2003 Lake Placid Ice Dancing Championship

[armchairsk8r]

The schedule is now posted www.orda.org/skating/Dnc03c.htm

[JKlink]

Too bad they didn't post the groups as well. I wonder if they will still do all the CDs now that USFSA has published the dances for the rest of the season?

[greenthal]

The competition schedule and goups are now posted on
www.orda.org/skating/dancechamp.html

also the PRACTISE SCHEDULE

[JPCON]

Does anyone know which Senior Teams are competing at Lake Placid Championships - seems everyone except Senior teams are shown on the schedule.

[N.O.S pAiRsK8r]

Does any1 know the schedule fro north american challenge for ohio?
And who is going to the Ohio NACS

[sk8ergurl]

Anyone have any idea what teams are contending in Juvenile through Senior?

[N.O.S pAiRsK8r]

Has any1 seen cassandra oakley and eric charette sk8 b4?

[Aaron W]

Originally posted by N.O.S pAiRsK8r
And who is going to the Ohio NACS

I'm going! But I'm not competing. :D

[Aaron W]

I wonder why it's taking so long to get a schedule posted for the Mentor NACS? We're less than 2 weeks away from the start of the event. :??

[N.O.S pAiRsK8r]

I agree with aaron Im a lil bit nervous that the posting wont get up for a while and I would reallie like to know when I skate lolz

[TreSk8sAZ]

Originally posted by Aaron W
I wonder why it's taking so long to get a schedule posted for the Mentor NACS? We're less than 2 weeks away from the start of the event. :??

The schedule of events and groupings (I believe) are posted at http://www.sk8stuff.com

[N.O.S pAiRsK8r]

Oh my goodness thank you so much now Im not soo worried..thanks again

[Stormy]

Any results yet?

[DancerFan]

Doesn't anyone at Placid have their laptop?:) Reports, reviews, analyses, and opinions greatly appreciated!!:D

[pennskater]

Wed results are posted:
http://orda.org/skating/IceDncWed.htm

[Sylvia]

Thursday results (so far):
http://www.orda.org/skating/IceDncThurs.htm

[DancerFan]

Will anyone be reporting thoughts on tonight's freedances?? (Please?)

[Sylvia]

This just in by phone... Weaver and Clavey have won Novice FD Group A. Daphne of ice-dance.com is supposed to phone in some brief comments later tonight (her Internet connection isn't working, unfortunately). So stay tuned!

[Sylvia]

Here's a report on the junior and senior free dances from someone who watched the pay-per-view live webcast:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/117283

[Sylvia]

These results and brief comments (by "Impromptu") were phoned in from Lake Placid... the official site says the rest of the official results from Thursday will go up on Friday morning.

SENIOR FREE DANCE

1. Gibbons & Pekarek (ordinals were 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2)
Music was Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet + techno. "Much improvement, kept moving, many level changes, really nice dance spin."

2. Nussear & Forsyth (2 2 3 4 3 3 1 1 1)
Music was Cirque du Soleil-Quidam. "Slip (by her?) in the diagonal steps might have cost them, cool spinning dance lift that elicited gasp from audience."

3. Manon & O'Meara (3 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 3)
"Really sold their 'Cabaret' program, best expression and character to the music, very quirky."

4. Goodwin & Bommentre
Tango. They skated first. "She's very expressive."

5. Magerovskiy & Magerovskiy
James Bond - The World is Not Enough. "Tons of twizzles."

6. Buck & Nelson-Bond AUS
Techno. "Nice spirals and stretches, looked good."

7. Menard & Boucher CAN
French tango. "Lifts looked good, shoulder height."

8. Rey & Rey
Carmina Burana. "Lots of arm jerking movements, mostly by her."

9. Munana & Munana
"Cool lifts, she was in a low glide for one."

10. Morin & Roberge CAN
11. May & Latyshev
Music was mostly "Summer in Buenos Aires" from Gidon Kremer's 8 Seasons.
12. Snyder & Traxler

JUNIOR FREE DANCE GROUP A
1. Davis & White - 7 1sts, 2 2nds
Music was Cirque du Soleil's Allegria. "Sharp, quick, well-choreographed, looked good."

