THIS IS THE TIME FOR...
RED SQUARE GALA 2006
WATCH POST
PRESS PLAY IN 30 MINUTES FROM NOW, AT 10PM (LONDON) / 5PM (NEW YORK) / 2PM (LOS ANGELES)
THIS IS OUR PROGRAM
~Opening~
Domnina & Shabalin
Alexander Abt
Shen & Zhao
Oksana Baiul
Drobiazko & Vanagas
Brian Joubert
Fusar Poli & Margaglio
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Guseva & Kostomarov
Brian Joubert
Denkova & Staviski
Petrova & Tikhonov
Irina Slutskaya
Totmianina & Marinin
Navka & Kostomarov
Alexei Yagudin
~Finale~
IN THE MEANTIME, READ THIS STORY:
Brian: It was so beautiful to skate in Red Square at night. I was very proud because this show presented all of the Russian skating team - the country's very best - and I was so happy to be invited to be a part of it. The show was great, and I skated two numbers. I found it a little difficult because it was very cold and I could barely open my eyes on the ice with so much snow coming down. I only found out two weeks ahead of time that I would perform in Red Square, so it was a big surprise, and an honor. Getting back to France was difficult (laughing). I left quite early in the morning, around 6:00 a.m., to catch my flight at the airport, and in the process forgot my passport at the hotel. When I had first checked in, the front desk said they require that travelers on a Visa leave their passport with them. As soon as I got to the airport I realized my mistake, missed my flight, and got back into a taxi to head back to the hotel. However, the taxi dropped me off not at the hotel but a short distance away.
As I was standing in the street with my suitcase, two policemen stopped me, I guess because they recognized I was a foreigner, and wanted to see my passport. Of course, I didn't have it on me, but we couldn't find a language to communicate in. They took me to the passport control office, and over and over, kept asking for the document. This went on for an hour, and I was very nervous. Every time it was the same question, "Where is your passport?" I was alone, and even though I tried to speak with them in English, they were speaking in Russian and it wasn't working. Finally I showed them my skates, explaining that I was a skater. One policeman recognized me and then thankfully drove me back to the hotel to get the passport. Air France still had one more flight to Paris that day, so I was able to get home.
Kathleen: Why didn't you just make it easier on yourself right away and have them contact one of the Russian skaters? They're heroes in their homeland.
Brian: (Laughing) When I finally thought to show them my skates, I did. They didn't speak English but as soon as I said I knew Alexei Yagudin, they said, "Good, good!"
OH, AND I BROUGHT YOU THE ~DRINKING GAME~ (THERE'S ALWAYS AN OCCASION TO GET SHITFACED)
DRINK EVERYTIME:
- MEN'S SINGLE SKATERS JUMP
- LADIES' SINGLE SKATERS SPIRAL
- PAIR SKATERS DO THROWS
- ICE DANCERS DO LIFTS
- YOU HEAR THE COMMENTATOR SPEAKS RUSSIAN
- SOMEONE IS WEARING THE WTF COSTUME
- YOU SEE THE SNOW FALLING
WATCH POST
PRESS PLAY IN 30 MINUTES FROM NOW, AT 10PM (LONDON) / 5PM (NEW YORK) / 2PM (LOS ANGELES)
THIS IS OUR PROGRAM
~Opening~
Domnina & Shabalin
Alexander Abt
Shen & Zhao
Oksana Baiul
Drobiazko & Vanagas
Brian Joubert
Fusar Poli & Margaglio
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Guseva & Kostomarov
Brian Joubert
Denkova & Staviski
Petrova & Tikhonov
Irina Slutskaya
Totmianina & Marinin
Navka & Kostomarov
Alexei Yagudin
~Finale~
IN THE MEANTIME, READ THIS STORY:
Brian: It was so beautiful to skate in Red Square at night. I was very proud because this show presented all of the Russian skating team - the country's very best - and I was so happy to be invited to be a part of it. The show was great, and I skated two numbers. I found it a little difficult because it was very cold and I could barely open my eyes on the ice with so much snow coming down. I only found out two weeks ahead of time that I would perform in Red Square, so it was a big surprise, and an honor. Getting back to France was difficult (laughing). I left quite early in the morning, around 6:00 a.m., to catch my flight at the airport, and in the process forgot my passport at the hotel. When I had first checked in, the front desk said they require that travelers on a Visa leave their passport with them. As soon as I got to the airport I realized my mistake, missed my flight, and got back into a taxi to head back to the hotel. However, the taxi dropped me off not at the hotel but a short distance away.
As I was standing in the street with my suitcase, two policemen stopped me, I guess because they recognized I was a foreigner, and wanted to see my passport. Of course, I didn't have it on me, but we couldn't find a language to communicate in. They took me to the passport control office, and over and over, kept asking for the document. This went on for an hour, and I was very nervous. Every time it was the same question, "Where is your passport?" I was alone, and even though I tried to speak with them in English, they were speaking in Russian and it wasn't working. Finally I showed them my skates, explaining that I was a skater. One policeman recognized me and then thankfully drove me back to the hotel to get the passport. Air France still had one more flight to Paris that day, so I was able to get home.
Kathleen: Why didn't you just make it easier on yourself right away and have them contact one of the Russian skaters? They're heroes in their homeland.
Brian: (Laughing) When I finally thought to show them my skates, I did. They didn't speak English but as soon as I said I knew Alexei Yagudin, they said, "Good, good!"
OH, AND I BROUGHT YOU THE ~DRINKING GAME~ (THERE'S ALWAYS AN OCCASION TO GET SHITFACED)
DRINK EVERYTIME:
- MEN'S SINGLE SKATERS JUMP
- LADIES' SINGLE SKATERS SPIRAL
- PAIR SKATERS DO THROWS
- ICE DANCERS DO LIFTS
- YOU HEAR THE COMMENTATOR SPEAKS RUSSIAN
- SOMEONE IS WEARING THE WTF COSTUME
- YOU SEE THE SNOW FALLING