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Notes From 2007 Nationals - Spokane, Washington
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Kloe Bautista and Galvani Hopson
Brynn Carman and Christopher Knierim
Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir
Emily Glassberg and Kurt Weiss
Madeline Heritage and Casey Sullivan
Jaylyn Kelly and Gabe Woodruff
Minna Lee and Taylor Toth
Amanda Luchau and Andrew Speroff
Tiffany Nahm and Christopher Nahm
Tracy Tanovich and Michael Chau
Tori Vollmer and David Sparks
Caitlin Yankowskas and Daniyel Cohen

Kloe Bautista and Galvani Hopson - Photos: Short Long
SP: "Vamos A Bailar" by the Gipsy Kings
FS: "Danse Macabre" by Saint-Saens
Choreographed by Lorna Brown

SP: Their twist is launched from his side - very "loopish", but they got it done. Pair spin was rough. Lift was nice, but simple. SXS flips very nice. Death Spiral was close to boards, may have been short. They ended early.

Brynn Carman and Christopher Knierim - Photos: Short Long
SP: "Nightmare" by Brain Bug
FS: City Slickers soundtrack
Choreographed by Dalilah Sappenfield/Damon Allen

SP: HUGE twist - check out the photo. Trouble on the flip landings. Trouble on sxs spin. Her leg line isn't matching with his yet. She is mych smaller.

Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir - Photos: Short Long
SP: "Mon Enfant" by George Winston
FS: "Salome" by Richard Strauss
Choreographed by Sheryl Franks

SP:Nice footwork into nice twist. One of only two pairs who did footwork, not spiral (Other one was the Nahms). Great pair spin. SxS flips nice, as was the death spiral. The music was a little slow and repetitive for me - sleepy piano, but pretty.

Emily Glassberg and Kurt Weiss - Photos: Short Long
SP: Selections by the Brian Setzer orchestra
FS: Don Juan DeMarco soundtrack and "D'Artagnan" by Maxime Rodriguez
Choreographed by Zuzanna Szwed

SP: Great music. Interesting program. Fun. jumps looked clean. She fell in the twist in warmup, but it went ok in program. Lift slowed a bit. He did a spread easgle into the death spirsl - nice. She had a nice smile.

Madeline Heritage and Casey Sullivan - Photos: Short Long
SP: "Funeral for a Friend" by Elton John
FS: "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copeland
Choreographed by Sharon Baker/Paula Wagener

SP:She sort of slid through his arms on the landing of the twist, but no fall. She had a problem I could not wuite see on the landing of the flip. Spiral was very very slow. She didn't get too low on the death spiral.They were late ending. I love the music and the choreography was well done.

Jaylyn Kelly and Gabe Woodruff - Photos: Short Long
SP: Mozart (modern arrangement)
FS: Corpse Bride soundtrack
Choreographed by Yuka Sato

SP: Nice high catch on the twist. Nice lift - lasso with change of position and a flip out. opposite jumpers - did facing straight line spread eagles into their side by side flips. VERY cool. side by side spin off and on. Nice speed.

Minna Lee and Taylor Toth - Photos: Short Long
SP: Music by Rondo Veneziano
FS: "Malaguena" by Ernesto Lecuona
Choreographed by Marina Zoueva/Sasha Zhulin

SP:Slow and sleepy music. Lift clean . End of spiral a bit off. Nice sxs spins. Slow. Twist and pair spin nice. The music was not helping here.

Amanda Luchau and Andrew Speroff - Photos: Short Long
SP: "Hernando's Hideaway"
FS: Medley from "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein
Choreographed by Dalilah Sappenfield

Tiffany Nahm and Christopher Nahm - Photos: Short Long
SP: Phantom of the Opera soundtrack
FS: "Sleeping Beauty" by Tchaikovsky
Choreographed by Randy Gardner

SP:2 foot set down on lift. Nice twist. flips good. sxs spins off and on. Great footwork pass. Very enjoyable program - nice musicality and expression.

Tracy Tanovich and Michael Chau - Photos: Short Long
SP: "The Race"
FS: "Don Quixote" by Minkus
Choreographed by Jim Peterson/Christine Hough Sweeney

SP: In spite of the music, this was really fun. The choregraphy was well done and the kids looked like they were having fun with it. Lots of intersting entrances to elements both very flexible. She fell on flip.

Tori Vollmer and David Sparks - Photos: Short Long
SP: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
FS: "The Miracle" by Walt Wagner
Choreographed by Felicia Beck/Todd Sand

SP: Slow, especially in the spiral. Lift came down early. Cute program.

Caitlin Yankowskas and Daniyel Cohen - Photos: Short Long
SP: The Mission soundtrack
FS: "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky
Choreographed by Evgeniy Krasowski/Sasha Lunev

SP:The music sounded like Aranjuez to me. Death Spiral nice and low. Little shoulder collision on the twist. He stumbled a bit onfootwork into flip, but the jumps were fine.Spiral and pair spin a bit slow.


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