What was the song????
Steani
Please help me remember the song that was used by a pro pairs team. It
was Euro-Funk. I can't remember who they were. It was really cool. The
girl wore a belly shirt thing. It was by a British Group?
I'm stumped.
Fiona McQuarrie
Steani (ste...@aol.com) wrote:
: Please help me remember the song that was used by a pro pairs team. It
: was Euro-Funk. I can't remember who they were. It was really cool. The
: girl wore a belly shirt thing. It was by a British Group?
Woah. This is like asking "Help me remember the music that some guy skated
to. He wore a military type body suit. The music sounded like it was
classical." In other words, what you've said could apply on at least one
point to 99.999999% of the pairs out there. Could you at least tell us
which competition this was in? Or what colour the outfits were?
\
Cheers, Fiona
Tendemas
<HTML>Steani (ste...@aol.com) wrote:
: Please help me remember the song that was used by a pro pairs team. It
: was Euro-Funk. I can't remember who they were. It was really cool.
The
: girl wore a belly shirt thing. It was by a British Group?
Ya know, this brings back distant memories of watching game shows
when I was home sick from school. I know this post was a serious one, and
I'm afraid I have no idea what the answer is, but it did germinate a
(scary) idea.
Maybe we could start up a summer-rssif challenge here, something
along these lines.
I can name that skating performance...
(1) with only a costume description!
(2) with costume and discipline! (singles pairs etc)
(3) with costime, discipline and musical type! (classical, rock, jazz....)
(4) with all of the above plus a given year!
(5) with all that plus the name of the specific competition!
(6) With everything including the name of the musical selection!
Uh, wait. That would be the whole answer, wouldn't it?
Steani's question would be a level 3.
Here's another example:
The skater's costume had a...*hand* sewn into the design.
Any ideas? Contributors?
--- tendemas
(who's suffering from a lack of air-conditioning tonight)
Ngehlke
This is a wild guess (of course), but could you be referring to the
Canadian couple that skated in last year's Too Hot to Skate, in Las Vegas?
Unfortunately I don't remember the song title.
Trudi Marrapodi
In article <19970729043...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
tend...@aol.com (Tendemas) wrote:
> <HTML>Steani (ste...@aol.com) wrote:
> : Please help me remember the song that was used by a pro pairs team. It
> : was Euro-Funk. I can't remember who they were. It was really cool.
> The
> : girl wore a belly shirt thing. It was by a British Group?
>
> Ya know, this brings back distant memories of watching game shows
> when I was home sick from school. I know this post was a serious one, and
> I'm afraid I have no idea what the answer is, but it did germinate a
> (scary) idea.
> Maybe we could start up a summer-rssif challenge here, something
> along these lines.
> I can name that skating performance...
> (1) with only a costume description!
> (2) with costume and discipline! (singles pairs etc)
> (3) with costime, discipline and musical type! (classical, rock, jazz....)
> (4) with all of the above plus a given year!
> (5) with all that plus the name of the specific competition!
> (6) With everything including the name of the musical selection!
"It's time to play...'NAME THAT PROGRAM!'"
> Uh, wait. That would be the whole answer, wouldn't it?
>
> Steani's question would be a level 3.
> Here's another example:
> The skater's costume had a...*hand* sewn into the design.
>
> Any ideas? Contributors?
Oh, that one's easy. "The Addams Family" by Krisztina Czako. (Unless
someone is skating to "The Haunting Torgo Theme" from "Manos: The Hands of
Fate.")
As for Steani's question, it's possible that she's remembering the dance
team of Michelle McDonald & Martin Smith skating to "Glory Box" by Portis
Head. But I wouldn't bet the rent.
Oh, and if I'm right, Steani, you don't have to thank me.
--
Trudi
www...@forgetaboutit.net
To mail me, replace "forgetaboutit" with "frontiernet"
aef
How about pro/amateur status or country of origin?
Lighting at the time of the performance? Commentators (for Joelle who
may be able to list all the music that was being played while Scott was
doing commentary).
Also, other random descriptions of performers; e.g., the pair that is
always bleeding, the lady Dick Button pinched, etc.
BTW, what's a belly shirt thing?
Anne
On 29 Jul 1997, Tendemas wrote:
> <HTML>Steani (ste...@aol.com) wrote:
> : Please help me remember the song that was used by a pro pairs team. It
> : was Euro-Funk. I can't remember who they were. It was really cool.
> The
> : girl wore a belly shirt thing. It was by a British Group?
>
> Ya know, this brings back distant memories of watching game shows
> when I was home sick from school. I know this post was a serious one, and
> I'm afraid I have no idea what the answer is, but it did germinate a
> (scary) idea.
> Maybe we could start up a summer-rssif challenge here, something
> along these lines.
> I can name that skating performance...
> (1) with only a costume description!
> (2) with costume and discipline! (singles pairs etc)
> (3) with costime, discipline and musical type! (classical, rock, jazz....)
> (4) with all of the above plus a given year!
> (5) with all that plus the name of the specific competition!
> (6) With everything including the name of the musical selection!
>
> Uh, wait. That would be the whole answer, wouldn't it?
>
> Steani's question would be a level 3.
> Here's another example:
> The skater's costume had a...*hand* sewn into the design.
>
> Any ideas? Contributors?
>
Kathy
I think you're referring to Ice Dancers Michelle McDonald and Martin
Smith skating to Glorybox by Portishead.
I love that song but it took my sister to realize the name for me. Pat
O'Brien wasn't clear when announcing the name.
Kathy
PegLewis
In article <19970729043...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
tend...@aol.com (Tendemas) writes:
>The skater's costume had a...*hand* sewn into the design.
>
>Any ideas? Contributors?
