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Photos and Notes From 2005 Nationals - Portland, Oregon
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Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig, Southwest Florda FSC/Red River Valley FSC
Colette Appel & Lee Harris, Connecticut SA at Newington, Inc./Detroit SC, Inc
Shantel Jordan & Jeremy Barrett, Southwest Florida FSC
Katie Beriau & Joseph Gazzola, New England FSC/Charter Oak FSC
Marcy Hinzmann & Aaron Parchem, Winterhurst FSC/Detroit SC, Inc<
Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent, Broadmoor SC, Inc
Brooke Castile & Ben Okolski, St. Clair Shores FSC
Stephanie Kuban & Laureano Ibarra, Broadmoor SC/All year FSC
Julian Burns & Themistocles Leftheris, Capital City FSC/Los Angeles FSC
Lauren-Marie Simm & Devin Matthews, Glacier Falls FSC/St. Moritz ISC
Jennifer Don & Jonathon Hunt Texas Gulf Coast FSC/University of Delaware FSC
Rena Inoue & John Baldwin, All Year FSC
Katie Orscher & Garrett Lucash, SC of Hartford/Charter Oak FSC
Tiffany Scott & Philip Dulebohn, Colonial FSC/University of Delaware FSC
Brittany Vise & Nicholas Kole, Broadmoor SC

Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig, Southwest Florda FSC/Red River Valley FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP:Music: Theme for Common Man - Olympic Fanfare. Most exciting part of evening for me. Really liked this program and this pair.They are doomed. I just know it. They will break up before the free. Weep. High 2 twist. SxS 2? sal. Star lift with flip out. Nice traveling Death spiral. Throw 3 sal.
FS: Music:Butterfly Suite. 2 Twist. SxS 3 toe. (she doubled)-2toe. Throw 3 loop (fall). Lift - split - Throw 3 sal. Nice one hand lift with change of position. This team put out the most enjoyable 2 programs of the competition for me. Lovely team. (doomed).
Colette Appel & Lee Harris, Connecticut SA at Newington, Inc./Detroit SC, Inc - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music:Bond. SxS 2 sal (he 2?). Throw 3 sal (hand down). Low 2 twist. Nice Death spiral.
FS: Music: Waterworld. Music wasn't memorable, but the costumes were beautiful.Throw 3 sal. SxS 3 sal (both hand down and step out). 2 twist is low. Throw 3 toe. SxS 2 flip?-2toe. Lift rough. Star with twist out.
Shantel Jordan & Jeremy Barrett, Southwest Florida FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music: Stargate. She fell hard on Throw. SxS 3 sals didn't work. Change hands in Death Spiral - nice
FS: Music:Lord of the Dance. 3? Twist. SxS 2 axel. 1 Hand lift with change. Throw 3 toe? She came out very early and 2 footed. SxS 2 sal-step-split-2toe (he hand down). Unison trouble in transitional footwork.Lift. ROugh pair camel. Throw 3 sal. Big fancy lift.
Katie Beriau & Joseph Gazzola, New England FSC/Charter Oak FSC - Photos: Short Free
Sp: Music:Exotica (most used piece of the competition, by the way). She fell on throw.
FS: Music: Rach. 2.25 twist. Toe-Toe sequence a mess. Throw loop (fall). More jumps - she missed them. Throw 2 loop. Upside down lift was scrapey. One other lift. Slow footwork.
Marcy Hinzmann & Aaron Parchem, Winterhurst FSC/Detroit SC, Inc - Photos: Short Free
SP:Music: Pink Floyd (ick). 2 twist. Throw 3 loop. SxS 3 toes (she 2). SxS spins on. Nice lift with change of position. Pair spin interesting, but rough.
FS: Music:La Esperanze, Once Upon a Time in Mexico.3 Twist (caught on his shoulder). Throw 3 loop. SxS 3 toe ( she fell). SxS toes (she 2). Throw 3 sal. Bad fall with disruption. Death Spiral hit the ice.
Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent, Broadmoor SC, Inc - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music: Italian Job. 2 Twist. SxS 3 toes (he popped out-she fell). Throw 3 loop.
FS: Music:Cirque. Wobbly twist. SxS flip-toe a mess. Throw 3 loop. Cool Choange of position lift with a toss over head. SxS axel - she popped?. Throw 3 sal (fall). Other cool lift. Some very interesting choreography
Brooke Castile & Ben Okolski, St. Clair Shores FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music: Anticipation by Luciani. SxS 3 sal - nope. He fell - she didn'e make it either. 2 Footed throw 2 loop. Nice deatch spiral with upper body change.
