Re: Kristi's show (was Re: Ice Wars)

Sandra Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> I fast-forwarded through most of it, to tell the truth, but....  Paul
> Wylie!  He skated the same "Hero" program that I've already seen live
> twice at performances here in the Boston area.  And Yuka Sato skated
> two solo programs and a pairs number with Jason Dungjen, but they were
> all old programs I've seen before.  Alexei Yagudin skated a program to
> an overwrought piano version of "Feelings" that was so dreadful I just
> couldn't take it any more, and hit the fast-forward button halfway
> through.  Most of the other parts that I skipped over seemed to
> include dancers bopping around on top of tables to obnoxious pop music
> while the skaters skated around them.  It's a bad sign for any skating
> show to use a Furniture On Ice theme, believe me.

Amen! What is this fascination of pro skaters with featuring
nonskating entertainment (e.g., singers/dancers/pianists/rock
bands/aerialists/ballet dancers, etc)? Whenever they appeared I found
myself thinking "if I wanted to see this I wouldn't have tuned in to
an ice skating program". I'm tired of the props on ice and would like
to see pure skating, preferably sans generic male/female ballads
(loved Gordeeva's skate with the red scarf). Someone please get the
message to our pro skaters to drop the props, the angst ridden m/f
generic ballads, and show off your beautiful skating with music that
won't distract from your outstanding talent.

Ann/NoVA