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    The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

    I think that makes it five senior teams for Spain next season. :eek: I just checked Roberts/Alis' ISU bio to see if they could do another year in juniors if the age proposals go through (they can't) and it appears they've moved to IAM Ontario. It's getting crowded in Fake London!
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    British Skating News, 2022 and beyond

    Sigh. But I am glad that Sophia has found a new partner, and I hope this is the one that works out for her.
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    2024 Irish Nationals, June 8-10

    Allie Peterson is new to team IRE, I think. Google tells me there’s an Allie Peterson who competed in novice girls at US sectionals, so it could be her?
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    The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

    So who’s left with Zueva and Tkachenko now? Larson/Kapran and Lucas Appel?
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    The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

    Solo dancer Alana Pang already posted that she's thinking of using Kylie Minogue's cover (1988) of the Loco-Motion (originally Little Eva, 1962). And it looks like we have our first Beatles / YouTube copyright strike RD from Karnes/Carr (in their IG highlights).
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    2023-24 Pairs General Discussion - Join the SBS Double Salchow Club!

    I won't really be surprised if some, or even most, of the changes aren't passed, with an understanding that they will be in 2026 once the committee has defined them better, and giving skaters, coaches and choreographers more time to prepare. If not, seems like next season has the potential to be...
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    The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

    I didn't mean this as a slight on Spiridonov (at least, no more than saying he's less talented than Lorraine, which I think is just a fact) but it looks like he'll be competiting next season, and ice dance is a judged sport, so he has an incentive to make the case that he's an in-demand partner...
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    2024 ISU Congress Agenda

    Thanks. I admit, I have not read all 126 pages. So does this mean that the Total Combined Elements Score list will only kick in if the tech minimum is not sufficient to keep the number of total entries to 54/32/40?
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    British Skating News, 2022 and beyond

    BIS held a Performance Camp for singles and pairs (in Nottingham, not Sheffield :eek: ) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6ZKE4moYzt/ As well as the current performance squad members, it looks like they invited Zarah Wood and Alex Lapsky in junior pairs (they'll be eligible to compete...
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    2024 ISU Congress Agenda

    I don't think I like this. Sure, there are bureaucratic reasons (cost, managing the timing of events) but it seems unfair that a team could be judged to have reached the standard to compete at a World Championship but don't get to do so because too many other teams have also reached that level...
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    The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

    @Debbie S posted this article by Morgan Matthews Pennington in the US dance thread; commenting here since I think it applies to the partner search process beyond the US. How To Find an Ice Dance Partner: Then and Now I don't think she says anything that's particularly surprising to those of...
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    The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

    Is the Picken International Weatherby's first competition since 2020 4CCs? If so, that's some persistence!
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    2023-24 Pairs General Discussion - Join the SBS Double Salchow Club!

    I’m glad Vouillamoz has found a new parter (and I hope Bouvart has been using his time between partners to work on his strength - he had some scary lifts with Keriven).
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    Georgian Skating News

    :wuzrobbed:wuzrobbed:wuzrobbed Yeah, I think a lot of us weren't expecting to see Kazakova/Revia in competition again, even if we didn't want to say it, but I'm sad about this one. I didn't even particularly like the In The End FD but I loved the unique perspective they brought to this and...
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    The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

    I'm a bit surprised by the KoKo retirement/split (and the weirdly uncoordinated announcements :lol:) but it sounds like she's been fighting injury for a long time. Their Memoirs of a Geisha FD in the Olympic season was great. And when they first teamed up they apparently had a Candyman RD...
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