Gala in Düsseldorf

Thank you Petra.

It is hard to find words. I miss Albena and Max's dancing.

Petra, after the shock, I try to replay.
First many thanks for your report. Despite your sad mood, you made a detailed report for us. You are very kind!.
Second, about Maxim: is it possible he was ill? He did skate in Moscow and Nice... or , perhaps, he thinks not be ready on trained enough...
Don't tell me that you think he is depressed too.....
Perhaps now he has to stay in Bulgaria for the trial beginning...
At last, from everythings you wrote, I notice the affection you have
for Albena and Maxim. I am close to your feeling and worried like you...!!

Thank you, Petra! How painful for all of us are the words:

"...But I don´t think that doing it this way could be the final solution for her .....
Believe me, I´m glad that I was not in Albenas place yesterday. I don´t think that she could really enjoy this. "

I wish you had a better day

Oh Piemontsina, if I knew what has happened and why he wasn´t there, I really would feel better, believe me! But I don´t know why he wasn´t there! I don´t know if he was only ill or if he has to stay in Bulgaria or whatever ... I hope that Lerka can tell us more what has happened!? But inside I thought the same as you: If he is able to skate in Nice and Moscow, why then not in Düsseldorf??? Sorry, I don´t have an answer to this question! Lerka???
And: Thanks to the one who translated my report into Bulgarian and posted it in the Bulgarian forum! With my 50 words I know in Bulgarian I can´t control word for word if you translated right, but I hope so !

Stef, I think we have to see it this way: It was a show, no competition, and I´m sure she has had some fun doing it ... but not the fun she could have had if Max had been there. That´s what I meant. And then together with the fall, I mean she smiled after this, but I had the impression she wanted to show that the "real" Albena can do more than making a fall with Makarov, and therefore they tried a second time. She wanted to show a clean dance, but couldn´t ... That´s what I meant with "I´m glad that I was not in Albena´s place yesterday": I think she knew that she could do much better with Max on her side, but she couldn´t because he was not there. But I think she was not completely without fun, that would have been rather impossible at yesterdays show ... And I think there have surely been parts she enjoyed, for example the fact to be on the ice and to skate, but I think other parts she did not enjoy, for example the fall in a sold out show or the fact that she has to skate without Max. And especially in the very end she looked so sad, when leaving the ice. Seeing the other pairs being together and she was alone, this surely was not a good feeling for her ...

And, please, don´t think that I haven´t had fun at the show. I was sad about Albie and Max (and about what has happened to Yags), but I enjoyed very much other parts of the show, especially Rita and Povilas. And they had very good light effects, with fire coming out of the side of the rink and with fire coming out of the skates ... That were wonderful impressions, and exept that I was sad especially about Max not participating, I really enjoyed the show, believe me!

Besides, some posts ago I wrote something about "Art On Ice" in Zürich and Lausanne next year. Here´s the official site, and they are listed again!!!
[url] www.artonice.com/index.php?id=178,603,0,0,1,0 [/url]
And if you go to that site, scroll to the end and then click on "Albena Denkova/Maxim Staviski" in the text, the site will change and you are ... on Lerka´s Homepage ! Congratulations, Lerka !!!!! Albie´s and Max´s official site is now directly connected to the official "Art on Ice" site !

Petra, THANK you So much for report! It's sad, but let's hope, that all will be good!

Petra ! Alles war gut ! Danke shon!

Thank you so much for the report Petra.It is sad that Max was not there but under the circumstances is something that we could expect from now on.He might not be able to attend every show in the Ice Age project but it doesn't mean we won't see him again. So cheer up . As for Albie i am sure the performance was O.K. considering they did not have enough time .

I'll be waiting impatiently for your pictures.

Thank you so much for the report and explanations, Petra. What you wrote comes from the heart, and you are much appreciated for your kindness in keeping us informed.

I can't stop thinking of the interviews I've read, when Albena and Maxim talk about arising around 4:30 on mornings when they are in training; how they don't eat dinner if they have gained weight, how they try to be more creative because they are from a small country (their creativity is amazing); and how they train so many hours every day in preparation for competitions. I keep hoping and praying this discipline and hard work will come to bear when it is most needed.

I believe Viktoria is correct: we will see Albena and Maxim perform together again. And we'll be ever more delighted when we do.

Here some pictures from Albena and Alexey performances /from far away/

Thank you, Viktoria. When one cares and worries about good people, every little ray of sunshine helps.

Thanks,Viktoria!

Thank you Viktoria for the photos and Petra for the report. Too bad that Maxim was not there.

Here are my pictures from Düsseldorf, 03.11.2007. I found a lab that made them today .
I hope you can enjoy. I had bad seat, therefore they are from far away ...

Albena and Alexei Makarov:
















Rita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas:






Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov:




Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin:




Alexei Yagudin:

Thank you so much ,Petra for all photos

I found this article regarding Albena and Maxim being at Ice Age in Minsk on November 8.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n126322

It seems like the article is saying they are scheduled to perform but they probably won't.


I hope their assessment is wrong. I think it's good for them to forge ahead and perform even though it makes Maxim uncomfortable, because the love of the fans must surely cheer him a bit.

Petra, thank you for the photos. You did a good job as photographer.

Hi Petra,

Thank you for the photos.

I hope you don't mind the translation of you long post before asking you

I could only imagine how anxious Bulgarian fans should be to hear from someone who got to see Albena. I told them the source and I hope I did a good translation of the words. I didn't put the emoticons because I was too fast to do copy/paste from word (I am using the spell ckeck in Bulgarian of course ).

I think the girs sounded more hopeful than sad. Just like Victoria.

Petra, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the photos!!!

Wow, Petra, so many photos! Thank you!!!

a_Hot_Nerd wrote:

I hope you don't mind the translation of you long post before asking you

Hey, a_Hot_Nerd !!
Don´t worry!! It´s o.k. what you did, really!!! Thanks again that you translated it to there! I could not have done it!
P.S.: I did not know it was you, because you have another name there !
I think we all have to work together here! And I think it was good team work !!!

One more from the final:


Albie is the fourth from right.

It´s long time ago, but the pic belongs here: