Skate America (Oct. 26-29th, 2006)

Grace wrote:

FD? Amazingish-- you can tell it's the one they've been working on for the shortest time, but it didn't look rough or unpolished or slow, just a little new. Give it another month or so and it'll be right up there at "amazing". I was like, "Who are you, and what have you done with Albena and Maxim?" Because they have never been that strong in the fall, but... they are now!

"Amazingish"? hehe. It would be nice if they were at the amazing level for their next competition. But, I completely wasn't expecting them to be this polished so early on, either. They definitely weren't last year... What's happened?!

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Pechalat/Bourzat (again, SOOOOOOOO much improved, I would never have recognized them!)

I definitely did like their FD a lot. I thought it was a very different program for them! They really must be working hard, because everything in their programs seemed more polished to me.

Lana wrote:

Thanks, Grace. Latin would make sense. I wasn't really sure of the language, because I couldn't hear the speaker too well. Sunday night, I had printed off the list from Wikipedia and was trying to match the sins with parts of the program. I don't think I was very good at it. hehe.

I've tried that, too, and I can't do it. How the hell do you skate "gluttony"?

The best was when we were trying to remember what the 7 deadly sins were before they even skated. We got to 6 and couldn't get the 7th, so one of my friends looked it up on her Blackberry and the site she checked listed "sadness" as one of the 7 deadly sins. Of course, we have now made sadness an "honourary" deadly sin.

I'm...I'm...I'm...speechless......

I was away these weekend, no internet...no nothing....

Here are many pages...I read only the first 2...I'm totally confused, surprised, shocked, scared...

I don't know if you already posted this, sorry if you did. But I couldn't wait to read all the messages. No time to check the entire topic.

"Bulgaria's Ice Duo Grabs Skate America Gold Bleeding

Sports
World ice-skating champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski won the gold medal in the Skate America tournament in bloodied costumes after a crash with another couple during practice.

Bulgaria's top skating duo garnered a total of 201.58 points from their three dances, outrunning US contestants Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov by more than 20 points.

Still, the couple wasn't happy with the result and explained that there were some things in their programme that they had to improve.

The gold medallists crashed at practice into a British dance couple, Denkova's right thigh was cut and blood dripped onto her partner's costume. He was also injured and later confessed that the pain in his right hip was quite strong"

Whaaaaaaat!?!??! This was in my inbox, because I receive news about them. I'm terrified. What happend?! Are they ok?! I hope that things are ok, I hope Albenka is not in pain, I hope they will not sufffer at all because of this...I'm...Why does it always happend to them?! And they continued the dance...they are incredible. They are really gifted, perfect and fighters. They are amazing. They are beautiful...
I really, really hope...with all my heart and soul that Albena and Maxim are well. They don't deserve this...Ahh...

It's terrible...

And also the costumes, the FD..they are absolutely amazing. So they describe the 7 sins by dancing?! This is the most impressive thing to do...it is so darring and beautiful, fascinating and courageous, passionate and emotional. I'm so curious about this FD!!

So many things...and I wasn't here. I'm sorry.
The news shocked me. I'm pretty much shocked right now, because I came here, knowing that they won and I was so curious about your impressions and about the dance, and about how they feel....and I read about the accident!

Ahm...Ok, I will read the next messages now...

Wow, our Alex is here! Hi, dear!

So many news, eh? I was feeling in the same way yesterday morning I posted an interview with Albena in Interviews section, I hope you'll have time to read it and understand better what happened exactly. I think it's nobody fault... they just didn't see Sinead and Jonh; Sinead and Jonh didn't see them either...

Kisses!

Well, afaik, the Kerrs crashed into Albena & Max, Albena is o'k, but Maxim hurt his hip and suffered from pain. Hope, they'll be o'k soon

Ahm...I finished this topic.
My head is spinning...and I'm not sure how I feel.
I'm also downloading the programs now...But it's working very, very slow and I think I won't have time...maybe tomorrow.

I really love the idea of the dance and I'm positevly surprised. You all said that dances are polished, not at all roughed and unfinished. This is such good news. And I think that the perspective they have, even if it's new and unexpected for everybody, it is still very Albena and Maxim like!! They always had new and original programs. So, originality, impressive nad unexpected describes them best. they are brilliant.....

I hope Maxim will recover soon. I read that Albena had only a little cut...huh...thanks God.

But I definetly don't want to read such news in this season!! I don't want to read about accident anymore...

Ok...gtg for now. See you later...
Kisses....

Grace wrote:

I've tried that, too, and I can't do it. How the hell do you skate "gluttony"?

Yeah seriously. I definitely didn't see that one in their FD. When I watched it, I was only able to name off three- lust, envy and wrath. And those were just wild guesses on my part. Albena should seriously give a press conference just to explain the FD. hehe. I love this program, I'm just not sure if I entirely understand it!!!

