Dress and Skate Update

The dress for my dramatic program arrived and it is GORGEOUS! With the addition of the sleeves, it is absolutely perfect for my "Passion of the Christ" program. I was hesitant to purchase this, but am so glad I did. I am taking it to the rink today to show Coach and my best skating buddy to get their 'final' approval, but am certain they will both like it very much. I am thinking of buying another dress from this same eBay seller for my technical program. It is every bit as lovely as this black and white one.

Yesterday, Coach mentioned that she thought my "Passion" program is actually more of an artistic program than dramatic. Now she wants me to use a prop to further convey the interpretation of the music. As I have never done this before, it's going to be a challenge - learning to skate around it but using it for its intended purpose - but I'm up for it. At first I was concerned about doing this, but the more I thought about it, the better I liked the concept. Yet another opportunity to learn something new in my skating.

Finally received comments yesterday from Coach that she could feel the emotion when I skated "Passion" at the end of my lesson. At long last! Now that the elements are set in my mind, I am able to think less about "what's next" and focus more on emoting. Still have 2+ months to work more on this before Worlds, but they will fly by so I really need to increase my practice time. Must skate 3 times a week between now and the end of July. Onward!