FS: Shakespeare's ROmeo and Juliet Volume 2 (what the heck?). 3 Twist. Throw 3 loop. SxS 2 axel (he fell)-2 toe. Throw 3 sal. Sxs ? (he popped).
Stephanie Kuban & Laureano Ibarra, Broadmoor SC/All year FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP:Music:Rifkin. 2 Twist. SxS 3 toes. Throw 3 loop (she rushed out of this landing - nice save).
FS: Music:Once Upon a Time in Mexico. 2 Twist. SxS 3 fall (toe). Throw 3 loop. Lasso-start. SxS 2axel (he fell). Platter-star. Throw 3 sal (fall-not even close). 1 handed star.
Julian Burns & Themistocles Leftheris, Capital City FSC/Los Angeles FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music:Umbrellas of Cherburg. SxS 3 sal (she was short of rotation). Throw 3 sal (2 footed, hand down). 2 Twist fine. Spin off and on. She belly flopped on Spiral Sequence.
FS:Music: Gone with the Wind. Loved the music. 2 tweist. SxS 3 toes. Throw 3 sal with whippy landing. 1 handed lift - little set down problem. SxS 3sal-2toe. Throw 2 loop. SXS spin wiht cool arm positions.
Lauren-Marie Simm & Devin Matthews, Glacier Falls FSC/St. Moritz ISC - Photos: Short Free
SP:Music Time to say Goodbye.: SxS 2 axels didn;t realy happen. Twist was very nice. Hand down on throw 3 sal.
FS: Music: Swan Lake. 2 twist. 2 axel-step-2toe sequence. Interesting lift - set down trouble. SxS 2 flip. Lift problem - down early. SxS spin off. Throw 2 toe. Star lift.
Jennifer Don & Jonathon Hunt Texas Gulf Coast FSC/University of Delaware FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music: Rach #2. 2 Twist. SxS 3 toe. Throw 3 sal (fall). Lift rough and a little scary.
FS: Music: Cinderella. 3 Twist. 3toe-3 toe (he hand down, step out). Throw 3 loop. SxS 3 toes (he popped). Throw 3 sal. Footwork trouble.
Rena Inoue & John Baldwin, All Year FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music:Disco Firebird (oy). SxS 3 lutz. I think they did these...Throw 3 sal. 2 twist was low. Nice step through lift with headbanger dismount.
FS: Music:Trans SIberian Orch. (Beethoven thingee that starts with Moonlight Sonanta). SxS 3 lutz (HE 2 footed). 3 twist with collision. Throw 3 sal (2 footed, short of rotation). #toe-2axel. Step through lift just didn't happen. Throw 3 loop.
Katie Orscher & Garrett Lucash, SC of Hartford/Charter Oak FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music: Still Got The Blues. S&M bonus points all around. 2 twist (Very High). SxS 3 toes. Throw 3 flip - HUGE, but she fell.
FS: Music: Samson and Delilah. #t-3t. Throw 3 flip. 3toe (he two footed). I stopped making notes at some point. it was clear to me they were going to be one or two. The program was good up til the footwork. It was awful. Slow and out of unison and weak. Just awful.
Tiffany Scott & Philip Dulebohn, Colonial FSC/University of Delaware FSC - Photos: Short Free
SP:Music: OnceUpon a Time in Mexico. SxS 3 toe (she fell). Throw 3 sal (she opened up early and came out 2 footed. 2 twist ok.
FS: Xotica. I described their costumes as "Argyle on Crack". I was so freakin' sick of Xotica by this point in the competition I screamed just to read its name in the program. I am not sure whay everyone fell in love with it - It is not at all catchy or memorable to me. Well, of course seeing 12 programs to it in a week has made it stick in my mind, but there was nothing spectacular about the music itself. SxS 2axel-2toe (messy-).Solid lift. Throw 3 loop. SxS 3 toe (mess-She popped, he stepped out and was short of rotation and 2 footed and....). Throw 3 sal. Great straight line footwork.
Brittany Vise & Nicholas Kole, Broadmoor SC - Photos: Short Free
SP: Music:Haunted Mansion. She fell on throw. Missed all else. His costume looked like it fell apart at beginning - neck trim all loose,
FS: Music: Pirates. SxS 3 toe. Throw 3 sal (forward). 2 twist. SxS 3 toe (he fell).-2toe. Throw 3 loop. Lift down early.

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