2. Hurst & Stoveld CAN
Music was Etta James' At Last. "Soft knees, nice deep edges, smooth."

3. Solomon & Smith
Music was Sting. "Very nice program by Klimova & Ponomarenko, flowed well, intricate holds."

4. Whetstone & Cohen
Music was Miami Sound Machine.

5. Copley & Wensel
Music was tango/flamenco and they "had the Latin attitude down."

6. Scott & Clark
Music was Tatu (Russian band). "Tried some difficult stuff."

7. Savania & DuPont
Carmina Burana - "best costumes - brrown and butter colored," according to Impromptu. Had some falls.

8. LaRoque & Mercier CAN
Violin rock piece.

9. Brown & Harris
Music was opera techno. "Match well, looked much better in practice."

10. Reyes & Wright
Music was a jazz guitarist's rendition of Piazzola, but "couldn't keep up with the music."

JUNIOR FREE DANCE GROUP B
1. Devins & O'Keefe - "a clear victory"
Music was a medley of tunes by the Irish band Leahy. "Powerful, commanding and fast, with some Irish step dancing in face to face holds."

2. Todaro & Evans
Music was Indian. "Very creative choreography with creation of interesting, angular shapes, and foot and hand movements in step sequence."

3. Frisch & Hill - ordinals from 1st to 7th
"She's very tall - maybe only one inch shorter? Twizzles weren't in synch in practice or competition."

4. Pratt & Gilles - ordinals from 1st to 8th
"Difficult edgy stuff, look strong for first year in junior." Impromptu loved them even though she thought the "music doesn't really build" and had them 2nd or 3rd.

5. McCullough & Dear
Music was West Side Story. "Lots of energy and expression, nicely matched, could have been higher if not for his fall."

6. Hetu & Lavallee CAN
Music was Libertango by Bond. "Pretty fast, lots of lifts."

7. D'Agostini & McDonough
Music was a Sting medley. "Smooth, fast, glidey, nicely matched, but a lot of hand to hand holds."

8. Chong & Barnes CAN
"Circular footwork was slow but deep edges. Music too slow, especially compared to last year's folk medley which showed off their quick feet."

9. Scheumann & Koleto
Looked smooth, fast, well-matched in practice, but stiff and slow in competition (nerves?). Good potential."

10. Prossack & McCrary
"Crossover heavy program."

11. Sanders & Brown
"Many lifts were mostly from waist."

12. Chrein & Gordon
"Interesting holds in circular step."

NOVICE FREE DANCE GROUP A
1. Weaver & Clavey - 8 1sts; music was a piano version of Malaguena
2. Emard-Lauzon & Boulliere CAN
3. Rosenthal & Taylor
4. Maguire & C. Hill
5. Taylor & Toman
6. Calhoun & Miller
7. Bosley & Corona
8. Lazarowitz & Jarmuth
9. Elliot & Thelen
10. Koeslag & Self

NOVICE FREE DANCE GROUP B
1. Palmer & Stucke - 3 1sts
2. Summersett & Pennington - 2 1sts
3. Koob-Doddy & Antonelli - 1 1st
4. Samuelson & Bates - 3 1sts
5. Chitwood & Chitwood
6. Reed & Reed
7. Segien & Lilly
8. vonZabern & Marquardt
9. Mesa & Leighton
10. Kearns & Klein
11. Martin & Manion

[DancerFan]

Originally posted by Sylvia
SENIOR FREE DANCE

1. Gibbons & Pekarek (ordinals were 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2)
Music was Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet + techno. "Much improvement, kept moving, many level changes, really nice dance spin."

2. Nussear & Forsyth (2 2 3 4 3 3 1 1 1)
Music was Cirque du Soleil-Quidam. "Slip (by her?) in the diagonal steps might have cost them, cool spinning dance lift that elicited gasp from audience."

Looks like it was close, but I have heard SUCH good things coming out of SCOB lately that I'm not surprised. I'm happy for Justin to be doing so well after standing by Hilary against the wishes of her detractors.

[haribobo]

Thank you Sylvia and Impromptu for these results and reports.

BTW, who exactly were there really "detractors" of Hilary Gibbons? Do you mean on these boards or in person, or both?

[Annes]

Is it my imagination, or were there supposed to be Canadian teams (S/Z and/or P/D) in the Senior FD?

[Sylvia]

Rest of Thursday's results are now up at:
http://www.orda.org/skating/IceDncThurs.htm

[DancerFan]

Originally posted by haribobo
BTW, who exactly were there really "detractors" of Hilary Gibbons? Do you mean on these boards or in person, or both?

Sorry, I probably didn't phrase that right. I meant some of the coaches and judges who said she wasn't good enough for him last year, including their former coach. I love Justin and Hilary and wish them all the best.

