In Greensboro NC for US Figure Skating Championships

Arrived on Friday and except for the 6 inches of snow we left behind in Pittsburgh the trip was pretty uneventful. We arrived at the hotel, checked in, registered for the event and had some dinner. Everyone is so nice and  helpful here and there are signs welcoming the skaters everywhere.

We had 2 official practices on Saturday, and we drew 8 (our luck number) for our skating order for the CD event. Today we had an early morning warm-up for the CD event which starts at 10am.

We would like to thank everyone for the good luck wishes you have sent to us. A special shout out to Brenda Lauten for the cool balloon bouquets she sent to us  - ummm Brenda watch who you tell to "Break a Leg", LOL.... still a little touchy about that one ;-)

One more thing GO STEELERS!

Will try to post our placement after the 1st event here later today.....

Ice Dancing teens make the National Championships

2011 US Figure Skating National Championships

So excited to be going to the 2011 US Figure Skating National Championships! In one week from today we will be in Greensboro NC getting ready for the Pattern Dance segment of the competition. This year's dances are the Paso and the Blues. The next day (Monday) is the Free Dance segment.

Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships 2010

Sorry for the delay in this post. We placed 5th in the Novice Pattern Dance Event.

We had a great time in Lake Placid and were glad to see so many of our ice dancing friends.

We took away lots of great advice on what to work on for our next event which will be Skate San Fransisco, August 27-29, 2010. We are really excited about this event.

Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships 2010

We placed 13th in the Free Dance yesterday..... we had fun and that is all that matters!

Today is a new day and we have changed our focus to the Patten Dances. Today is the initial round of that event and it consists of the American Waltz and the Blues. Friday will be the final round and it will be the Paso.

Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships 2010

Wednesday is going to be a really busy day...
First we have Free Dance practice at noon then we have Pattern Dance practice at 2:15 pm and then we have the actual Free Dance event which starts at 4:00 pm. The starting orders for the Free Dance event were up and we will be skating 9th.

Send us positive thoughts and wishes. We probably won 't post anything till tomorrow evening after the Free Dance event...

Oh if you have some extra money ;-) and you want to watch the event live there is a webcast at http://www.todocast.tv/productionseast/lakeplacid/

Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships 2010

We arrived at Lake Placid on Monday and are ready to compete. We took advantage of practice ice on the 1980 rink which is where most of our events will take place.

Tuesday is the first of two official practice sessions for the Free Dance event which will take place on Wednesday. We are so excited to see what everyone thinks of our new Free Dance. We have really worked hard on this one.