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Lindsay Evans & Trevor Bird
Kirsten Frisch & Brent Bommentre
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz & David Mitchell
Kendra Goodwin & Chris Obzansky
Melissa Ralph & Ryan O'Meara
Cheryl Russell & Kenny Metzger Jr.
Anna Scheumann & Levi McDonough
Kate Slattery & Patrick Connelly
Laura Smith & Andrew Smith
Flo Steed & Augie Hill
Christina Zepeda & Nicholas Hart
Withdrew
OD: 7
Footwork was solid - little simple compared to others at the top, but performed well. They did skate slowly & their lines and extensions aren't matched yet.
Free:7 Final:7
Actually a lovely dance to wonderful jazz show tunes. Beautiful people. Beautiful costumes. Technically the distance between them and their speed are issues. And the dance came a little unassembled towards the end. But I really had a great time watching it.
OD: 10
They skated in the first group and were obviously going to be just behind the top team in this group (The Smiths). The dance was a little less complex than the Smith's and this team is noticably slower, but I was surprised by the quality of their skating - it was much better than their placement in the compulsary dances would have indicated to me.
Free: 10 Final: 10
Smooth, pretty, close together. Still ned mroe speed. They still need more speed> This was a well constructed dance. slow and fast sections that built to a finish. My notes say "very nice, enjoyable and pretty - probably means they will drop". I was too cynical.
OD: 4
Their holds were simple and they had more distance between them than some of their competition, but I felt that the quality of their footwork would help them out a lot.
Free: 5 Final: 4
Powerful pushes - uneven speed (slowed down for difficulty). Real nice changes in levels - including some complex "tricks" while making the changes.
OD: 1
Footwork was very complex. It got off to a rough start. Very nice lift into the spin. It seemed like she got a little off her edge in the diagonal footwork. I thought there was a possibility it would hold them back.
Free:2 Final:1
Gentle sweepign waltz. nice even speed. Not as much change in levels or drama in the music. Little more separation.Hard to compare to the #2 team (the ones who won the free). Real apples and oranges.
OD: 2
She definitely has "the look". She was biting heads off mousies with abandon. Very elaborate complex and fast dance. And WAY caught the "mood".
Free: 3 Final:3
Slower that #1&2. Almost into boards on one lift and a little bobble. Nice circular footwork.
OD: 3
Very high level of complexity in the hand/arm holds. Good variety and changes of level. She had a "wide step" in the footwork.
Free:1 Final:2
Spunky Ukranian Peasants. Really fast and amazing difficulty. Great opening segment. Big deep 1 footed lift. He was working just as much as she was. I really liked this dance.
OD: 5
My notes say "some assembly required". That usually means some minor synchronization/matching problems. I also felt they had a high level of difficulty in their dance.
Free:4 Final:5
A lot faster that the rest of the middle of the pack. Had a bad fall into the boards in warm up. A little pushing and pulling in some sections.
OD: 12
The end lift was very nice and the diagonal footwork run worked, but there were several major footwork problems throughout the dance.
Free: 12 Final:12
They skated to jungle forest drum sounds. Her skirt was pretty much just shreddy fringes. They had a nice postition in a lift.Skated a little slowly and he seemed to spend a lot of quality time on two feet.
OD: 11
There was a bit of "push and pull" going on in the upper bodies. The last lift had a rough ending. Skated to "Have you Ever Really Loved a Woman".
Free: 11 Final: 11
He bobbled on opening pose sequence. Not terribly tidy with line and so forth. A tad sloppy effect. Gospel spiritual music.
OD:9
Very smooth and complex dance. Speed was the only issue I could see. Had a very good footwork pass also.
Free: 9 Final: 9
This dance had that great sort of "mesmerizing" quality - the holds sort of all weave in and out of each other. They kept the speed even throughout. They ended slightly before the music did.
OD:6
He had a pretty big bobble in the footwork. The toe picky parts had a good character of the dance.
Free: 6 Final: 6
Big bobble in a loose leg twizzle run. Sort of looked like a pairs program - a lot of hand to hand and distance between them. And some sychronizing issues.
OD:8
All my notes say is "huge disaster in footwork. I do not know if I wsa being Peter Carruthers style overdramatic or not
Free: 8 Final: 8
He bobbled in opening. Speed an issue.Aa little hesitant seeming.
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