Krisztina Czako comes to mind, but this *has* to be a trick question or
you wouldn't have asked it, right? Right? Er... maybe...?
;-) Peg
(PegL...@aol.com)
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Jonathan A. Singer
Fiona McQuarrie (mcqu...@sfu.ca) wrote:
: Steani (ste...@aol.com) wrote:
: : Please help me remember the song that was used by a pro pairs team. It
: : was Euro-Funk. I can't remember who they were. It was really cool. The
: : girl wore a belly shirt thing. It was by a British Group?
: Woah. This is like asking "Help me remember the music that some guy skated
: to. He wore a military type body suit. The music sounded like it was
: classical." In other words, what you've said could apply on at least one
: point to 99.999999% of the pairs out there [... .]
Just to take a wild guess, I'll suggest that the pair of skaters
were in fact the _dance_ team of Michelle MacDonald and Martin Smith
(Canada), who performed to the song "Sour Times" by the Brit trip-hop
group Portishead (from the "Dummy" album) on the most recent "To Hot
to Skate".
This of course, may not be the performance/song you were looking for,
but both were, in fact, "really cool".
Jonathan
P.S. Hi all!
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Revjoelle
>Which brings up another entry -- The Spouse calls his all-time favorite
program "the chicken-dance routine." Mens' singles skater. Guesses anyone?
>*I* think this one's easy.
>
Well if it's recent I'd say Petrenko's Red Rooster.
Going back in time, I'd vote for Scott Hamilton's Chicken "In the Mood"
Joelle
"I feel 100% confident that I can overcome this disease and be
back on the ice within a few months" - Scott Hamilton
JustinPop
tend...@aol.com (Tendemas) writes:
>Which brings up another entry -- The Spouse calls his all-time favorite
>program "the chicken-dance routine." Mens' singles skater. Guesses
anyone?
>*I* think this one's easy.
Viktor Pretrenko? I'm thinking of that "egg" costume he wore last year.
Maybe?
Justin --jus...@aol.com--
~~ Vanessa Gusmeroli - 1997 World Bronze Medalist ~~
Tendemas
>><HTML>In article <19970729043...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
>tend...@aol.com (Tendemas) writes:
>>The skater's costume had a...*hand* sewn into the design.
>>
>>Any ideas? Contributors?
>Krisztina Czako comes to mind, but this *has* to be a trick question or
>you wouldn't have asked it, right? Right? Er... maybe...?
>
>;-) Peg
>
>(PegL...@aol.com)>>
Nah, no trick. Thought I'd start off with something easy and let the more
experienced folks pose some real puzzles. Yeah, that's it. I'm not
covering up a wholesale lack of originality and shallow knowledge of
skating. Nope. Couldn't be that. <wink & grin>
Um, since you want a real challenge, how's this:
It was a jazzy-bluesy piece, dance skaters, and the woman was really
vamping it up.
(This is the spouse's second-favorite routine of all time.)
Can you...Name That Program?
Which brings up another entry -- The Spouse calls his all-time favorite
program "the chicken-dance routine." Mens' singles skater. Guesses anyone?
*I* think this one's easy.
---tendemas
Lisa Collis
I think I have the real answer. I remember the German couple (Ingo &
something ?) doing a hot little number set to the Euro-funk sounds of
Depeche Mode and their great song, In My Room. I think this is what
you're talking about. I'm not sure what year this was from or what event
('95 or '96 Worlds ? - I think it was one of those Parade of Champions
thingy's). I do remember the Canadian commentators saying that these 2
should do the Music Videos for Depeche Mode from now on ! Anyway, go buy
the CD and listen to this song - I think it's what you mean...
PegLewis
In article <19970731034...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
tend...@aol.com (Tendemas) writes:
>Um, since you want a real challenge, how's this:
> It was a jazzy-bluesy piece, dance skaters, and the woman was really
>vamping it up.
>(This is the spouse's second-favorite routine of all time.)
>Can you...Name That Program?
Any dance team doing any blues? (tee hee)
Have to admit here and now: I'm only a recent convert to even *enjoying*
ice dancing... only since learning to respect it when I started lurking
here & in skater spaces a couple, three years ago. This means my pool of
knowledge for the dance is *really* limited.
Given that, how about "House of the Rising Sun" by Roca & Sur?
Here's one with a music clue & a prop: well-worn opera plot with lipstick
for blood (duo)?
How about a "move" to ID a program: Backflip/catch-then-toss ice chips -
who and what song?
gather ice shavings for snowball toss?
hyperventillating spread eagle?
Congratulations to the (unwitting?) originator of this thread. As much
promise as any chair could give ;-) .
Mary E Tyler
Tendemas wrote:
>
> >><HTML>In article <19970729043...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
> >tend...@aol.com (Tendemas) writes:
>
> >>The skater's costume had a...*hand* sewn into the design.
> >>
> >>Any ideas? Contributors?
>
> >Krisztina Czako comes to mind, but this *has* to be a trick question or
> >you wouldn't have asked it, right? Right? Er... maybe...?
> >
> >;-) Peg
> >
> >(PegL...@aol.com)>>
>
> Nah, no trick. Thought I'd start off with something easy and let the more
> experienced folks pose some real puzzles. Yeah, that's it. I'm not
> covering up a wholesale lack of originality and shallow knowledge of
> skating. Nope. Couldn't be that. <wink & grin>
>
> It was a jazzy-bluesy piece, dance skaters, and the woman was really
> vamping it up.
> (This is the spouse's second-favorite routine of all time.)
> Can you...Name That Program?
>
> program "the chicken-dance routine." Mens' singles skater. Guesses anyone?
> *I* think this one's easy.
