Celebration!

So, every year Diane and Bob kick off the competitive season with a Pre-Nationals party. This year, it started early! LOL. All the competing dancers from Portland hang out and have fun. We all stress over the fact that our programs are not ready and we gab about going to the US Nationals destination city. This year, it's in Lake Placid, NY. We get to compete on the 1980 rink where the US HOckey team won the Olympics. Too cool! I just bought the plane tickets this week. Hoepfully, we'll qualify!
Here are some pics form the party.

Until Next Time,
---J

I'm a bad blogger....

I have been neglecting this blog haven't i?
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Ok, you can stone me now.
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I promise to update more. Jordan and i are in FULL training for Pacific Coast Sectional Championships which will be held right HERE in Sherwood! March 8-9th 2008!!! We are entered, and competing. Will we be ready? Who knows? We're working on that.
Life is very busy right now. I am selling my house, moving across town and looking for studio space for my portrait photography business. It's quite the whirlwind at the moment. We have increased our training time to four days a week and the program is completely choreographed. Now it's just a matter of connecting it all and making it look good on the ice. Not an easy feat!

We'll keep working on it.
Until Next Time,
---J

Just some old pics...

From Nationals this year. We were in Chicago. That's Sears Tower.
Jordan couldn't lift me that high. Bummer.

Maybe I'll have to find a new partner. ((giggle)







Until Next time,
---J

Circular Footwork

Ok...so we are deep into choreography. We have to do several required elements, one of which is our circular footwork. The footwork is a series of intricate steps and turns performed on a circle. Both partners have to turn individually and as a team...and in both directions while maintaining the circle shape which extends between the edges of the arena. The partners cannot lose their hold with one another and the edges must be deep and flowing.

Here is me and my coach....JUST setting and learning the footwork sequence. It sucks here, but at least we've got some steps in the works. It will be moving to the music at about two to three times this speed.

I told you we got a video camera!!!!

Ok...here we are:

This is our "Shoot the Duck" goof off (remember my old post?)!!!

We are still trying ot figure it out at first, then...we get it! Notice how we undeniably CRASH at the end!???



Yes, that is ME squealing in the background!
I Love this video blogger thang!!!
Until Next Time,
---J

What not to do....

Yikes!!!




Been there. Done that. Got the T-shirt!
Oh and no, I have not forgotten about the video thing. Still working on it.
Until Next Time,
----J

We Got A Video Camera

Yes, I realize this post is WORTHLESS without PICS!!
Sorry, but the fun .....news is we got a new video camera to tape our workouts and memorize our choreography. It's a great help to tape the compulsory dances and then watch yourself and critique your performance.
The point of this post? Yes, I will eventaully be posting video chronicles of our progress! Please be forgiving as we really stink right now and it may be a bit embarrassing at times to post, but the hope is that we'll be able to track our training and actually see improvement! That's the hope at least!

We don't practice again until next week, so MAYBE I'll post a video next week when I can figure out how to upload to YouTube!!

Until Next Time,
---J