DRESS AND MAKEUP:

Part of what people do in any form of skating is to draw attention to themselves and their actions on the rink. This usually requires careful attention to what they’re wearing - hair, makeup and costuming.

Makeup - well, when I was an actor in high school, it used to bother me a good deal to have it on for the dress rehearsals and ( Read more... )

A skating meet is an odd collection of the senses and emotions, and a great crossection of raw human spirit. What follows are a few vignettes into what it’s like to be there.

MUSIC:

The first thing that catches me every time at a meet is the music; not much Tchaikovsky or languid Debussy here. Most of it is far livelier pop stuff, energy-laden ( Read more... )

The three of us wanted to get on the road for the eight-hour-plus trip to Lincoln, Nebraska, as early as was feasible; a lot of the packing was done the night before, but there were some last minute holdups, such as one of the dogs (Dot, often blamed as the model for Dick the wonder sheep) who is horribly diabetic and was going into hypoglycemia ( Read more... )

Just finishing up on my getting ready stuff for the trip to - oh, wait, I haven't really discussed that, have I ( Read more... )

My main journal at memnison.com is down; Wordpress burped when I tried to update it.  Not looking forward to try to fix or reinstall things.  I'm up to my ears in Things To Do, and this will have to wait until I'm on the road, I think...Susan wants things ready to load up after dinner tonight.

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As you can imagine, the champions (my Mere and her pairs partner Eric) are in seventh heaven - as I write this, Susan and Mere are on their way home to us, bearing a new gold medal.   And, of course, all their stuff.

The last year, in dealing with Mere getting serious on roller-skating competitive work with Eric in pairs, it’s obvious that I didn’t ( Read more... )

Meredith and Eric took first place at the National Championships with a flawless, beautiful performance… stunned the people online and the commentators with **OMG WHO ARE THESE GUYS!!!** reactions. They can’t go to World Championships until the elder is 14, which is next year. But my god, they were the best I’ve ever seen them, and their heads ( Read more... )

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