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The best was when we were trying to remember what the 7 deadly sins were before they even skated. We got to 6 and couldn't get the 7th, so one of my friends looked it up on her Blackberry and the site she checked listed "sadness" as one of the 7 deadly sins. Of course, we have now made sadness an "honourary" deadly sin.

Sadness??? That's a new one. So, apparently there are actually 8 deadly sins. Who knew. The one I can never remember is "sloth", I guess I don't consider being lazy a bad thing. hehe.

Lana wrote!

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Sadness??? That's a new one. So, apparently there are actually 8 deadly sins

Actually sadness was considered a sin before the last council Vatican/I hope you understand what I'm trying to say , but not now..not anymore...

One of my fellow teachers that teaches Religious Studies happened to mention it today.


Besos! :<33:

Maria wrote:

Actually sadness was considered a sin before the last council Vatican/I hope you understand what I'm trying to say , but not now..not anymore...

Really? I'm not too religious, so I definitely wouldn't have known that. Thanks for telling me, Maria. It's interesting.

Well, that's embarrassing, because I'm Catholic and I never knew that.

According to Albena (in the press conference), she is good and light and Max is evil and she's trying to show him the way away from sin. Or something? It's probably much more complicated than that, because when someone asked for everyone to explain the themes of their FDs in the press conference for the top three teams, Melissa Gregory said, "We might be here awhile."

Lana wrote:

When I watched it, I was only able to name off three- lust, envy and wrath. And those were just wild guesses on my part. Albena should seriously give a press conference just to explain the FD.

Hehe, so you saw more than me - I can only tell I noticed the lust, the wrath but the others... I should watch it again with the list of the 7 sins before me

Grace wrote:

she is good and light and Max is evil and she's trying to show him the way away from sin. Or something?

Yes, exactly! I've read the same thing in an interview (I think I've said it here, but I'm not sure )

Bye!
*running to watch again the FD and search the other sins *

I think no one has posted these photos:


the medalists

https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img80/4640/normaldenstaski1.jpg
https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img182/9026/normaldenstas2mr9.jpg

Albena-pressconference
Max-pressconference

Ohh Lerochka has missed a biiiiiiig part of your fantastic discussion!!! Please, take me back to the discussion The 7 sins I can't be completely on topic talking about the FD, because I still haven't seen it all you know my computer is too slow to download big files and I can't use computers at the university this week :.. Still, I know the sense, because Albena told me a lot of I must think of if I have something to add.. I must actually wait till Friday, when Max's parents will probably give a tape I hope so : ) we are going to the cinema together Max's parents invited me to the premiere of the movie "Russia vs. Russia". It's a sport movie.. about skaters Russian team №1 is Totmianina-Marinin, Navka-Kostomarov, Plushenko, Slutskaya, Lobacheva-Averbuck and other "very" russian skaters Russian team №2 is.. russian born skaters.. Maxim Staviski (with Albena Denkova), Denis Petukhov (with Melissa Gregory), Margarita Drobiazko (and Povilas), Marina Anissina (and Gwendal), Alena Savchenko and many others. I'm terrified about this I'm sure it's going to be verrrry interesting and if you have some questions to Albena, Max or their parents you can write them here till Friday! Maybe... about FD

I'm very sad about Alby's leg.. I hope she is better now..
kisses

Vania wrote:

I think no one has posted these photos:


the medalists

https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img80/4640/normaldenstaski1.jpg
https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img182/9026/normaldenstas2mr9.jpg

Albena-pressconference
Max-pressconference

Oh, Vanichka, the photos are super fab!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't seen them before!!!! Thank you, milichka!

Maria wrote!

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Actually sadness was considered a sin before the last council Vatican/I hope you understand what I'm trying to say , but not now..not anymore...

I did not know that either and I was raised as a catholic..
However., I think it's funny to seee the way men dispose of the words of GOD!!

Dear Fans!


Thanks for everything that has been written and that has been posted here in this thread and in the others related...
I feel much more merrier now!!

LOOOVE YOU ALLLLL

BEIJOS :<33: :<33:

Lana wrote:

Yeah seriously. I definitely didn't see that one in their FD. When I watched it, I was only able to name off three- lust, envy and wrath.

I can add 4th - pride is there for sure

As for sadness.. I didn't know about it either.. I knew that dejection was a sin. At the beginning deadly sins were only 3 - murder, lust and renunciation. At the Middle Ages The 7 deadly sins theory appeared. These sins were pride, greed, lust, wrath, glattony, envy and dejection (or maybe that means sadness who knows..) Now it's a bit difficult. We have sloth.. You see, sestrichka, at the Middle Ages our biggest sin was not considered as deadly sin!!! But nooow

*MAGic diable* wrote:

I still haven't seen it all you know my computer is too slow to download big files and I can't use computers at the university this week:

Really??? How slow? Because I can convert it for you in a smaller file, but the quality will be poor. Do you want me to do this?

