From the time he was leaving the ice he kept repeating that he was disappointed (about his performance)ooh, he didn't look excited about the score
me too i think... because i left out the selevkoctus from my top five... oupsi scored 35
dance will be a mess for all of usIt was not so bad for me I think... but pairs was... and dance will be.
I scored 25 in men, 25 in pairs.. Dance will be no better and ladies probably also. I think I have hit rock bottomi scored 35
you can only go up from there lolI scored 25 in men, 25 in pairs.. Dance will be no better and ladies probably also. I think I have hit rock bottom
But tiptoeing carefully, because any discussion of that sort has the potential to turn rancourous quite quickly. I was initially involved in a similar discussion in the opera world that rapidly got quite nasty, as in "So you're saying only a Japanese soprano is permitted to sing Butterfly?" Or "You're saying Aida can only be sung by an entire cast of Egyptian singers?" and the like. If everyone stays polite, it can be useful, but there needs to be a "Warning:Thin Ice" sign. (But no one except the Kerrs could have done their 2008 OD with John in a kilt , and I doubt if anyone else non-Scottish would try, in spite of the number of non-Irish skaters who've used Riverdance. My partner and I did use Lucia di Lammermoor -- composed by an Italian -- with a bit of the Skye Boat Song one year, but we were both Scots by birth and ancestry, growing up in Canada.)At some point, figure skating is going to have to address cultural appropriation. I'm not sure that it is appropriate for Lukas to be wearing an African pattern as his costume when it is not his culture, much less imitating African dance moves during this program (it was an issue in parts of Fear & Gibson's Lion King program as well). As much as I like this piece of music and he does a good job with it, I'm left wondering if it is now considered appropriate. It's an interesting question that I think needs some discussion.
He needs to look at Jason Brown's Stars on Ice program to the backstreet boys and get some inspiration from that.
But tiptoeing carefully, because any discussion of that sort has the potential to turn rancourous quite quickly. I was initially involved in a similar discussion in the opera world that rapidly got quite nasty, as in "So you're saying only a Japanese soprano is permitted to sing Butterfly?" Or "You're saying Aida can only be sung by an entire cast of Egyptian singers?" and the like. If everyone stays polite, it can be useful, but there needs to be a "Warning:Thin Ice" sign. (But no one except the Kerrs could have done their 2008 OD with John in a kilt , and I doubt if anyone else non-Scottish would try, in spite of the number of non-Irish skaters who've used Riverdance. My partner and I did use Lucia di Lammermoor -- composed by an Italian -- with a bit of the Skye Boat Song one year, but we were both Scots by birth and ancestry, growing up in Canada.)
[Tried to add the YouTube video of the Kerrs' OD in 2008 and can't get it to work. Could someone post it, please? I was, in a modest way, helping support them financially at the time, and their mother and I got quite a laugh out of the extroverted John's enthusiasm about his costume ]
Do you know if there is a Kerr family tartan, and did John use it?
My paternal grandmother was born a Campbell, so I assume she was of Scottish descent. Then again, the Stewarts that are so prevalent in my maternal line all emigrated from Ireland, so we know what assumptions do out of you and me
Well, supposedly visualizing a skating program while one is injured gives some degree of muscle exercise. Imagine yourself playing along with what you're watching and maybe your body will convince itself it's improving?ok.. so i guess this is it for now....
i watched volleyball in the middle of the night and gymnastics this morning... i wonder if i can watch something else... since i cannot move much still (but getting better).