Trophee Lalique or "Trophee Tombee"?
Trudi Marrapodi
"Trophee Tombee" and been done with it. Talk about a wet firecracker of a
competition. At least in the singles events, this was a nonstop splatfest.
And to paraphrase a certain late ice dancer, "I haven't seen that many
doubles since 'last call.'" A classic example of the "No, I don't want the
gold medal--YOU take it" kind of competition. Ugh!
I couldn't help but wonder if someone sprayed everyone's skates with
Jumps-B-Gone before this one. Or was it something in the water? Everyone
ABC showed looked so tired and lethargic. Suddenly I got a feeling for how
quickly the season has really gone by. Hard to believe that it seems only
yesterday I was watching the Goodwill Games, and now the whole Grand Prix
series is over except for the final. I just hope the skaters aren't "too
pooped to pop" for the remainder of the season.
--
Trudi
New bumper sticker for Michelle Kwan:
"Up YOUR Auntie!"
barbk
Trudi Marrapodi wrote:
Wasn't this the competition where the LP *began* at 10PM? The final flight of
ladies must have begun around 10:45, with the last skater starting out at
11:15. I don't understand why the organizers scheduled it this way, but I
have a lot of sympathy for skaters being asked to skate for competitions at
ridiculous hours.
Between not being able to watch practices and having competitions going 'till
all hours of the night, Lalique sounded like the best kind of competition to
miss.
Cheers,
Barb K.
Trish O'Brien
Marrapodi) wrote:
>Hard to believe that it seems only yesterday I was
>watching the Goodwill Games, and now the whole Grand Prix
>series is over except for the final.
Wait a sec there Trudi - this is gonna come as a shock to skaters who were
scheduled for NHK. ;-)
Trish
Janice
>"Trophee Tombee" and been done with it. Talk about a wet firecracker of a
>competition.
And just think, the US now has one more contender for that 3rd spot. Who knew?
For some reason, I always thought Viktoria Volchkova skated for Russia.
Janice
Kitty Math: Two kittens (aka Buffy and Jody) + one computer desk + bedroom
speedway = maimed humans
Roaz
>From: tru...@clarityconnect.competent (Trudi Marrapodi)
>Date: 11/25/2001 2:19 PM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <trudee-2511...@pg018.clarityconnect.com>
>
>Well, maybe they should have just named this year's Trophee Lalique
>"Trophee Tombee" and been done with it. Talk about a wet firecracker of a
>competition.
I enjoyed Sasha Cohen's performance despite the falls. I think I like hers best
of the ladies' programs this year.
DesertRoaz
Frame of reference is everything.
Trudi Marrapodi
<trish...@mediaone.netiquette> wrote:
Ahhh...;-) thank goodness for NHK. I had a feeling I was forgetting something!
Trudi Marrapodi
> Trudi Marrapodi wrote:
>
> > Well, maybe they should have just named this year's Trophee Lalique
> > "Trophee Tombee" and been done with it. Talk about a wet firecracker of a
> > competition. At least in the singles events, this was a nonstop splatfest.
> > And to paraphrase a certain late ice dancer, "I haven't seen that many
> > doubles since 'last call.'" A classic example of the "No, I don't want the
> > gold medal--YOU take it" kind of competition. Ugh!
> >
> > I couldn't help but wonder if someone sprayed everyone's skates with
> > Jumps-B-Gone before this one. Or was it something in the water? Everyone
> > ABC showed looked so tired and lethargic. Suddenly I got a feeling for how
> > quickly the season has really gone by. Hard to believe that it seems only
> > yesterday I was watching the Goodwill Games, and now the whole Grand Prix
> > series is over except for the final. I just hope the skaters aren't "too
> > pooped to pop" for the remainder of the season.
> > --
> >
>
> Wasn't this the competition where the LP *began* at 10PM? The final flight of
> ladies must have begun around 10:45, with the last skater starting out at
> 11:15. I don't understand why the organizers scheduled it this way, but I
> have a lot of sympathy for skaters being asked to skate for competitions at
> ridiculous hours.
Was it? That certainly explains a lot. Sheesh!
> Between not being able to watch practices and having competitions going 'till
> all hours of the night, Lalique sounded like the best kind of competition to
> miss.