*MAGic diable* wrote:

Still, I know the sense, because Albena told me a lot of

This sounds very, very interesting. I thought they might have told you somthig and I was even going to ask you. I'm very curious about the ideas of this FD, because I probably didn't get a lot of small things and details.

*MAGic diable* wrote:

and if you have some questions to Albena, Max or their parents you can write them here till Friday! Maybe... about FD

Woow questions...questions.. Yes, we have questions wishes... You can tell them that we ALL are fascinated, charmed, amazed, etc. from their new programs, that we wish them good luck for the new season and we love them very-very much (not that they don't know it )
Albie and Max said in the book that sometimes they feel the negative energy of some people who don't love them - now I'm sure that there's much more positive energy - from the people who adore them

Hehe, you can tell to Max's parents (if you want) that in the bulgarian forum for A&M we talked about them and we all respect them and admire them

Kisses!

*MAGic diable* wrote:

Max's parents invited me to the premiere of the movie "Russia vs. Russia". It's a sport movie.. about skaters Russian team №1 is Totmianina-Marinin, Navka-Kostomarov, Plushenko, Slutskaya, Lobacheva-Averbuck and other "very" russian skaters Russian team №2 is.. russian born skaters.. Maxim Staviski (with Albena Denkova), Denis Petukhov (with Melissa Gregory), Margarita Drobiazko (and Povilas), Marina Anissina (and Gwendal), Alena Savchenko and many others.

And is the movie on in russian cinemas?
would give anything to watch it!

Just wish them GOOOOD luck!!!

Lana, querida mia! You are welcome! It was just a small detail..

Lera wrote!

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Max's parents invited me to the premiere of the movie "Russia vs. Russia". It's a sport movie.. about skaters Russian team №1 is Totmianina-Marinin, Navka-Kostomarov, Plushenko, Slutskaya, Lobacheva-Averbuck and other "very" russian skaters Russian team №2 is.. russian born skaters.. Maxim Staviski (with Albena Denkova), Denis Petukhov (with Melissa Gregory), Margarita Drobiazko (and Povilas), Marina Anissina (and Gwendal), Alena Savchenko and many others.

That sound verrrry interesting..
You have to tell us what it is like???
Is it in the cinemas???


BESOS!

geri wrote:

Really??? How slow? Because I can convert it for you in a smaller file, but the quality will be poor. Do you want me to do this?

Well.. it's real for me to download files only less than 10 Mb You see it's terrible.. I don't know if it's possible to convert the FD in a size like that.. or maybe I just have to wait awhile.. Anyway, thanks geri!!!! Than you very much for your offer!

geri wrote:

This sounds very, very interesting. I thought they might have told you somthig and I was even going to ask you. I'm very curious about the ideas of this FD, because I probably didn't get a lot of small things and details.

Small things and details? I'm not sure I'm good enough in it Although, I can always use a prompt

Dear Magic!

the competition you talk about must be really interesting!
So many skaters that learned to skate in Russia... In a way that's wonderful!!! Because they are , most of them , the best around!!




Beijinhos!

Vania wrote:

Woow questions...questions.. Yes, we have questions wishes... You can tell them that we ALL are fascinated, charmed, amazed, etc. from their new programs, that we wish them good luck for the new season and we love them very-very much (not that they don't know it )

Hehe, you can tell to Max's parents (if you want) that in the bulgarian forum for A&M we talked about them and we all respect them and admire them

Ohh, they will be so pleased to hear it it's very cute of you to remember that
Albenka is so funny.. first thing she asked me was: "Soo.. what people say about our programs? If they said something bad.. just.. just keep silent, Lerka!" "Baaad??? About YOUR programs?? And you can say such things, darling? Have you already heard something baaaad??" "We didn't talked a lot with fans.." "And specialists?" "Everyone liked our programs. Even a russian judge was impressed.."
You see! She is so cute.. thanks God, she is fine, her leg is ok, too. I told her about how everyone here adore their tango and Requiem : ) kisses from Alby!

Serena wrote:

Dear Magic!

the competition you talk about must be really interesting!
So many skaters that learned to skate in Russia... In a way that's wonderful!!! Because they are , most of them , the best around!!

Dear Serena! But it won't be a competition.. it will be a movie about these skaters..

Maria, querida mia, of course, I'll tell you about it! I promise that my deadly sin - sloth - won't prevent me this time Just now I don't know how it will be myself and I'm very curious It won't be shown in the cinemas I think.. but.. who knows?!
besos