Yes, I know the Nordic countries are generally difficult to get citizenship in (and for good reason, they are very desirable places to live). I was just wondering what the obstacles were more specifically if anyone happened to know.
Yuko Kawaguti, former Kawaguchi, did that.
There's accelerated process for 'special cases' (I suppose: famous athletes) but even that takes months. It would be so much easier in Qatar!
I wish that minister could have been in the Garden on Saturday afternoon and seen how the Finns brought the house down. Do any Finns here know if there has been much media coverage of what the audience favorites they were?
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The minister in question, Mari Rantanen, has posted online, and made statements in support of claims of 'The Great Replacement Theory'. It doesn't sound like she would appreciate someone of Japanese ancestry representing Finland.
Sadly, this would probably be impossible to skate to but I sure would love to see someone tryYeah, but most teams' idea of Italian is Mambo Italiano. They get to do Pagliacci only if they do the duet between Nedda and Silvio
L'elisir d'amore has the gorgeous Una furtiva lagrima plus a lot of upbeat music, but that's probably too light. Bellini's Norma has swoon-worthy music, but it won't get the crowd on their feet. If they have to pick a tragique warhorse, I hope it's La Traviata.
Someone has go to do a program to Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma from the concert for the Torino Olympics, but not an FD.
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And what ice dance diva hasn't dreamt of wearing plaid flannel at the Olympics?Not very dancable though, is it?
I suspect we'll hear some grunge (the ISU specifically mentioned it in the list of music) although I think a lot of it would be hard to skate to. Today is the 31st anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death which makes this GenXer feel pretty old.
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Alas, unless they bring in medals (preferably Olympic), figure skaters are likely to remain fairly obscure in public consciousness. For average man of the street, 'figure skater' means Kiira Korpi, or perhaps Rahkamo/Kokko for older generations.
Yeah, I have a hard time believing a Japanese woman who is living in Finland, learning the language & representing the country extremely well on the international stage is all that objectionable as far as immigrants go.
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I corrected it sorry, I was talking about Davis/Smolkin
He also had positive things to say about them on Peacock’s practice cam broadcast.
They train where he is coaching! He’s certainly not going to say anything negative. He might even be asked to choreograph for them in the future. He was praising Gleb’s skating skills and did mention that he thought they should try a different style of music.