[AYS]

It would be understandable, given what Justin Pekarek has previously accomplished, that there would be those who would only be satisfied if he got together with an established, skilled skater. Give credit to him (and of course his partner, and the coaches for supporting them) for doing what gives him satisfaction - with some success, now, apparently. I get the feeling that he needed to find a partnerng situation that would be personally fulfilling to him, more than anything else, and it seems he has. Good luck to them. (But good luck to Goodwin&Bommentre too, since they skate at my rink, and I think they look wonderful).

[Sylvia]

(see my post below for all the edited in details)

[Sylvia]

Friday's Compulsory Dance and OD results are now up at:
http://www.orda.org/skating/IceDncFri.htm

The following CD impressions and OD results and comments were phoned in by "Impromptu."

Senior CDs: 1st dance was Yankee Polka, second was Ravensburger Waltz.
Manon & O'Meara were "expressive, musical, energetic and charismatic."
Goodwin & Bommentre had "a ton of little mistakes in YP, but came back and nailed the Waltz."
Nussear & Forsyth had "good connection and were solid, but missed hand catch/break in front of judges in Waltz. YP was strong, most technically solid all the way through."
Gibbons & Pekarek "had a trip in the YP, stumble/scrape in RW."

Junior CDs: 1st was Rhumba, 2nd was Viennese Waltz.
Davis & White have "gorgeous soft knees and edgework, but not as much power."
Frisch & Hill "have a lot of power, speed, big patterns, deep edges and lean especially in the Rhumba."
Pratt & Gilles "need time, but 3rd here is a good result for them."
McCullough & Dear and Cepican & Lichtor "were very close, both very musical."

OD rhythms this season are Jive/Blues/Boogie Woogie/Swing.

SENIOR ORIGINAL DANCE
1. Nussear & Forsyth
(ordinals 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1)
Music included When You're Smiling, Sooner or Later. "Have really good connection with each other, a lot of difficulty in the program, twizzles in both directions with very good unison but not much speed, fast in diagonal step sequence with difficult holds, good change in direction lift with him going into a Besti squat."

2. Manon & O'Meara
(ordinals 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 3)
Music included Ain't No Sunshine (blues), Sing Sing Sing
"An incredible amount of energy, looked great, really fast in diagonal and midline steps with hops and turns on heels and toes, program got faster and faster, dance spin had 6 revs with her in a layover position."

3. Goodwin & Bommentre
(ordinals 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 4 2)
Music included Stormy Monday
"Really sold it with expression (especailly her) and energy, one of best and strongest dance spins."

4. Gibbons & Pekarek
(ordinals 4 6 3 4 4 4 4 3 4)
Music was a Chuck Berry medley (Jive)
"Beginning is great, cute and they sold it well, she looked really good in the lifts (especially rotational one), a great OD, she fell in midline step sequence and they missed about half of it."

5. Rey & Rey
Music was Hearthbrek Hotel in middle
"Frantic! Lot of arm waving, hopping, running around."

6. Magerovskiy & Magerovskiy
Music was Jumpin' Jack with Blues in middle
"Fast, twizzle-heavy program, she looks like Galit Chait's little sister."

7. McCullough & Dear
Music included Heat Wave
"Smooth and waltzy, charming with a lot of musicality, good result for them" (novice last year)

8. Munana & Munana
Brian Setzer medley
"Incredible highlight moves (great lifts, nice dance spin) but lacked speed and in betweens."

9. May & Latyshev
Harlem Nocturne (blues) and ?
"Held free legs behind them at hip level during twizzles in midline step sequence."

10. Menard & Boucher
11. Snyder & Traxler - music included Jump Jive and Wail

JUNIOR ORIGINAL DANCE
1. Frisch & Hill
(ordinals 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 1 2)
Bluesy and Jive program. "Lot of power, leaning edges, still off on twizzles, he's very expressive and sold it." Impromptu didn't like their hoppy, toepicky step sequence.

2. Todaro & Evans
(ordinals 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 3)
Jump Jive & Wail/Fever/Dirty Boogie
"Lot of fun and energy, fun lift, nice spin, waltzy diagonal step seq., Besti squats in another step seq., really enjoyed them."

3. Pratt & Gilles
(ordinals 5 3 3 5 7 11 3 2 1)
Music included Jumpin' Jack. "Great program (best of jrs.), edgy and packed, choreographed by Christopher Dean, but looked really difficult and they didn't seem comfortable with it yet."

