Junior Events - Short & Long Programs

[victorskid]

There is commentary on the French stream but none on the English - now we have funny "stuff" going on...

 

[Wyliefan]

Is there a new link? I'm getting "The livestream isn't available right now."

 

[victorskid]

Is there a new link? I'm getting "The livestream isn't available right now."

They are back with both stream & commentary

 

[JoannaLouise]

Lots of nice qualities from Cinçon-Debout/Celestino. I've always enjoyed Earl Jesse's older brother Edrian in singles as well.

Sounds like they still got a level 3 on the 2nd pattern despite the small collision they had. Good job for them!

 

[jlai]

This couple doesn’t seem to be skating to Notorious

 

[JoannaLouise]

To my untrained eye, I thought Martel/Oddson were skating at a much higher level than the previous teams. The commentators on the French stream appreciate how close together they were skating in the pattern during the rocker step. (Not that I can tell a rocker from a twizzle )

 

[JoannaLouise]

Standings after Group 1:

Savanna Martel / William Oddson	57.95
Sophia Gover / Billy Wilson-French	53.50
Auréa Cinçon-Debout / Earl Jesse Celestino	50.70
Charlotte Chung / Axel MacKenzie	45.33
Chloé Mentha / Émile Deveau	42.03

 

[JoannaLouise]

Is this a new RD for Veillon/Brandys? I thought I remembered them skating to hip hop earlier in the season. Assuming this is the same team I was remembering, this program is a much better fit.

The French commentators liked Layla's knee action. (Who is commentating on the French stream? Is it Elisabeth Paradis and Alicia Pineault?)

 

[JoannaLouise]

The French commentators are dismayed that the audience was not doing a good job of clapping on the beat

 

[JoannaLouise]

I didn't realize Gans/Boutsan were only 15 and 14! They're definitely less polished than some of the other teams, but they have lots of time to develop. The commentators appreciate the sincerity in their level of expression; the performance was real.

 

[JoannaLouise]

There was just a shot of a full-size Pikachu stuffie sitting on its own seat all by itself in the audience!

 

[victorskid]

There was just a shot of a full-size Pikachu stuffie sitting on its own seat all by itself in the audience!

One was thrown out for Martel & Oddson, along with a "chunky" Spiderman - perhaps that's the same one?

 

[JoannaLouise]

One was thrown out for Martel & Oddson, along with a "chunky" Spiderman - perhaps that's the same one?

Maybe, but in that case I'm a little disappointed that Spider-Man didn't stick around to watch the rest of the competition!

 

[Wyliefan]

Wonky twizzles from Dana and Nicholas. Everything else looked good.

 

[JoannaLouise]

The commentators feel that Sabatini-Speciale/Buelow's speed and power sets them apart from the other teams; they don't have to expend a lot of effort to move across the ice. Still, it will be a big step when they move from junior to senior.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Standings after Group 2:

Layla Veillon / Alexander Brandys	64.41
Savanna Martel / William Oddson	57.95
Dana Sabatini-Speciale / Nicholas Buelow	55.27
Sophia Gover / Billy Wilson-French	53.50
Nicole Bolender / Aiden Dotzert	50.90
Auréa Cinçon-Debout / Earl Jesse Celestino	50.70
Audra Gans / Michael Boutsan	50.46
Addison Pehl / Daniel Yu	49.44
Charlotte Chung / Axel MacKenzie	45.33
Chloé Mentha / Émile Deveau	42.03

 

[Wyliefan]

Kudos to our commentators for maintaining all that enthusiasm through all these events.

 

[4rkidz]

I’m back in the hotel room watching the dance, I was frozen at the rink, no body heat with the lack of audience but what a fabulous venue. Except for the first couple of rows the seats are decent too. I think the commentators are doing a good job, helpful to wear the ear buds so can watch live but listen too. I think I will pick some up tomorrow.

 

[Wyliefan]

Twizzles are just not Alisa's friend tonight.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Korneva/MacDonald "skated with lots of speed and energy and don't even look tired". She did one fewer rotation in the 2nd set of twizzles, which will affect the level. Level 3 on both pattern segments.

(I feel like I'm struggling a bit to listen in French while I'm typing in English, so apologies if none of this makes sense or is riddled with errors!)

 

[Wyliefan]

Kaitlyn seems to be having a bit of difficulty spotting twizzle trouble, which is odd considering how good she is at spotting everything else.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Kaitlyn seems to be having a bit of difficulty spotting twizzle trouble, which is odd considering how good she is at spotting everything else.

Considering how often Andrew had twizzle trouble, maybe she's learned to tune it out!

 

[Wyliefan]

TIL the expression "right off the hop."

 

[JoannaLouise]

Stark/Kravets "were very expressive, but in an on/off way - sometimes they had a high level of expression, and sometimes you could see how hard they were concentrating."

 

[Wyliefan]

You need better choreography than that if you're going to do "It's Raining Men." Standing and posing doesn't cut it.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Carandiucs - the commentators point out that their hips were far apart in the pattern, and there were several places where their leg lines didn't match.

 

[Wyliefan]

Unpopular opinion: "Let's Dance" does nothing for me. Well skated by Chloe and Brendan, though.

 

[JoannaLouise]

I may have next to zero technical knowledge, but I can tell that Nguyen/Giang are doing a great job!

The commentators agree with me, saying that we rarely see that kind of precision with juniors; they were solid and really well synchronized. Both pattern segments are at level 4. They could dance a bit more with their upper bodies, but their posture is excellent.

 

[JoannaLouise]

That was really good from Fournier/Zhu, but to me it didn't look as effortless as the previous team.

The commentators appreciate their speed and ice coverage in the twizzles. They mention their ice coverage again in reference to the lift, as well as the rotational speed.

 

[Wyliefan]

Results:

https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/24CDNSJuniorDanceCR.pdf