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Medvedeva’s Journey

November 22, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva knew it would be tough, moving away from everything she had known in Russia to come to Canada to train with Brian Orser. Perhaps she didn’t know how tough. It was tough enough, finishing second at the Olympics after appearing unbeatable in previous seasons. But at Skate Canada last month, she faced things […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Brian Orser, Evgenia Medvedeva, Internationaux de France, Rika Kihira

Too narrow for my boots

October 27, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  LAVAL, Que., Size matters, they say. Some pairs and ice dancers competing at Skate Canada International this week found the width of the Bell Place Arena rather tight. The size gave French ice dancers Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres some grief in the short program. And Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier suffered a stumble […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Hubbell and Donohue, Moore-Towers and Marinaro, Morgan Cipres, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, Vanessa James

“Pretty danged cool”

October 27, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Keegan Messing

LAVAL, Que. Keegan Messing is chalking up the good times. They keep rolling in, like a wave. Last Saturday, he got engaged on a windy mountain ridge. He forgot the matches to light up the stove for soup. Everything went wrong. But Lane Hodson said yes. “If she says yes when everything goes wrong, you […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Keegan Messing, Nam Nguyen, Shoma Uno

The Empress has arrived

October 27, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Laval, Que. Yeah, she’s bad-ass, that Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. In a most endearing way. Only 21 still, the Russian former world champion has come from nowhere, has risen to the top, has fallen to nowhere, has risen again to be unbeatable. And after a lull in her career while rushes of young teen Russian girls annihilated […]

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A Proposal, Alaska Style

October 25, 2018 By Beverley 2 Comments

Keegan

LAVAL, Que., Keegan Messing, man of adventure, keeper of the north, tried to be so prepared to make this day special. He was in love. And he wanted to propose to his girlfriend of 2 ½ years, Lane Hodson. It was supposed to be a surprise early this week. The venue was to be exotically […]

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Gilles and Poirier’s Starry Night

October 18, 2018 By Beverley 1 Comment

Starry Night

Okay, paint your palette blue and grey, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. Watch the swirling clouds in a violet haze. Nothing could be more painful and splendid than to touch the art of Vincent Van Gogh. Yes, this new free dance of Gilles and Poirier hits a nerve. Van Gogh is my favourite artist. No […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Carol Lane, Don McLean, Govardo, Paul Poirier, Piper Gilles, Vincent Van Gogh

Magic in a Dog Sled

October 11, 2018 By Beverley 4 Comments

The way Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje planned it, they would have been happy to remain low-key, and chill out in their hotel in the off-hours during a spring visit to the very northerly Happy Valley-Goose Bay town in Labrador. They had come to Labrador’s largest community in the spring to do three shows and […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Andrew Poje, dog sled, Goose Bay, Happy Valley, Kaitlyn Weaver, ThankyouCanadatour

Vincent Zhou: Tough Summer, Bright Future

October 9, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

In the spring, after sessions with a new choreographer – Lori Nichol – a light flickered inside Vincent Zhou. The incredible young quadmeister, who attempted a total of seven quads at last year’s U.S. championships, finally had an epiphany about music and movement and rhythm and the imagery possible in skating. “Working with Lori really […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Jeff Buttle, Lori Nichol, Skate America, Vincent Zhou

Nazareth, McCafferty: New Albums, New Life

October 2, 2018 By Beverley 6 Comments

A couple of days before Nazareth embarked on its Canadian tour in August, Pete Agnew’s phone jangled in his pocket. It was Dan McCafferty, lead singer for the band for 43 years. It was 11 a.m. and McCafferty had a special request. “Listen,” he told Agnew, bass player for Nazareth and founder of the group. […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Carl Sentance, Dan McCafferty, Jimmy Murrison, Lee Agnew, Nazareth, Pete Agnew

Jason Brown: His Light Falls on Toronto

September 26, 2018 By Beverley 3 Comments

  Everyone needs a little dose of Jason Brown now and again. Feeling the blues? Brown will wrap you up in the little tornado of his personality and make you forget it all. Feeling lonely and alone? Brown will bounce off to the airport and pick you up, just because that’s what he does. Loving […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Autumn Classic, Brian Orser, Evgenia Medvedeva, Jason Brown, Kori Ade, Tracy Wilson

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