Snow White, Skating, and More

Yesterday started with a stint at Magic Theater for the kid's performance of Snow White. There were 450 children in attendance. They were all seated in 30 minutes with little to no trouble. The theater has a great system for getting these children into groups (by school) and seating them in the Roseville Theater. My dear friend, Tony, came to visit me at the theater. I haven't seen him for some time, not since I was the guest on his cable television show, Sacramento's Talent. He brought me the CD of the interview, but I doubt I will work up the nerve to watch it.

After Magic Circle, it was off to the rink to work on the Paso with Maddie. My friend Susan was there and working on the "real" version of the Paso. OMG, the steps are so fast and not 'adjusted' for the likes of me, as Coach J has done for our Holiday Show performance. Susan is doing a great job on this dance. I'm amazed at how quickly she picks up these dances. I think she just started working on this a couple of weeks ago and she is already doing a fabulous job on it.

Maddie and I drilled the Paso. Coach J made some additional changes. There were too many people on the ice so it was difficult to hold a pattern, but we did get a couple of good runs and Coach seems happy with progress. I"m not, of course. Still needs much refinement, IMO.

Then we worked on the ensemble number, which is down to 5 skaters. One of our group had made the necessary changes to accommodate our reduced numbers. These worked out quite well. It was fun to skate the program again. Coach J told us that Jill Shipstad (who had choreographed the program for us to skate at Worlds last July) would be here on December 11, the day of our annual Coffee Club Exhibition and Cookie Exchange. It will be so nice to see Jill again, as she is truly a lovely, talented, and genuine person. She is going to perhaps do a group lesson for the Coffee Club participants. What a treat this will be.

Today is my BSB's big day - her test for the Ten Fox and European Waltz. Good luck, J! You are going to skate through with flying colors. I'm very happy for you. You will definitely be a Pre-Silver dancer when you leave the rink today!

Doggies seem to be doing fine, except for a little 'problem' yesterday with Merlin's meds. I had fed the dogs their dinner, but when Dear Husband got up from his nap, he fed them again, including giving Merlin his meds. I immediately called the vet to see what we should do. She said Merlin would just be very sleepy from the double dose of his pain meds. Sure enough, he woke me up at 5:04 this morning, just as perky and ready for breakfast as always. Thank goodness no ill effects from our lack of communication.

Will see my dear friend Lori today at Cabin Fever and deliver my 34 (minus the two I keep) blocks to her. I certainly hope they pass muster!

Onward. Have a great weekend, Dear Readers.