>
> ---tendemas
long ago and far away scott hamilton skated to the chicken song. funny.
dejah
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Tendemas wrote:
>
> Um, since you want a real challenge, how's this:
> It was a jazzy-bluesy piece, dance skaters, and the woman was
> really
> vamping it up.
> (This is the spouse's second-favorite routine of all time.)
> Can you...Name That Program?
Usova & Zhulin come to mind. They did a jazzy/bluesy
routine on Elvis's tour last year.
Pat C
Tzigaane
>>Here's one with a music clue & a prop: well-worn opera plot with
lipstick
for blood (duo)?<<
Rahkamo & Kokko's "Carmen". Cool theatrics, with dagger plunged into the
ice.
>>How about a "move" to ID a program: Backflip/catch-then-toss ice chips
who and what song?<<
Brian Orser? Can't remember the song. Saw it on the Sun Valley Men's
comp?
>>gather ice shavings for snowball toss?<<
Usova & Zhulin? Can't recall the program.
Don't know if the last couple are right but I sure had fun.
Tzigaane
Tendemas
*ding*
End of Round One.
Emcee:
Hokay-dokay, viewers and posters, 24 hours and no correct responses
on the vamping/blues/dance number or the "chicken dance"/male skater
routine, so....let's move on to Round Two and add a clue.
(some spoiler space for anyone still guessing)
Round Two Clues.
Dance routine: it was an exhibition, and she was wearing a Skimpy Red
Dress under a trench coat later abandoned as a prop. He was wearing a
rumpled sports coat, a brown fedora and a Bad Tie. Camera loved her,
ignored him half the time. Very irritating.
Chicken Dance: This particular "chicken dance" was performed as an encore
exhibition piece both times I have seen it. Think black outfit. Think
muscle shirt. (Hmm. Think muscles.)
Viktor's routines would both match the given criteria, *except* that the
Spouse has only been a skatefan since '94 and he reads the newspaper
whenever Viktor performs. So, no go.
It's easy for me, see, 'cuz I live with the source. Based on
objective data, I think this one was pretty hard.
Do we need a difficulty-rating system? <wink, wink>
---tendemas
Tendemas
I'll play, I'll play!
>Here's one with a music clue & a prop: well-worn opera >plot with
lipstick
>for blood (duo)?
Carmen, done by...oh, rats. ClimbonaRock and Poundonherankles, maybe?
Now you all know what *I* do while I watch skating: I come up with
weird mnemonics for remembering names that always backfire 'cuz I only
remember the mnemonics.
>How about a "move" to ID a program: >Backflip/catch-then-toss ice chips -
>who and what song?
Brian Orser? Can't even recall if I caught it on videotape, much less the
name of the song. Scott H. tossed ice chips (bad image-phrasing there,
ugh) in his Sergei tribute, but I don't recall a backflip.
Oh, darn. I'll have to go review some skating tapes.
>gather ice shavings for snowball toss?
I wanna say Kurt Browning doing Charlie Brown, but it's just a stray
memory-image, and those get mighty foggy in my brain.
>hyperventillating spread eagle?
Hmmm. (about to scandalize *somebody,* I'm sure)
Brian Boitano or Paul Wylie, in many a dramatic program.
I'd have to say Paul W. seems more prone to hyperventilation. *Seems.* My
impression.
I bet I muffed 'em all, but it's fun to play.
--- tendemas
Cycys22
In article <19970731192...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
tzig...@aol.com (Tzigaane) writes:
>>>gather ice shavings for snowball toss?<<
>
>Usova & Zhulin? Can't recall the program.
It was that Love Theme thing they did at this year's TOC.
Jam
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Trudi Marrapodi
In article <EE6G23.FJ...@torfree.net>, ch...@torfree.net (Jonathan
A. Singer) wrote:
[snip]
> Just to take a wild guess, I'll suggest that the pair of skaters
> were in fact the _dance_ team of Michelle MacDonald and Martin Smith
> (Canada), who performed to the song "Sour Times" by the Brit trip-hop
> group Portishead (from the "Dummy" album) on the most recent "To Hot
> to Skate".
Close, but the song is "Glory Box."
Next...:-)
P.S. Welcome back, Jonathan!
Trudi Marrapodi
In article <19970731192...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
tzig...@aol.com (Tzigaane) wrote:
> >>Here's one with a music clue & a prop: well-worn opera plot with
> lipstick
> for blood (duo)?<<
>
> Rahkamo & Kokko's "Carmen". Cool theatrics, with dagger plunged into the
> ice.
Who could forget it? :-)
> >>How about a "move" to ID a program: Backflip/catch-then-toss ice chips
> who and what song?<<
>
> Brian Orser? Can't remember the song. Saw it on the Sun Valley Men's
> comp?
That would be "Summertime"/"Nice Work If You Can Get It." Or actually, he
did that more with "I Get a Kick Out Of You."
> >>gather ice shavings for snowball toss?<<
>
> Usova & Zhulin? Can't recall the program.
It's the one with all the movie themes.
>
> Don't know if the last couple are right but I sure had fun.
>
> Tzigaane
That indeed...
Louis Epstein
Revjoelle (revj...@aol.com) wrote:
: >Which brings up another entry -- The Spouse calls his all-time favorite
: program "the chicken-dance routine." Mens' singles skater. Guesses anyone?
: >*I* think this one's easy.
: Well if it's recent I'd say Petrenko's Red Rooster.
:
: Going back in time, I'd vote for Scott Hamilton's Chicken "In the Mood"
But some of the struts in "Walk This Way"...
Notdeby
In article <19970801040...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
tend...@aol.com (Tendemas) writes:
>>hyperventillating spread eagle?
