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icarusI just got the response back from the U.S. Nationals figure skating website. The ticket sales people couldn't tell me the price for the practice session tickets, and I just needed to budget for those.
My reservations are set. I was disappointed at the crappy seats I have, but I figured I'd be closer and get a good feel for the sport during the practice sessions. Those were my main goal, as research for Out Of Bounds.
I've now been informed that only the people who buy the $500 week-long All-Event package are allowed into the practice sessions.
I'm now trying to figure out if that's just what they're telling people who want to buy tickets in advance (because you can't buy them in advance) or if they're really locking people out of the practice sessions unless they come wearing minks. It sounds like the latter.
My entire reason for going has gone up in smoke.
Dismal ETA: We already bought the men's Freeskate ticket and it's non-refundable. We can't get a ticket for WG at the last minute because the seating is assigned and he'd be far away. Basically the whole trip's ruined. I would have done this very differently if the people I asked two weeks ago had known anything about the practice sessions.
So much for my Christmas present.
My reservations are set. I was disappointed at the crappy seats I have, but I figured I'd be closer and get a good feel for the sport during the practice sessions. Those were my main goal, as research for Out Of Bounds.
I've now been informed that only the people who buy the $500 week-long All-Event package are allowed into the practice sessions.
I'm now trying to figure out if that's just what they're telling people who want to buy tickets in advance (because you can't buy them in advance) or if they're really locking people out of the practice sessions unless they come wearing minks. It sounds like the latter.
My entire reason for going has gone up in smoke.
Dismal ETA: We already bought the men's Freeskate ticket and it's non-refundable. We can't get a ticket for WG at the last minute because the seating is assigned and he'd be far away. Basically the whole trip's ruined. I would have done this very differently if the people I asked two weeks ago had known anything about the practice sessions.
So much for my Christmas present.
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Date: 2007-01-17 07:24 pm (UTC)This first show brief glimpses of coach/skater interaction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp7jBTZVHNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4BAzC6UpJQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VON_VQuXOgM
This one is good because Stephane is on music, but you can see how he only does certain elements of the program during this practice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUZcxrAyQOY
This is a much lower level event, but you can see the coach-student thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrTfJpt21VQ
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Date: 2007-01-18 01:17 am (UTC)Thank you. This is perfect. So far the only vids I have of coach/skater interaction was a famous clip with a blow-up between Christopher Bowman and his coach.
This is just great.
Icarus