit the first time
Caryn redid Can You Feel the Love Tonight. First another single axel, then a held on to a double which she kept.
Before Brian Orser redid Accidentally in Love, Lea Ann Miller had him do a back flip for us while we waited for the set up. Then he did his triple toe, but barely held on.
Renee and Gorsha redid Learn to Be Lonely, but couldn't pick up the piece at the end after trying many times, so they redid the whole song...though they just skated around for most of it. Then after the take Lea Ann had them come back to retake their bows!
Caryn came back out for her Alfie retake and had a hard time getting in that double axel. First a single, then another single...then another single just practicing. Then a beautiful double! Whew!
Kristi and the guys then redid the entire Motorcycle Diaries number. Not sure what went wrong the first time, but I'm not complaining that I got to see Kristi again!
General comments:
I hate live singers when I watch on TV, but in person they really do add a lot of energy and excitement! Nancy O'Dell and Dan Hicks hosted. Lots of talking about the nominees in between the numbers...I worry they'll have to cut a lot of the skating! All in all I had a very enjoyable evening. I loved that so many numbers were new!
I was in the corner and we had a huge cable line in front of us, but what was worse is a Hyundai SUV was at the end of the ice too blocking our view of the corner! Those who were directly behind the car got moved, but not us...though some moved on their own. There were many empty seats.
Opening - Hooray For Hollywood. Girls in big black ball gowns which quickly came off to become short black dresses with necklines that looked like necklaces. Missed some of this while people were getting seated. I know that Shae-Lynn did a spin, Yuka & Jason did a death spiral and Brian B. and Kristi together did russian splits and double flips.
Brian Orser - Believe from The Polar Express. All five nominated Oscar songs were used, this was the first. Brian did a double axel, double toe and a open axel in this nice soft program. His back flip is always a crowd pleaser.
Yuka Sato - Wine Safari from Sideways. Fun, a little funky number. Yuka landed a triple loop here. She wore the outfit from the Kenny Loggins opening which was based on the 03 SOI opening costumes. This was short, but I liked it.
Caryn Kadavy - Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King. This was the first time I've seen Caryn live so it was nice to finally see her grace in person. She did a single axel, double loop and double flip.
Rosalynn Sumners - De-Lovely. This was the same number she did for Kristi's show, but without the guys with feather fans. She landed a double toe and single axel. People criticize Roz, but I still enjoy her great flow over the ice and good speed.
Kristi Yamaguchi with Gorsha Sur, Jason Dungjen and Brian Orser - Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries. The second nominated song. Kristi does a layback spin alone, a beautiful platter lift with Jason, side by side 'tano single axels with Brian O. and the lift that Gorsha does with Renee where he carries her in one arm and she is laying horizontal. Fun number with a latin feel. Kristi wore her Smooth dress. The guys were in red and black.
Shae-Lynn Bourne with Michael Bolton singing You Don't Know Me from Ray. Shae was in the blue 01 SOI finale outfit. Nice program. I enjoyed her skating here. Lots of edge moves.
Elvis Stojko - music from The Aviator. This was an entertaining number. Elvis was very solid with his jumps tonight. He did a triple toe and a double axel. And I think some Charleston moves! I'm not sure because he was behind the Hyundai!
Renee Roca & Gorsha Sur - Learn to Be Lonely from The Phantom of the Opera. Lovely number to the third nominated song. Lots of my favorite lifts of theirs including the one where she is just balancing on his back/neck. They got stuck together at the end. It was very funny, but cute. She was wearing a costume that looked like the ones from the 04 SOI opening...Grand Canyon Suite. Very pretty.
Brian Boitano with Franc D'Ambrosio signing The Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera. The highlight of the night for me. Brian was amazing. He did a double axel, beautiful 'tano triple lutz right in front of me (which made up for the bad seats!), a triple salchow and stepped out of his triple toe. Love the end spread eagle which seems to go on forever! Partial standing ovation.
Act Two
Rosalynn Sumners - Closer. Serious, slow number. Big single axel here. I think she could do a double if she wanted to, she gets enough height.