>
>Hmmm. (about to scandalize *somebody,* I'm sure)
>Brian Boitano or Paul Wylie, in many a dramatic program.
>I'd have to say Paul W. seems more prone to hyperventilation. *Seems.* My
>impression.
Oh...you mean who makes 'you' hyperventilate when you watch their
magnificent specimen of a spread eagle. Understandable.
p.s. Paul never hyperventilates, he just sweats alot ") ") ").
(what kind of animal is a hyperventilating spread eagle, anyway?)
ClimbonaRock and Poundonherankles...snicker, snicker, ha-ha-ha ho, hee
hee...
NotDeby
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Revjoelle
>p.s. Paul never hyperventilates, he just sweats alot ") ") ").
>>
NotDeby...didn't I splain this to you already?
Horses sweat.
Men perspire.
Ladies glow.
aef
That the guess I made when I first heard the question but I would have
said the group was "tortoisehead" so I'm glad I didn't respond then. It
is a REALLY cool number!
Anne
On 1 Aug 1997, Trudi Marrapodi wrote:
> In article <EE6G23.FJ...@torfree.net>, ch...@torfree.net (Jonathan
> A. Singer) wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Just to take a wild guess, I'll suggest that the pair of skaters
> > were in fact the _dance_ team of Michelle MacDonald and Martin Smith
> > (Canada), who performed to the song "Sour Times" by the Brit trip-hop
> > group Portishead (from the "Dummy" album) on the most recent "To Hot
> > to Skate".
>
> Close, but the song is "Glory Box."
>
> Next...:-)
>
> P.S. Welcome back, Jonathan!
>
GGOm1
Well, based on the round two clues, the dance number sounds a lot like one
Moniotte and Lavanchy did.
Tess : )
~ "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Now
go away before I taunt you a second time!"
Tendemas
Congratulations to Tess!
"Moniotte and Lavanchy at the '95 Worlds Exhibition, skating to the
soundtrack from Roger Rabbit" is the correct answer to last week's "Name
That Program!"
And the bonus, unclaimed so far:
Later in that same exhibition, Elvis Stojko did a short piece to some
Spanish techno-pop song...that starts off with a rooster crowing and
involves some jiggy in-place footwork and waving arms. I've never heard
anyone other than the Spouse refer to it as "the chickendance."
Anybody else out there have a challenge to share?
--- tendemas
Kathy
Going off topic a little bit, what was the name of the theme for the
1997 Worlds Exhibition on ABC?
Jamie Marie Huston :)
> > Um, since you want a real challenge, how's this:
> > It was a jazzy-bluesy piece, dance skaters, and the woman was really
> > vamping it up.
> > (This is the spouse's second-favorite routine of all time.)
> > Can you...Name That Program?
Blues at 5 0'clock (or something of the sort) and it was Usova and Zhulin,
Right?
Jamie (I love trivia!)
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In article <19970731192...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
tzig...@aol.com (Tzigaane) writes:
>>>Here's one with a music clue & a prop: well-worn opera plot with
>lipstick
>for blood (duo)?<<
>
>Rahkamo & Kokko's "Carmen". Cool theatrics, with dagger plunged into the
>ice.
yes! Nice job!
>>>How about a "move" to ID a program: Backflip/catch-then-toss ice chips
>who and what song?<<
>
>Brian Orser? Can't remember the song. Saw it on the Sun Valley Men's
>comp?
Again, excellent answer! (Joelle pinpoints this one later on - the DING
DING... post. Apparently, an easy one, as I saw lots of people correctly
identifying the skater)
(Joelle - loved the bonus question, BTW!)
>
>>>gather ice shavings for snowball toss?<<
>
>Usova & Zhulin? Can't recall the program.
>
>Don't know if the last couple are right but I sure had fun.
>
Good answer, again! (Jam identified this one later. U&Z on the TOC.)
Ah, the "hyperventillating spread eagle" was a trick question - not from
this year. Although I liked the idea of *me* hyperventillating while
watching Paul Wylie spread *his* eagle, I'm afraid that's not the right
answer. The hyperventillating spread eagle was done by Michelle Kwan at
the end of her free skate in Birmingham Worlds, 1995. (What, you expected
*me* to *not* include a Michelle Kwan question??)
Want to try some more? (all this past season unless otherwise indicated)
Remember, we're looking for the skater(s), the music & the competition
- a 360-degree rotating splits _on_the_ice_ performed as if it were a jump
pass, as an element in the midst of a program (rather than as a
program-ending move)?
- a knockdown by a showgirl?
- female catches foot behind her back, forming a loop with her body, & her
partner slips her over her head, then lets the human loop slide all the
way down to his feet
- an eligible 'Tano Lutz during a one-man tango
- guy wearing a bell-hop or waiter suit
- skater arrives abruptly at the boards to pose, scaring or delighting the
bejeebers out of an audience member
- an elegant pairs program goes schizo at the end musically
Have fun!
:-) Peg
Mary E Tyler
PegLewis wrote:
>
> Want to try some more? (all this past season unless otherwise indicated)
>
> Remember, we're looking for the skater(s), the music & the competition
>
> - a 360-degree rotating splits _on_the_ice_ performed as if it were a jump
> pass, as an element in the midst of a program (rather than as a
> program-ending move)?
i have seen Brian boitano do this sort of thing in the middle of
professional programs. i cauldn't tell you the names or places though.
>
> - a knockdown by a showgirl?
>
> - female catches foot behind her back, forming a loop with her body, & her
> partner slips her over her head, then lets the human loop slide all the
> way down to his feet
G&P, or at least someone as recent, have seen it.