4. Cepican & Lichtor
(ordinals 3 4 4 2 9 7 2 6 5 TOM 15)
Heartbreak Hotel and At the Top
"Nice rotational lift, she's in a layback position during the dance spin (5 revs), twizzles in both directions, trip by her near end."

5. Hurst & Stoveld
(ordinals 4 10 9 6 3 1 4 4 7 TOM 16)
60 Minute Man and Nutrocker
"Lot of energy, nice soft knees, mirror midline step sequence."

6. Whetstone & Cohen
Music included Big Girls Don't Cry
"Unison was good but seemed a little slow, program looked simple."

7. Solomon & Smith
Music? "Slow but program looked complex." For that reason, Impromptu would have put S&S ahead of W&C.

8. D'Agostini & McDonough
9. Copely & Wensel
10. Scott & Clark
11. Chong & Barnes
12. Prossack & McCrary

[kittytiedy]

SENIOR ORIGINAL DANCE
1. Nussear & Forsyth
(ordinals 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1)
They are a very engaging team.

2. Manon & O'Meara
(ordinals 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 3)
Lot's of speed.

3. Goodwin & Bommentre
(ordinals 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 4 2)
She had a great elegance about her.

I was so excited to be there!:lol:

[Trillian]

Originally posted by Sylvia
1. Nussear & Forsyth
(ordinals 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1)
Music included When You're Smiling, Sooner or Later. "Have really good connection with each other,

Good to hear this is still the case with them, as IMO it was one of their major strengths when they previously skated together, and something that was sorely lacking in the partnerships they've had in between (particulary for Nussear & Gates). It's hard to imagine how they look after three years apart, so I look forward to seeing them skate this season.

We'll have to wait for the final two CD results, but I'll be curious to see which teams get internationals from this event. We don't have too many spots to hand out, but I'd guess Nussear & Forsyth, Manon & O'Meara, Gibbons & Pekarek, and Goodwin & Bommentre are all pretty well-positioned at this point. I wonder how many spots the USFSA will manage to come up with for these teams, and which couples will get them.

[CanAmSk8ter]

I just got home this afternoon and I don't have much to add that hasn't been said already. Senior Dance was encouraging- Justin and Hilary have improved tons, and all I can say about Emilie and Brandon is better late than never. They've still got it. I'll be very surprised if they don't get an international. I really though Goodwin/Bommentre, Manon/O'Meara, and the Magerovskys all looked good too. I don't have any real imporessions of the compulsories, since I only saw the initial round and I don't know the Ravensburger or the Yankee Polka, but I thought Emilie and Brandon clearly won the YP. I didn't see the missed catch on the RW, but that would explain why they were 3rd in that dance.

I didn't take notes from Junior, but I thought Frisch and Hill looked good and definitely deserved to win the OD. I thought the top five junior teams all looked really good in the OD. I didn't see the Junior FD, and I only saw one group of Junior compulsories. I won't bore you with my technical impressions of those ;)

[Sylvia]

(see the updated/expanded version of my original results post below)

[snowflake]

why did mccullough & dear compete in the Senior OD rather than the Junior OD (their competition level)? I found that rather odd that they competed in junior...even though they did place well in senior.

if you were to put the two junior freedance groups together...who would come out on top? how do you think the rest of the teams would fair? (just a little pre-national prediction) please share your thoughts!

[IceDanceSk8er]

Originally posted by snowflake
why did mccullough & dear compete in the Senior OD rather than the Junior OD (their competition level)? I found that rather odd that they competed in junior...even though they did place well in senior.

McCullough & Dear are seriously thinking about competing Senior this year instead of junior

[Sylvia]

All of these Saturday results were phoned in by Impromptu. I haven't seen any official results posted from Saturday yet (website glitch?). I'm told that http://www.ice-dance.com plans to have detailed reports and photos from Lake Placid in the near future.

