Now were my PC at home is working again and I'm not that busy anymore(first week of Uni is always a bit stressy) I finaaally can start posting my NHT report as promised
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1.PartHmmmm.....let me say at first, that I’m not that brilliant in writing reports as for me it’s so difficult to find the right words for what I felt and what happened during that days in Oberstdorf *lol* + another thing is....ehem.....that they tend to become too long*cough*!!
It was my very first competition I (finaaaally:-D) attended live and not in front of a screen.....what can I say?!.....after the iceDome trainings back in July and now after the Nebelhorn Trophy,I become even more ‘crazy’ about Figure Skating than I already was before, which sounds weird to me , cause I maaaaadly love this sport already since zapping into Yagudin’s “Gladiator “ back in 2001/Euros(I liked it also the time before,but that was the point I got REALLY into it.....don’t know how to describe it), but I guess you know what I’m talking about :greensmilewink !!
25.SEPTEMBER ~*~Thursday~*~It’s still a miracle to me, how I could concentrate the night before and on this morning on my exam ;D !!Anyway,right after it I run off the room,hurrying to the train station as I had just 20minutes to reach the next train to Oberstdorf[under normal conditions, no problem, but since it was the time of Oktoberfest(big feast in Munich,for those who don’t know), I was expecting delays and stuff]!! There are going trains to O. every hour,but....as around that time, Men’s SP should begin and I didn’t want to miss Tomas’s SP(one of my absolute favorites....I’m so happy that he kept it,OMG
), I was eager, to get the very next train possible!!I had to let one tube leave,since it was too stuffed and they wouldn’t let anyone in anymore....I tell you, I was getting more and more nervous,by the minutes passing far too quickly!!At the train station than.....1 minute to go.....believe me, I already was trying to up with the fact,that I most surely missed the train....but still I was hoping for the small lucky incident,that for some reason the train would leave few minutes later(why isn’t the ground of the station made of ice?!!I would be much faster with skates on
....ahahaha!!)......I was running like crazy to the platform and to my huge amazement and joy I saw the train guy,who apparently saw me running,waving&smilling at me, to hurry and giving the driver a sign to wait( a bunch of kisses to that guy
....without his kindness-,the train most probably would have left right in front of me and I would never’ve seen »Gypsy Kings/Chocolat« live!)!!
After a 2h journey.....I was so excited,that I could barely sit on my chair
!!Once arrived in the beautiful place of Oberstdorf
, I left my luggage in the pension and went straight away to the rink....or should I better say I was half-running, since Nicole send me a textmessage,saying that Tomas would skate in a couple of minutes....at the ice center than , one more thing to tax my patience....an older couple was standing in front me in line for tickets, asking the cashier Lady one stupid question after the other(sorry,it were such kind of questions!!Like “Does the tickets just count for the first part of Pairs LP or for the whole competition?” He?
) ....normally I’m VERY patient,believe me....but this time....*shame on me* for some minutes I was thinking, if I just should leave my good manners aside and make my way to the cash desk, by pushing them softly away,ehehe!!Well after 5minutes waiting for them to finish their exclusive Cashier-Lady’s-Interview, I finally had my tickets and went to the main rink, with a highly visible smile on my face....I can’t explain how great my exitment was....when I sat on the place beside Nina and Nicole I was in Skating heaven, I can tell!!I couldn’t have a better timing....right in that second,Tom’s group come on the ice for the warm up
!!
Men’s SP.Last group....what can I tell, it was Tomas to begin....ahaha,I think our corner was the one making the loudest noise....equipped with noise making stuff(no idea how it's called in english),sponsored by Irene....thanks for that btw
!!Technically it wasn’t perfect ,having 2 or 3 mistakes, but I didn’t care by that time( please don’t get that wrong), but I was SO overwhelmed to see&enjooooooy it live,as I ADOOOOORE this SP so much, just everything,from the first pose till the last.....especially, the »Chocolat« bit
.... I just love the step sequences and moves of that part SOOOOO MUCH
!!Also,worth mentioning....Anton Kovalevski’s »Flamenco« afterwards....I have to admit that over the last years I never took much notice of him, but since seeing him at the NHT,I really enjoyyyyyed his skating!!
Pairs SP♦ Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov.......»Nobody Home« by Pink Floyd(classical music style).......LOVED it!! They turned to one of my favorites over that days....seeing them skate live was just awesome
!!
♦Aliona &Robin....»Lost in space«....COOL...so much fun to watch,though I still have to get used to that costumes...sure,it fits the theme,but
!!
♦Tatiana Volozozhar/ Stanislav Morozov......»Mr. Holland's Opus«.......their 3Tw was truelly impressive
!!Let me say......I really like Tatiana
,she has a way to skate I just enjoy !!
♦Laura Magitteri/Ondrej Hotarek.......a MJ medley.....very entertaining 8)!!I admit,partly I was set back to the iceDome Gala back in July
.........but,no,honestly.....the poses and the whole programe was a blast!!Btw the costumes are so cool!!
Ice Dance-OD.Jazz/Swing Music+Ice dance......the best mix EVER......as the one is my fav music genre and the other my favorite sport Lol!!I feared it could become boring....as after the 8th "Sing,sing,sing",you loose the attention(ahahaha.....ask the girls
!!While I was enjoying even the 3rd time of the same piece,they were about to flee....don't know,in front of the TV I probably would feel the same,but I guess it was the excitment you have on your first live competition,which makes each step on ice great
!!
♦Kamila Hajkova/David Vincour.........»Mack the knife«.......... Aaaaaaaah,my absolute fav of all ODs that night
......the costumes,their skating,the music...just everything...BRILLIANT
!!!!I enjoyed every second!! I just loooooooooooooooooooove them so much (on&off ice)!!
♦Alexandra Zaretski/Roman Zaretski.......a joy to watch them skate
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There was one point.....I think it was pretty much at the beginning/middle of the ODes, that for a moment I saw the perfect look-alike of Isabelle(at that point I didn't knew that she has a sister)......I thought I was hallucinating from overdose of joy,being at a competition live*ahaha*,since I was sure she can't be in Oberstdorf.....no seriously,from the far she was looking just like her.......as she was coming nearer,passing two rows in front of us,you could saw that it isn't her....but still the alikeness of Isabelle and her sister is just WOW
!!Such a surprise to see her sister at the NHT!!
*******to be continued(+pics)
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