>
> - an eligible 'Tano Lutz during a one-man tango
>
> - guy wearing a bell-hop or waiter suit
>
> - skater arrives abruptly at the boards to pose, scaring or delighting the
> bejeebers out of an audience member
>
> - an elegant pairs program goes schizo at the end musically
>
Revjoelle
>- female catches foot behind her back, forming a loop with her body, &
her partner slips her over her head, then lets the human loop slide all
the way down to his feet
That would have to be G&P...and I seem to remember Judy Blumberg
commentating on this with Peter...must have been ESPN Exhibits and Peter
gets all excited "Hey Judy YOU invented that move--I remember I saw you do
that--you did that..." and Judy demurs that she did it with both hands and
Oksanna only did it with one hand...
Unless I am totally confused...you guys know how I get stuff mixed
up...but that's what I remember...
>- guy wearing a bell-hop or waiter suit
Damon Allens short? And we were so excited when he won the short
program...
>- skater arrives abruptly at the boards to pose, scaring or delighting
the bejeebers out of an audience member
Sounds like Scotty to me...Hungarian Rhapsody? Or Cuban Pete? Joe
Sabovitch does that in one of his numbers...but I don't know how scarrey
that is...
Tendemas
>Going off topic a little bit, what was the name of the theme for the
>1997 Worlds Exhibition on ABC?
Do you mean the theme for the show, beyond the ABC sports theme? f I
recall correctly, they were also using the soundtrack from "The Rock."
I'd check my tape, but the commentary was so horrible that I had somebody
get me the Canadian coverage and taped over the ABC/ESPN version.
--- tendemas
TFPeker
In article <19970804215...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
pegl...@aol.com (PegLewis) writes:
>- a knockdown by a showgirl?
Kurt Browning at Too Hot To Skate.
>- skater arrives abruptly at the boards to pose, scaring or delighting
the
>bejeebers out of an audience member
>
Josee Choinard (sp?) at the 1996 Canadian Pros.
>
>
Tanya
CCKato
>>- female catches foot behind her back, forming a loop with her body, &
>her partner slips her over her head, then lets the human loop slide all
>the way down to his feet
>
>That would have to be G&P...and I seem to remember Judy Blumberg
>commentating on this with Peter...must have been ESPN Exhibits and Peter
>gets all excited "Hey Judy YOU invented that move--I remember I saw you
do
>that--you did that..." and Judy demurs that she did it with both hands
and
>Oksanna only did it with one hand...
>
>Unless I am totally confused...you guys know how I get stuff mixed
>up...but that's what I remember...
>
Wasn't it G&P's "You'll See" exhibition number?
>>- guy wearing a bell-hop or waiter suit
>
>Damon Allens short? And we were so excited when he won the short
>program...
>
>
Umm. . . if you're talking about Nationals, I don't think he won the short
program. Wasn't he second? By the way, though, this would be my guess
too for naming the program.
--Caryn Kato
Kathy
Yes, that's what I meant, not the theme song for the Wide World of
Sports. Just the beginning of the exhibition. I know it should be a
soundtrack because, well, they always do, what's with that?! Thanks for
helping me out.
-Kathy
Mary E Tyler
PegLewis wrote:
> >> - a 360-degree rotating splits _on_the_ice_ performed as if it were a
> jump
> >> pass, as an element in the midst of a program (rather than as a
> >> program-ending move)?
> >
> >i have seen Brian boitano do this sort of thing in the middle of
> >professional programs. i cauldn't tell you the names or places though.
>
> the ice before... Russian splits, yes, but not on the ice.
>
ah, now i remember... i didn't understand the question the first time.
Nicole Bobek has done the sliding splits thing at least once. and i
think maybe oksana baiul may have too.
dejah
Kathy
PegLewis wrote:
>
> In article <19970805035...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>
> Peg
Kurt Browning at Too Hot To Skate - Here I Am by Lyle Lovette
Josee Chouinard at 96' Canadian Pros - Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven?
I remembered Josee or someone called it a tribute to Beethoven.
Kurt's run in with that showgirl was too memorable.
~Kathy
PegLewis
Erin said:>
>
>>>>
>>>> - an elegant pairs program goes schizo at the end musically
>>>>
>>
>
>How about Bereznaia/Shliakhov's 1995 long to "Where Have all the
>Flowers Gone" that breaks jarringly into raucous rock in the last
>minute or so? (Or is this contest limited to this season's programs?
>If so, disregard this answer.)
Good try, but I'm afraid this set of questions *is* limited to the '96-'97
season.
Peg
Tzigaane
Boy these are harder this time, but I'll dive right in, embarrassment be
darned
>>- a 360-degree rotating splits _on_the_ice_ performed as if it were a
jump
pass, as an element in the midst of a program (rather than as a
program-ending move)? <<
I want to say - Alexander Fadeev?
>>- a knockdown by a showgirl?<<
Scott Hamilton at Too Hot To Skate in Vegas?
>>- female catches foot behind her back, forming a loop with her body, &
her
partner slips her over her head, then lets the human loop slide all the
way down to his feet<<
Grischuk and Platov?
>>- guy wearing a bell-hop or waiter suit<<
Well it *could* be Kurt Browning's Casa Blanca I s'pose
>>- skater arrives abruptly at the boards to pose, scaring or delighting
the
bejeebers out of an audience member<<
There are probably several correct answers to this, but I'm gonna go with
Paul Martini in Why'd You Lie (?) Can I also picture Todd Eldredge doing
something like this?
>>- an elegant pairs program goes schizo at the end musically<<
The pair whose music stopped playing 30 seconds or so from the end and
they finished the program anyway - at the Olympics or Worlds? Or
something? Can't remember who that was though.
Well I imagine I did *real* poorly this time, but I *still* had fun!