If I'd gone, I would have been tempted to go back to the hotel and say to
someone "Bring a camcorder and tape it for me. I'm going to bed!"
janet swan hill
>I enjoyed Sasha Cohen's performance despite the falls. I think I like hers
>best
>of the ladies' programs this year.
OK .... I like Cohen's skating (despite my being able to see why it often
scores lower than many people think it should) ...... largely on the basis of
her attention to body detail and her truly exquisite in-air position that just
makes the jumps "twinkle."
Nevertheless, I would really like to see her seem to skate TO the music.
First, she doesn't waltz in her SP, and then she doesn't "Carmen" in her LP.
None of the music is subtle or formless ..... it's obvious music that LENDS
itself to skating. So it irks me to see that this young woman, who seems
otherwise to have a feel for presenting a performance, doesn't seem to hear the
music (or if she hears it, doesn't seem to be able to convey it)
..... all in good time, maybe.
janet
Amy
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barbk <bm...@qwest.net> wrote:
>
> Wasn't this the competition where the LP *began* at 10PM? The final flight of
> ladies must have begun around 10:45, with the last skater starting out at
> 11:15.
>
I read an article stating that, due to the terrible plane crash that week in
Queens, Sarah's party had changed their departure from Monday to Tuesday
night. I kept waiting for Terry to point out that she might be jetlagged.
They also should have told the TV audience about such mitigating factors as
the late start time for the LP.
Instead, during the SP Terry told us for the 29th time that Vanessa G. was a
water-ski champ. ;-)
Amy P(3)
Sarah Ramer
> >Well, maybe they should have just named this year's Trophee Lalique
> >"Trophee Tombee" and been done with it. Talk about a wet firecracker of a
> >competition.
>
> And just think, the US now has one more contender for that 3rd spot. Who knew?
> For some reason, I always thought Viktoria Volchkova skated for Russia.
Um, she does. But maybe Janice knows that and was just a making a
joke I completely missed. In which case I welcome someone to explain.
--Sarah
Molly10221
and 3rd?. Sounds disastrous. Email me. ------Molly
Janice
>joke I completely missed. In which case I welcome someone to explain.
>
>--Sarah
>
Lifetime has a graphic giving the skaters name, and a little flag identifying
the country she is from. Imagine my surprise when Viktoria was identified with
the American flag.
Trudi Marrapodi
jani...@aol.comxxxzzy (Janice) wrote:
> >Um, she does. But maybe Janice knows that and was just a making a
> >joke I completely missed. In which case I welcome someone to explain.
> >
> >--Sarah
> >
>
> Lifetime has a graphic giving the skaters name, and a little flag identifying
> the country she is from. Imagine my surprise when Viktoria was
identified with
> the American flag.
Hey, if you think that's funny, how about the graphic at one of the
competitions where I believe it was Belbin & Agosto skating and they reran
the graphic and statistics for Bourne & Kraatz? Talk about the "dreaded
glitch award"...
--
Trudi
"Cindy attacked life like O.J. Simpson going through an airport."
--an unfortunately dated simile from an old TV movie I just saw
Locutus of Borg
>Hey, if you think that's funny, how about the graphic at one of the
>competitions where I believe it was Belbin & Agosto skating and they reran
>the graphic and statistics for Bourne & Kraatz? Talk about the "dreaded
>glitch award"...
>--
Of the more understandable (?) glitches, ABC began rerunning MK's information
after Irina skated in the live coverage of the free programs from Vancouver
worlds last season. They cut to the scoreboard because their in-house graphics
were not "current". I suppose the graphics person got caught up in the event.
But that was live, not on tape... although I understand they just tape "live"
and go with that tape for the most part.
Peg
==
"I think there's the philosophy, If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But if it's
sort of molding, you don't want to stick it in the freezer. If nobody's eating
it, it's no good." - MKwan
Jocelyn
>>competitions where I believe it was Belbin & Agosto skating and they reran
>>the graphic and statistics for Bourne & Kraatz? Talk about the "dreaded
>>glitch award"...
Dreaded glitch? I'm sure Belbin/Agosto would love to have those stats! :)
Jocelyn