Team IDC

  Siobhan Karam & Kevin O’Keefe – “Notre Dame de Paris”In a dramatic program to music from the French musical, “Notre Dame de Paris,” Siobhan and Kevin showcased their capacity for a high level of performance. Although the program is…

  Siobhan Karam & Kevin O’Keefe – “Lord of the Dance”This program made my week! It wasn’t perfectly executed and they made a few mistakes – for example, she came out early from the first twizzles, and he had one…

  Natalie Feigin & Jason Cusmariu – something FrenchNatalie & Jason’s free dance is highlighted by a very nice serpentine lift that features her in a tall Bielmann position, standing on Jason’s legs. I thought that this has already begun…

  Madison Chock & Greg Zuerlein – “Dark Eyes”I really enjoyed this team in Lake Placid, so I was thrilled to see them again. In just two weeks, I could already see improvements in their strong, smooth delivery of this…

  Reports by Karen Frank Intermediate Free Dance The team of Chelsey Jernberg and Michael Lueck opened the Freedance portion of the event with a modern Flamenco (Willie and Lobo medley?). They had stunning dance highlight moves including a camel…

Reports by Karen Frank Juvenile Free Dance The audience packed nearly every section of the bleachers on Friday morning for the Juvenile Freedance, proving that even though ice dance is not often seen in this region, people love to watch…

  Reports by Karen Frank Juvenile Compulsory Dance All the teams entered in the Juvenile and Intermediate Dance in the Upper Great Lakes Region will advance to Junior Nationals (5 in each event), but that didn’t lessen the excitement of…

  By Daphne Backman While I’m loving the live online coverage of Skate America by icenetwork, a high-speed internet connection is essential and today I found myself without one up until about twenty minutes prior to the free dance. Once…