Senior Dance

Julia Rey & Philipp Rey, Stars FSC of Texas/University of Delaware FSC - Photos
OD:Wacky costumes. Inexplicable music choices.I am too low class to understand them. They were one whole twizzle off from each other at the end of their footwork sequence.
Kate Slattery & Chuen-Gun Lee, All Year FSC/SC of Wilmington - Photos
OD: Change direction lift, but it struggled. Rough footwork.
Lindsay Evans & Kevin O'Keefe, Coloardo SC/SC of Boston - Photos
OD: Little bobble before footwork. Slower and simpler than the tos teams, but nice.
Francesca Cheli & Alex Clark, Garden State SC/SC of Wilmington - Photos
OD:Looked very smooth and nice til the footwork, which was waaaayyy off. First lift was also very rough.
Lydia Manon & Ryan O'Meara, Arctic FSC/Coyotes SC of Arizona - Photos
OD: I was very impressed by this OD. Strong footwork section. Lift changes direction quickly and smoothly. I was sure they would move up some.If I were Lord of the Dance they would be in front of Gregory and Petukov for this dance.
FD: Twizle sequences shorterbut on. The chor. and music of this program weren't helping them toomuch, but I think they are excellent skaters.
Alisa Allapach & Benjamin Westenberger, All Year FSC - Photos
OD: Couple of sections where there was a lot of light between their hips. Little toey, but faster that Ellis and Ross-Frye.
Stephanie Ellis & Ian Ross-Frye, Escondido FSC/All Year FSC - Photos
OD: Footwork and Spins were very nice. Faster than Palmer and Stucke.
Elizabeth Palmer & Ryland Stucke, Portland ISC - Photos
OD:Almost fell at end of first lift. Slow, even more so in tricks. Footwork and spins were nice.
Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto, Detroit SC, Inc - Photos
OD:Fast. Strong. Clearly should be first. But give me a break with the freakin' 6.0s people. Shameless.
FD: Too frantic and choppy. Not pleasing to this fan. And the ALL 6.0's is outrageous. Just a slap in the face to legitimate 6.0s everywhere.Even if I had liked this dance I woul think it was embarassing.
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz & David Mitchell, SC of Boston
Withdrew
Kendra Goodwin & Brent Bommentre, University of Delaware FSC/Philadelphia SC & HS - Photos
OD: Just a bit of hip seperation. Footwork off a bit at the end. First lift had a rough ending.
FD: Great balance between lifts and skating. Couple of small problems in twizzle sequences. and soem lift slow and rough on the set down.
Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov, SC of New York/Skokie Valley SC - Photos
OD:Both the footwork sections were VERY slow. They are doing very hard stuff, but.....They bobbled in the straight line footwork.
FD: They do a LOT of lifts. They are almost always in a lift. She almots fell on the fisrt footwork sequence and the second one was off and slow.
Tiffany Stiegler & Sergei Magerovskiy - Photos: Compulsory OD
OD: Footwork was slow and a little simple and they looked a little rough in spots, but they are very credible here.
FD: I love this dance. Technically they do not have as much here as the very top placements, but ion terms of being enjoyable to watch and musical expression no one can touch them. Tiffany was bormn to do ice dance - it just took a while to figure it out This is really nice to watch.Her positions are superb, her facial expression always perfect. And they skate very well along with it all. The footwork sequence was off here and their twizzles are a work in progress, but I liked watching this dance more that I have since I don't know when.
Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozin, SC of New York - Photos
One lift went up rough. Twizzles slightly off.

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Notes From 2005 Nationals - Portland, Oregon
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Notes From 2005 Nationals - Portland, Oregon
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