2005 Midwestern Sectional Championships – Junior Original Dance Report
Reports by Karen Frank JUNIOR ORIGINAL DANCE The withdrawal of Meryl Davis and Charlie White due to injury took some of the suspense out of the junior event, as…
Reports by Karen Frank JUNIOR ORIGINAL DANCE The withdrawal of Meryl Davis and Charlie White due to injury took some of the suspense out of the junior event, as…
Reports by Karen Frank Novice Free DanceIn a match-up that may be a preview of the battle for Gold and Silver at Nationals, Madison and Keiffer Hubbell entered the…
by Lindsay Higgins Senior Compulsory Dance The senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka, which Navarro (Santa Rosa FSC) and Bommentre (Philadelphia SC&HS) won easily. Their expression is good…
by Lindsay Higgins Junior Compulsory Dance #1- Austrian Waltz The good news is, I made decent time getting to Pennsylvania on Thursday and managed to miss only one team.…
by Lindsay Higgins Novice Compulsory Dance #1- Foxtrot Why the Foxtrot is now a novice dance I’m not sure. While it was nice to see that even the bottom…
Report by Laura Flagg Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto are glad that the season is over. Despite being the only Americans to medal at the World Figure Skating Championships…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

By Daphne Backman I attended the 2006 Skate America in Hartford and heading to Reading in 2007 was an original plan, but plans change. Instead, I chose to attend…