Thanks Dean, and thanks for reporting from Saskatoon!! Hope both you and
Maureen are having a great time :-) and please cheer extra loud for
Emanuel tomorrow night. If he earns a place on the podium, what a
confidence-booster it will be for him, especially in an Olympic season ...
Vashty, feeling calm and collected at the moment but it will probably be a
different story some 24 hours or so from now :-D
S P O I L E R SPACE 1. Yagudin 2. Sandhu (!!!!!!!!!) 3. Stojko 4. Eldredge Emanuel was terrific, he had the best skate of the night next to Yagudin. He's...
... From: "Vashty Hawkins" <vhawkins@...> ... I was so pleased for him. Tracey said that in practice he was landing 3A-3T-3Loop, so I'd say that...
H & J Boon
boons@...
Nov 2, 2001 1:53 am
Hi fans, well, it was quite a day yesterday, i must say. With the two pairs pulling out due to injury (Shen/Zhao and B/S) the event started later in the ...
dean
giustini@...
Nov 2, 2001 7:22 pm
Thanks Dean, and thanks for reporting from Saskatoon!! Hope both you and Maureen are having a great time :-) and please cheer extra loud for Emanuel tomorrow...
... I was there, Elvis did get a standing ovation. ... Not to mention that he doesn't connect to that music at all (doesn't suit him), has WAY too many...
At least Annie Bellemare laughed at herself and shrugged it off when she missed her triple-triple combination in her long program. All that Emmanuel did was...
... From: "GAM" <porgiamor@...> ... What you're saying is true if you see yourself as a performer first, and perhaps that's the piece of the puzzle which...
H & J Boon
boons@...
Nov 5, 2001 11:17 pm
I think it's a mixed blessing that he fell and had trouble in his long program. I'm hoping it will be a lesson in humbleness for him (so that he won't have a...
... From: "skating fan" <fskatingfan@...> ... placed ... I don't think that I will ever like that SP of Eldredge's (no matter what others say), but I...
H & J Boon
boons@...
Nov 5, 2001 11:26 pm
Hi Becky and Hazel: Just came in the door and thought I'd check to see if anyone had anything else to say about Emanuel. I see that Dean has his own opinions...
djohnson@...
Nov 5, 2001 11:48 pm
... Me too! And I feel one should be aware that "serious emotional problems" is an inappropriate phrase to use in this context. To succeed at this level in...
... From: djohnson@... Now, again, I'm going to defer to those of you who know more than I. If he continues like this for the remainder of the...
H & J Boon
boons@...
Nov 5, 2001 11:57 pm
Hi Linda (and others). At the risk of getting severely nailed here, I think, Linda, that you are being a bit overdramatic. I realize only too well that...
djohnson@...
Nov 6, 2001 5:28 pm
... You could be right, Doreen, and thanks for pointing it out. :) ... I quite agree. Emanuel is experiencing problems that potentially may have a serious...
... From: "Linda Peterson" <canadianoperalinks@...> ... Agreed. Someone was remembering (over on Skatefans), that Ilia Kulik competed at '94 Jr. Worlds,...
H & J Boon
boons@...
Nov 6, 2001 5:42 pm
Hi Hazel ... Fascinating example! ... Well, that's a first in my life for sure! I can't decide whether to file your message in my "Treasures" folder or frame...
... From: djohnson@... Hi Linda (and others). At the risk of getting severely nailed here, I think, Linda, that you are being a bit overdramatic. I...
H & J Boon
boons@...
Nov 6, 2001 8:27 pm
Hazel: your comments are always just what the doctored ordered. I'm afraid I am just far too emotional when it comes to that kid -- maybe it's because I have...
djohnson@...
Nov 6, 2001 8:54 pm
Doesn't it feel good Linda when someone actually AGREES with your point of view. Take care everyone...I'm signing off for now. Doreen...