I have been surprised about that as well. Maybe she was a replacement or
something, since
she skated in Austria a couple of days ago and will be in France at the
Courchevel Gala in
two days.

Freddy

----- Original Message -----
From: <rakfis@...>
To: <butyrskaya@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: [butyrskaya] ARD Gala


> Hello !
>
> Maria skated today in the german show ARD Gala. She performed her "Ave Maria"
program
very well. Her triple toe was good, she singled the axel, but this didn`t
disturb her
program. It was a big surprise to see her in this show, because she wasn`t
announced
anywhere. It`s the second time, that I missed her ( Frankfurt is only 90 minutes
from
here ), it was the same thing with the Ingostadt gala, some weeks ago :-(
>
> Katja