SENIOR COMPULSORY DANCE FINAL (Austrian Waltz)
1. Gibbons & Pekarek 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1
2. Nussear & Forsyth 4 2 2 2 4 3 2 1 2
3. Manon & O'Meara 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 3
4. Goodwin & Bommentre 2 4 4 1 3 6 4 4 4
5. Magerovskiy & Magerovskiy 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5
6. Rey & Rey 6 6 5 5 6 4 5 6 6

SENIOR CD OVERALL RESULTS (3 CDs combined)
1. Nussear & Forsyth
2. Manon & O'Meara
3. Gibbons & Pekarek
4. Goodwin & Bommentre

JUNIOR CD FINAL (Rhumba)
1. Frisch & Hill 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2. McCullough & Dear 5 1 3 2 1 2 2 4 5
3. Pratt & Gilles 6 3 6 4 3 4 3 2 2
4. Davis & White 2 2 2 5 4 3 5 5 4
5. Whetstone & Cohen 4 5 4 6 5 5 6 3 6
6. Cepican & Lichtor 3 6 5 3 6 6 4 6 3

NOVICE CD FINAL (Paso Doble)
1. Koob-Doddy & Antonelli 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 4
2. Summersett & Pennington 2 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 2
3. Palmer & Stucke 3 3 4 2 1 3 2 5 1
4. McClellan & Fischel 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5
5. Tobias & Warren 4 6 5 5 5 6 6 3 3
6. Weaver & Clavey 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 6

INTERMEDIATE FREE DANCE
1. Alexis Hauser & Nathan Truesdale 2 6 2 8 8 1 1 7 2
Music was Aerosmith. "Edgy, deep, incredible extension"

2. Charlotte Maxwell & Brad Coulter 3 3 1 6 3 2 4 1 7
Malaguena. "Very fast, great attitude."

3. Madison Hubbell & Keiffer Hubbel 4 1 2 3 3 6 3 3 6 1
Latin-Santana? "The most incredible free dance! Had a terrible fall near the end."

4. Samantha Tomarchio & Alex Lorello 1 2 4 7 2 7 2 3 4
5. Emily Blynn & Geoffrey Drayton 8 5 5 1 13 9 5 2 3
6. Michaela Cook & Stanislav Sidrov 9 10 7 5 1 4 9 4 5
7. Isabella Cannuscio & Kyle Herring 11 7 6 2 10 6 6 11 9
8. Brooke Frieling & Buck Withrow
9. Marissa Marschall & Torsten Joerger
10. Alexandra Cook & Brock Jacobs
11. Tracy Johnson & Allister Chang
12. Nadeau & Bouthilette(sp?) CAN
13. Katie Timko & Patrick Timko
14. Lauren Peltier & Troy Hockley CAN
15. Gianna Katsaros & Daniel Witt
16. Elizabeth deBeus & Danny Kogan
17. Laurel Schwab & Jonathan Kaiser
18. Brin Adams & Wayne Roswell
19. Lilly Taylor & Josh Phillips
20. Alexis Shaw & Joey Suchodolski

JUVENILE FREE DANCE
1. Ilana Morse & Jackson Raney - "cute swing piece, very musical"
2. Piper Gilles & Tim McKernan
3. Kayla Hale & Dustin Frankel
4. Amber Bogart & Robert Cuthbertson
5. Chloe Wolf & Rhys Ainsworth
6. Casey Smith & Boris Nouchtaev
7. Anastasia Olson & Greg Zuerlein
8. Rebecca O'Hanlon-Batley & Thomas Felix
9. Kirsten Seagers & Nicholas Taylor
10. Meredith Pipkin & Geoffrey Varraux
11. Hannah Brzozowski & Andrew Korda
12. Chelsea Ann Maisano & Michael Zuber
13. Brielle O'Connor & Daniel Eaton
14. Samantha Shell & Michael Soyfer
15. Shela Adams & Doug Mercadante
16. Jaime Mariage & Matt Witt
17. Erin Maskell & Tim Petrie
18. Emma Welch & Francis DeAngelo

[greenthal]

the Dates for the Dance Competition next year are

August 4 to 7th 2004

[someone's mom]

Does anyone have information on the photographer who was there? I thought I heard a rumor that they would be posting photos on the internet.

[kittytiedy]

It was J. Barry Mittan, same as last year.
http://www.jbmittan.com/schedule.htm
but it doesn't look like the pictures are posted yet.

[IceDanceSk8er]

Originally posted by kittytiedy
It was J. Barry Mittan, same as last year.
http://www.jbmittan.com/schedule.htm
but it doesn't look like the pictures are posted yet.

There are a few posted on Michelle Wojdyla's site:
http://www.toeloopy.com/gallery/skating/events/2003-2004/LakePlacidDance/index.htm

[dess]

Originally posted by IceDanceSk8er
There are a few posted on Michelle Wojdyla's site:
http://www.toeloopy.com/gallery/skating/events/2003-2004/LakePlacidDance/index.htm

Just in case anyone has not looked recently, Michelle added alot more photos on her site. Brandon and Emilie look great together!