Tzigaane
PegLewis
In article <19970806063...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
tzig...@aol.com (Tzigaane) writes:
>
>Boy these are harder this time, but I'll dive right in, embarrassment be
>darned
>
>>>- a 360-degree rotating splits _on_the_ice_ performed as if it were a
>jump
>pass, as an element in the midst of a program (rather than as a
>program-ending move)? <<
>
>I want to say - Alexander Fadeev?
:-( No... someone has named the skater & the place - just need the
music...
>>>- a knockdown by a showgirl?<<
>
>Scott Hamilton at Too Hot To Skate in Vegas?
:-) Right place :-( Wrong skater [this one has been correctly solved]
>>>- female catches foot behind her back, forming a loop with her body, &
>her
>partner slips her over her head, then lets the human loop slide all the
>way down to his feet<<
>
>Grischuk and Platov?
:-) Excellent, just excellent. This one has been solved.
>>>- guy wearing a bell-hop or waiter suit<<
>
>Well it *could* be Kurt Browning's Casa Blanca I s'pose
>
No, I'm afraid this batch is limited to the '96-'97 season. Good guess,
though. [This has been partially solved]
>>>- skater arrives abruptly at the boards to pose, scaring or delighting
>the
>bejeebers out of an audience member<<
>
>There are probably several correct answers to this, but I'm gonna go with
>Paul Martini in Why'd You Lie (?) Can I also picture Todd Eldredge doing
>something like this?
Well... :-) I think Paul M started his program at the boards, rather than
heading there during the program, but that is a good choice. [this one has
been solved]
>
>>>- an elegant pairs program goes schizo at the end musically<<
>
>The pair whose music stopped playing 30 seconds or so from the end and
>they finished the program anyway - at the Olympics or Worlds? Or
>something? Can't remember who that was though.
Neat answer. From this season, Stiegler & Zimmerman at Skate America. But
that's not the one I meant. Check for another post for a clarification of
what I mean by "schizo"
>
>Well I imagine I did *real* poorly this time, but I *still* had fun!
I'm glad you had fun. And any effort is a good effort!
Kathy
jam...@ican.net wrote:
>
> > Josee Chouinard at 96' Canadian Pros - Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven?
> > I remembered Josee or someone called it a tribute to Beethoven.
> > Kurt's run in with that showgirl was too memorable.
> >
> > ~Kathy
>
>
> It is "Tribute to Beethoven" She also performed "No Quero Saber" by
> Selena.
>
> Jam
Was 'No Quiero Sabes' the artistic in the program? I saw her perform
'Tribute' at the Professional Championships & The Canadian Pros. But
since she did perform both, it was at the Professionals in Michigan,
right?
My cousin, Jaycean, asked what does 'No Quiero Sabes' means. I'd tell
her but she needs to learn to find things the harder way! Someone tell
her!
Kathy
PegLewis
Three posts in one... with a hint at the end ;-)
In article <33E739...@worldnet.att.net>, Kathy
<THA...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>Kurt Browning at Too Hot To Skate - Here I Am by Lyle Lovette
Excellent!
>Josee Chouinard at 96' Canadian Pros - Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven?
> I remembered Josee or someone called it a tribute to Beethoven.
> Kurt's run in with that showgirl was too memorable.
See below, please. :-)
.........
In article <8709980...@dejanews.com>, jam...@ican.net writes:
>
>> Josee Chouinard at 96' Canadian Pros - Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven?
>> I remembered Josee or someone called it a tribute to Beethoven.
>> Kurt's run in with that showgirl was too memorable.
>>
>> ~Kathy
>
>Hi!
>
>It is "Tribute to Beethoven" She also performed "No Quero Saber" by
>Selena.
>
>
"Fuer [<---- no umlaut on my keyboard!] Ludwig" actually.
Peg
...........
In article <19970808010...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
tfp...@aol.com (TFPeker) writes:
>Peg:
>>:-) Let me further define "schizo" in this context: a pair is skating an
>>elegant program - with appropriate costume to traditionally "elegant"
>>music - and the last 30 seconds or so cut to a completely off-the-wall
>(in
>>comparison to what came before) kind of music, by a different composer.
>>
>>
>Then it's gotta be Berezhnaya and Shiharulidze's free skate. They started
>skating to "Dark Eyes" and finished with some bombastic music that I have
>no idea what it is.
Hmmmm. Tanya is making Peg go to tape. This was *not* the program I had in
mind...
Okay, I'm afraid Berezhnaya/Sikhaulidze's LP at '97 Worlds does not fit
the clue. The music is "Dark Eyes" [?? Of course, I learned classical
music growing up, not the standards (and phooey for no standards in my
life!), but I know this one from cartoons as "We are gremlins from the
Kremlin." ;-)] throughout. The ending is just a bombastic coda to an
arrangement that moves through several different stylistic treatments of
the song [folk tune upon which the song was based? sounds like a folk tune
to me:-).]
Good guess, though! For a hint, check the very end below my sig quotes.
:-) Peg
(PegL...@aol.com)
===========
"With all the really young skaters that are coming onto the scene, it
seems that we are going back to the days of baby gymnasts, and yet skaters
of my age can do triples but with the advantage of added experience and
femininity." - Laetitia Hubert (France), on '97 Worlds Short Program,
March 1997
===========
"It's very intense what's happening in the sport... In the ladies event,
it's a little more the artistic beauty of figure skating. I hope it
doesn't come through to be jump, jump, jump... When you're young, you
don't think 'I have to do this, and this.' You just skate." - Nicole Bobek
after qualifying round at Worlds, March, 1997
===========
"I think when you're young, it's easy to go out there and just do it
without much of a problem. When you're an adult you're trying to get ideas
across. It becomes more complicated, and it's easier to lose
concentration. There's more to it than just doing jumps and spins.'' -
Michelle Kwan at Worlds, March 1997
............