Elvis Stojko - Lose Yourself from 8 Mile. This surprised me! Elvis was dressed very rapperesque! LOL! The audience loved it and Elvis got into the music. He did a double axel and I think an open axel and triple toe.
Renee Roca, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Caryn Kadavy - Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) from The Chorus. The fourth nominated song. Interesting program. The three were connected pretty much the entire time. They started by traveling in a circle and then did lines with Shae doing moves on the end and then wove in and out of each other.
Yuka Sato & Jason Dungjen - Lovers from House of Flying Daggers. Asian inspired program. Lots of pretty lifts. I was disappointed though that they didn't do a throw or a twist lift. First time seeing Jason. They had one star lift that didn't get up all the way. Nice number though.
Shae-Lynn Bourne - All That Jazz from Chicago. Fun number. She shoots that water pistol and jumps at the crowd here!
Renee Roca & Gorsha Sur - Some of These Days from Beyond the Sea. Another enjoyable outing from Renee and Gorsha. Unfortunately they had a freak fall in the corner and took some time to get back into the program.
Elvis Stojko - Old Habits Die Hard from Alfie. This was just really an introduction into Caryn's next solo. Elvis did an arabian and some footwork.
Caryn Kadavy - What's it All About from Alfie. Nice number with a female vocal. Caryn did a single axel and I think that got her mad so she immediately did a double axel, but stepped out of it. She later added a double flip and a nice spread eagle to this smooth program.
Brian Orser - Accidentally In Love from Shrek 2. Fun upbeat program. Brian did a double toe, double axel, open axel and back flip in this audience pleasing program. The fifth and final nominated song.
Brian Boitano with Michael Bolton singing Georgia on My Mind. Great program with a triple toe, triple salchow and two double axels. Plus a surprising flying sit spin! The audience loved him and gave him another partial standing ovation.
Kristi Yamaguchi with Kimberley Locke singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Another great program. Kristi did a great triple toe, a double axel (a little bit of a stop on the landing, but held on) and a double loop. I love her lavender dress. Lovely spins, russian splits and a lovely spiral.
Finale - Started with music from Million Dollar Baby and Caryn Kadavy. Roz and Shae come out to Finding Neverland music. Then Elvis and Brian O. come out, don't know the music. Brian B. joins them and he does a triple toe and then they all do double axels. Yuka & Jason and Renee & Gorsha do a lift with the girl on the guy's shoulder. Music from Ray. Then Kristi comes out and they they all skate to the end bows. The girls were dressed in dresses like the 04 SOI Time finale white dresses.
Retakes-
First Dan Hicks had to retake a segment, twice!
Brian Orser redid his triple toe in Believe...one take.
Brian Boitano and Franc redid the entire Music of the Night. Though Brian just skated around until the end. He was so funny when he made the 'tano motion for where the lutz was we all laughed. He picked it up at the end and did russian splits into the triple toe (perfect!), combo spin, huge deathdrop and those to die for spread eagles. Huge ovation for the retake!
Yuka & Jason redid the star lift from Lovers.
Renee and Gorsha redid the part where they fell...they did a lift that they had to omit the first time
Caryn redid Can You Feel the Love Tonight. First another single axel, then a held on to a double which she kept.
Before Brian Orser redid Accidentally in Love, Lea Ann Miller had him do a back flip for us while we waited for the set up. Then he did his triple toe, but barely held on.
Renee and Gorsha redid Learn to Be Lonely, but couldn't pick up the piece at the end after trying many times, so they redid the whole song...though they just skated around for most of it. Then after the take Lea Ann had them come back to retake their bows!
Caryn came back out for her Alfie retake and had a hard time getting in that double axel. First a single, then another single...then another single just practicing. Then a beautiful double! Whew!
Kristi and the guys then redid the entire Motorcycle Diaries number. Not sure what went wrong the first time, but I'm not complaining that I got to see Kristi again!
General comments:
I hate live singers when I watch on TV, but in person they really do add a lot of energy and excitement! Nancy O'Dell and Dan Hicks hosted. Lots of talking about the nominees in between the numbers...I worry they'll have to cut a lot of the skating! All in all I had a very enjoyable evening. I loved that so many numbers were new!