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svengaliesque	Nov 19 2008, 01:38 AM
Intermediate Posts: 30 Group: Members Member #243 Joined: July 26, 2008	This just happens to me all of the time. Every event I go to I find myself sitting next to skaters and/or their team and we strike up a conversation. I'm naturally gregarious and willing to engage in small talk with folks I hardly know. For some reason I usually get interviewed by journalist s at these events and I've been featured (complete with photos) in several articles from various events I've attended. I've even been interviewed by Japanese media and appeared on Japanese TV. In Chelsea Piers there are two rinks at either end of the arena with a large food court/lounge in between. Skaters, coaches and parents often congregate there before and after the skate to wait for scores, eat or chat with other.s After Emily's SP (really bad) , she and Bonni came into the food court to wait for her scores. I talked with them about being late to the competition then the conversation turned to Emily's long program. We were joined by John and Matt Hughes and talked about Amy Hughes (she was at a conference in Cornell), Matt Hughes' career (photography) Emily's long program, future training, school, etc. Then we met again the next day before and after her LP. By then, Bonni was calling me Emily's biggest fan. Bonni is an angel. Emily is cute and perky - a typical 19 year old. I had similar conversations that weekend with Morgan Matthews, Lief Gialson (sp) Samantha Caesario, Morgan's mother, Rocky Marval, Blake Rosenthal, Ron Luddington and many others. Everybody there is accessible in this setting and very chatty. Also there and sitting next to me in the stands for awhile was Timothy and we talked a lot about studying and Columbia and Harlem Figure Skating Club. I also talked with (briefly) Ann Patrice (blond now) and Jonathon Hunt who are coaching Sam Gordon. More interesting is that at St. Paul's Nationals I was sitting high in the stands during practice where coaches, parents and skaters congregate. They shared a lot of information about Emily and the Skating Club of Boston. It seems that Emily left Mark and Peter in or around December and returned to Bonni in January. My most interesting conversation was with Matt Savoie after a 2006 competition in South Carolina. He is the most amazing person I know. The most surprising person I've met was Lucinda Ruhe(sp). She has a business enterprise, was speaking Japanese with a Japanese family there, - and she is breathtakingly beautiful. I've also sat with the Kwans and talked with them. The first time I met her parents was at Nationals 2003. The mother is friendly and a bit reserved but Danny loves to talk. However, I was never able to do more than mumble something incoherent when I've met Michelle. Yes, I'm a Kwan fan. I have better luck talking to Karen and Peter. I recommend attending these local events as a way of getting to meet elite skaters and up and coming skaters. I usually go to all of the events in the tri-state area of New York, CT. and New Jersey. I had planned to go to Boston for Sectionals, but I went to Skate America instead and didn't want to spend any more hotel money since I have to save for Nationals.


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