... Me too. Me Mum lives in Maida Vale, just a cupple a tube rides away, 'cept for metting the Aussie and Rhodesian gals on the way... ... there. ... worlds...
... Messages are appearing as normal in my mail box, although there have been relatively few of them now that we are in the off season. Susan McC Who wonders...
Susan
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May 1, 2005 1:08 pm
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In a message dated 5/1/2005 9:09:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, smc413@... ... I'm getting messages as normal in my mailbox as well. Log into Yahoo and ...
I've just returned from seeing the 2005 version of Ice Chips, the Skating Club of Boston's annual show, which ran for two performances yesterday and one today...
Sarah Ramer
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May 1, 2005 10:51 pm
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... I believe it'll be at the ISU Meeting in June [re the destination for 2008 Worlds] so thankfully not long to wait on tenterhooks! Huriye...
I don't have too much to add to Sarah's report, since I wasn't taking notes on the show. Yuka and Stephane were fine guest stars, the sailor boys were a hoot,...
The LA Times has a short piece in their Olympic column about the costs involved in the new scoring system. (There is also a slightly longer piece on the new...
As someone who has never been to Ice Chips before, I enjoyed the show a lot. I was struck by how much it really is a club show--I didn't count, but there must...
The local jazz radio station DJ mentioned Irina Slutskaya one morning. The DJ stated that Irina won Worlds, skating to a Keiko Matsui song that was similar to...
Lew, Sandra
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May 2, 2005 3:39 pm
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I'll just tag along a few comments; I went to the same Sunday matinee. ... Now I don't feel so bad about missing last year. Besides Jason Wong, among the ...
... I'd be interested in anyone's speculations on this....I suppose he can go back and get another job as a college AD, but a job like USFSA Exec Director is...
Here's the press release on the USFSA web site: http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=29715&type=news Bye bye, Belmonte. :-P Wonder if next time they...
... predicted. ... can ... Exec ... I just cracked up my colleagues by circulating the story, with that priceless last line about "dysfunctional," pointing out...
Fred, His biggest supporter was Chuck Foster, and with all the staff resigning right and left, I can't blame him. Renee ... I'd be interested in anyone's...
Was in Barnes & Noble this weekend and noticed that the new Joni Mitchell CD features a cover with a black and white photo of Joni skating. It's entitled...
<sdunscombe@...> wrote: Was in Barnes & Noble this weekend and noticed that the new Joni Mitchell CD features a cover with a black and white photo of...
You no longer have to receive SKATING to vote for who will receive the Michelle Kwan Trophy <g> as Skater of the Year: http://www.usfsa.org/ReadersChoice.asp I...
Sarah Ramer
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May 2, 2005 9:49 pm
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Well, with my bias as a long time assn exec, I think someone with a voluntary assn background, esp in sports if possible, would be a good choice..he or she...
... Since they don't allow write-ins I couldn't vote for SweetPea, so I chose Evan Lysacek instead. Given how well they showed in their first Nationals...
... number, when a few boys came out in sailor suits and skated around to some nondescript sailor music. Anyway, very inventive and entertaining. ... As a...
Marie, I still don't see the actual competition, sans TV rights, making anywhere near $100k that close to an Olympics. Renee ... $200,000....does ... profit ...
"macmadame" <mlh@...> wrote: The ISU agreed to pay USFS $100,000 to put on the championships. So that's where half the expected profit is coming from. ...
... but did win two bronze medals on the JGP, did a triple toe, double axel, and a very fast spiral in a program to Madonna's "Hollywood." ... Great review. I...
... Honestly, I don't have any idea what kind of profits 4CCs normally generates or how the Olympics will or will not impact it. I know that people in the...