Sorry, no pictures. However, I have more news to report. I must've
had a brain freeze going on when I wrote my report. Maria skated 2
programs-the Shakira & another program that can best be described as
a techo tango. She wore a black, lacy dress & she used a chair for a
prop. The program involves her pushing & sliding the chair around. I
found those sections distracting. The parts where she skates w/out
the chair are more interesting. Also, this was not Maria's night
technically. She had a big fall in this program too. I'm not sure if
this will make the broadcast. Maria didn't do any retakes for it.
You'll probably get to see her in some of the group numbers. There's
a fun one w/the cast alternating as either James Bond or a Bond Girl.
-Mary
--- In butyrskaya@yahoogroups.com, Jorge Martin <jm3964@y...> wrote:
> cooooool!!!
> Thanks Mary!can't wait to see the show:)did u take any
> picture's???
> JM:)
> --- maritericann <Marymc5757@a...> wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I attended Beauty on Ice last night in Bridgeport,CT
> > & got a very
> > nice surprise-Maria was in the show! She was a last
> > minute
> > replacement, she wasn't listed in the program, & she
> > flew in from
> > Moscow on Thursday! She performed her Shakira
> > program & did very
> > well except for 2 jumps. Since it's an exhibition
> > for NBC, at the
> > end of the show, the skaters were allowed to do
> > retakes. Maria had a
> > lot of trouble w/the jumps & did 3 takes for the
> > first jump. After
> > the 3rd attempt, she went backstage to rest-jet lag
> > & repeated
> > jumping is not a good combo. After 2 other skaters,
> > Maria came back
> > out. She hit the second jump on the first take,
> > however she forgot
> > to continue skating so that the camera crew could do
> > the splicing on
> > the tape. The stage manager explained to her, in
> > Russian, what she
> > had to do, & on the next try landed great. The crowd
> > was very
> > supportive & were cheering for her to get the jumps
> > & when she
> > landed she got a huge ovation.
> > The show is scheduled to be aired on NBC, Saturday
> > January 3 from 4-
> > 6. It should be a lot of fun. It also stars Katarina
> > Witt, Yuka
> > Sato, Steven Cousins, Oksana Baiul and Nicole Bobek.
> > -Mary
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> JMartin
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