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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Another solution: Go back to requiring skating figures as part of the score! Yeah, they are boring to watch but they teach a fluid grace and require a level of concentration and attention to detail few teens excel at.

Figure skating has become “Jumping On Ice”. It has become gymnastics instead of ballet...


14 posted on 02/19/2022 8:11:08 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Mr Rogers

Yes, they should require demonstration of the basics.

It’s like playing piano without reading music.


28 posted on 02/19/2022 8:44:15 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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To: Mr Rogers
... It has become gymnastics instead of ballet...

For sure. It is actually nerve-racking to watch rather than full-attention rousing.

35 posted on 02/19/2022 9:17:40 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: Mr Rogers

I agree. Both the men and women look like gorillas as they are powering up for the jumps. Why bother with the dance?


36 posted on 02/19/2022 9:20:23 AM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: Mr Rogers

What you said. Now its all jumping and no grace and beauty as before.


51 posted on 02/19/2022 10:39:44 AM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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