Hint: (schizo pair music) It was televised more than once last season, &
one of those times was on Halloween.
jam...@ican.net
In article <33EAE5...@worldnet.att.net>,
Kathy <THA...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> Was 'No Quiero Sabes' the artistic in the program? I saw her perform
> 'Tribute' at the Professional Championships & The Canadian Pros. But
> since she did perform both, it was at the Professionals in Michigan,
> right?
> My cousin, Jaycean, asked what does 'No Quiero Sabes' means. I'd tell
> her but she needs to learn to find things the harder way! Someone tell
> her!
>
> Kathy
Hi Kathy!
The technical program was the Beethoven piece and the artistic piece was
the No Quiero Sabes. The No Quiero Sabes means I don't want to know.
*that's what my spanish friend told me).
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How about "You Must remeember this..."
TFPeker
In article <19970808181...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
pegl...@aol.com (PegLewis) writes:
>
>Good guess, though! For a hint, check the very end below my sig quotes.
Here's the quote:
Hint: (schizo pair music) It was televised more than once last season, &
>one of those times was on Halloween.
>
Thanks for the hint, but I'm not sure if this time I'm right. First I
thought you're talking about Halloween on Ice, but unfortunately I don't
have it. But since you've mentioned that the program was televised more
than once, I started watching my vedeo tapes again. I skipped a few pairs
(KazDmi, UrbMar) since they've never done your usual "elegant" program.
And then it just hit me that you were talking about something that was
*telelevised* on Halloween. Thank God, I label my tapes. The only figure
skating competition I have that was televised on Halloween is the US
Professional Championship. Once again I skipped UrbMar, watched KovNov and
BabGar and BechPet, so my only guess would be Bechke and Petrov skating to
Blue Danube, but the last 35 seconds was something else, maybe once again
it was an upbeat version. If that's wrong, I give up. Is someone else
playing this game?
Tanya
NLGHAtc
Peg wrote:
>Here's one with a music clue & a prop: well-worn opera plot with lipstick
>for blood (duo)?
>
Couldn't name that one.
>How about a "move" to ID a program: Backflip/catch-then-toss ice chips -
>who and what song?
>
>gather ice shavings for snowball toss?
This one's easy. That "Love Story" rountine by U & Z from TOC.
How about this one then. " The flowers come flying off......"
NLGHAtc
>
>Um, since you want a real challenge, how's this:
> It was a jazzy-bluesy piece, dance skaters, and the woman was really
>vamping it up.
>(This is the spouse's second-favorite routine of all time.)
>Can you...Name That Program?
No fair!!! That could be practically any free dance from Punsalan &
Swallow!!!!! Either that or a tango by G & P. >
Kathy
NLGHAtc wrote:
>
> Peg wrote:
> >Here's one with a music clue & a prop: well-worn opera plot with lipstick
> >for blood (duo)?
> >
I probably didn't see it.
~Kathy
PegLewis
(Peg's been offline for a couple days doing other stuff :-P...)
In article <19970809190...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
tfp...@aol.com (TFPeker) writes:
> The only figure
>skating competition I have that was televised on Halloween is the US
>Professional Championship. Once again I skipped UrbMar, watched KovNov
and
>BabGar and BechPet, so my only guess would be Bechke and Petrov skating
to
>Blue Danube, but the last 35 seconds was something else, maybe once again
>it was an upbeat version. If that's wrong, I give up. Is someone else
>playing this game?
DingDingDingDingDing!
Congratulations! Blue Danube Waltz, very elegant program... then a clean
cut into J P Sousa! I laugh myself silly every time I watch this program,
because the juxtaposition of Strauss & Sousa is so bizzarre!
(Peg admits she was a pianist and never learned the Sousa marches like
acquaintances who played in the band did. Anyone know which march this is?
I mean, if it isn't the Liberty Bell or Stars & Stripes Forever, then I'm
completely lost with the titles. I've heard 'em, but I can't *name* 'em!)
Okay, let's try for the 'Tano Lutz in a solo tango by an eligible male...
I'll include a hint at the end, below my recently (& temporarily) expanded
sig quotes.
:-) Peg
(PegL...@aol.com)
===========
"I'm just curious seeing these quotes. Number one, does Michelle
think she is an "adult" at sixteen now (or was, since she's now 17)?
That's pretty obnoxious. Michelle trying to express anything is a feat if
it isn't pre-choreographed. The only thing she expresses well is that
little girl smile expressing wonderment, not too mature in my opinion.
"Nicole stating that older ladies have to think about what they are
doing, and how younger ones don't and just go out and skate. This one
escapes me too. Michelle and Tara are not thinking about what they are
doing? They are just goign out and skating? Hmmm, sounds like sour
grapes because Bobek's technique is bad, always has been, and always will
be.
"The other quote also got me thinking, because I found that USAToday
article. Brennan states that older and more developed women are being
thrust out of the sport to make way for ladies with no breasts, hips, etc.
First of all, I wanted to just say "Duh". But then I realized that she
was trying to be serious. Look at the skaters who win and have won.
Kristi had no breasts or hips when she won in 1992, and Midori wasn't much
better, why didn't we hear all this crap back then? This sport favors
non-built girls/women, what's the big deal? Is this supposed to be
shocking?
"I found all those quotes obnoxious.
- ERIK W. FELTON, Subject: "Peg's sig followers", 97-08-09 22:12:46 EDT,
Posted publicly on Skatefans List
===========
"With all the really young skaters that are coming onto the scene, it
seems that we are going back to the days of baby gymnasts, and yet skaters
of my age can do triples but with the advantage of added experience and
femininity." - Laetitia Hubert (France), on '97 Worlds Short Program,
March 1997
===========
"It's very intense what's happening in the sport... In the ladies event,
it's a little more the artistic beauty of figure skating. I hope it
doesn't come through to be jump, jump, jump... When you're young, you
don't think 'I have to do this, and this.' You just skate." - Nicole Bobek
after qualifying round at Worlds, March, 1997
===========
"I think when you're young, it's easy to go out there and just do it
without much of a problem. When you're an adult you're trying to get ideas
across. It becomes more complicated, and it's easier to lose
concentration. There's more to it than just doing jumps and spins.'' -
Michelle Kwan at Worlds, March 1997
:-) HINT: It was not an American, and it was a short program, '96-'97
season.
TFPeker
In article <19970813080...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
pegl...@aol.com (PegLewis) writes:
<DingDingDingDingDing!
Huray! Finally!
>
>Okay, let's try for the 'Tano Lutz in a solo tango by an eligible male...
>I'll include a hint at the end, below my recently (& temporarily) expanded
>sig quotes.
>
>
Zagorodnik, this year's Worlds short program, the same music that P&S used
for their OD. Forever Tango?
Tanya
Yamstep
>Congratulations! Blue Danube Waltz, very elegant program... then a clean
>cut into J P Sousa! I laugh myself silly every time I watch this program,
>because the juxtaposition of Strauss & Sousa is so bizzarre!
Actually the second piece of music is the "Radetzky March", also composed
by Johan Strauss Sr. Though the composer is the same, it is a jarring and
bizarre transition. The Radetzky March is familiar to many because it is
played every year at the New Years Eve Gala in Vienna, broadcast on many
PBS stations. It is also a main showpiece number for the Royal Lippizan
Stallions!
Holonet
In <19970813201...@ladder01.news.aol.com> tfp...@aol.com
(TFPeker) writes:
>
>In article <19970813080...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
>pegl...@aol.com (PegLewis) writes:
>>Okay, let's try for the 'Tano Lutz in a solo tango by an eligible
male...
>>I'll include a hint at the end, below my recently (& temporarily)
expanded
>>sig quotes.
>>
>>
>
>Zagorodnik, this year's Worlds short program, the same music that P&S
used
>for their OD. Forever Tango?
And the same music Wilson and McCall used for their OSP tango in 1988
(different arrangement, though). Is "Forever Tango" the name of the
music? I've been wondering for years.
PegLewis
In article <19970813225...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
yam...@aol.com (Yamstep) writes:
>
>In article <19970813080...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
>pegl...@aol.com (PegLewis) writes:
>
>>Congratulations! Blue Danube Waltz, very elegant program... then a clean
>>cut into J P Sousa! I laugh myself silly every time I watch this program,
>>because the juxtaposition of Strauss & Sousa is so bizzarre!
>
>Actually the second piece of music is the "Radetzky March", also composed
>by Johan Strauss Sr. Though the composer is the same, it is a jarring and
>bizarre transition. The Radetzky March is familiar to many because it is
>played every year at the New Years Eve Gala in Vienna, broadcast on many
>PBS stations. It is also a main showpiece number for the Royal Lippizan
>Stallions!
<blush> Mea Culpa, thought it was Sousa. What can I say? Not a band
player, like I said elsewhere in that post. (not much call for Marching
Grand Pianos.) Neither am I even remotely a Strauss fan, so I avoid the
NYEve gala like the plague. Never seen the horsies, I'm afraid, just
remember a big viral scare a number of years back. So, the whole question
is thrown out. Sorry. I sure didn't intend to mislead with my clue. :-)
Would someone *else* like to pose some questions?
Peg
Kathy
>Is "Forever Tango" the name of the
> music? I've been wondering for years.
I guess it's the name of the music but I heard that "Forever Tango" is
the title of some stage production.
Kathy
Trudi Marrapodi
In article <33F2C9...@worldnet.att.net>, Kathy
<THA...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
It is. It played here in Rochester. It's not the name of a tango piece
itself, although the skaters in question may have skated to tangos used in
"Forever Tango."
--
Trudi
President for Life, International Skate-Trolling Union www...@forgetaboutit.net
To mail me, replace "forgetaboutit" with "frontiernet"
Sk8Maven
> >>Congratulations! Blue Danube Waltz, very elegant program... then a
> >>clean cut into J P Sousa! I laugh myself silly every time I watch
> >>this program, because the juxtaposition of Strauss & Sousa is so
> >> bizzarre!
> >
> >Actually the second piece of music is the "Radetzky March", also
> >composed by Johan Strauss Sr. Though the composer is the same,
Error alert! The "Radetzky March" was indeed composed by Johann Strauss,
Sr. However, the "Blue Danube" was composed by Johann Strauss, JUNIOR
(the best-known member of the entire Strauss family *including* distant
cousin/or possibly no relation Richard Strauss).
Louis Epstein
Yamstep (yam...@aol.com) wrote:
: In article <19970813080...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
: pegl...@aol.com (PegLewis) writes:
:
: >Congratulations! Blue Danube Waltz, very elegant program... then a clean
: >cut into J P Sousa! I laugh myself silly every time I watch this program,
: >because the juxtaposition of Strauss & Sousa is so bizzarre!
:
: Actually the second piece of music is the "Radetzky March", also composed
: bizarre transition.
No,it's NOT the same composer.
The Radetzky March is by Johann Sr.,
but the Blue Danube is by Johann Jr.
: The Radetzky March is familiar to many because it is
: played every year at the New Years Eve Gala in Vienna,
...right AFTER the Blue Danube!