Terri Schehr Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Keith Hall said: Who watched the Olympics? I lost interest when it wasn’t amateur athletes anymore. Sucked all of the excitement out of it for me. The days of Peggy Fleming’s mom sewing her skating outfit are over. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said: I lost interest when it wasn’t amateur athletes anymore. Sucked all of the excitement out of it for me. The days of Peggy Fleming’s mom sewing her skating outfit are over. I gave up when half the telecast was the athletes life story, blah blah wood woof. Shuddap and show the bleeping event. And to the OP, how would international boundaries affect going after rights violations. Especially since this occurred in China. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Craig Callen Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Hey- to all of my drum corpse friends out there. To get off topic a little bit. Here in México- the Spanish station showed the entire event- showed every skater- in fact- showed every Olympic event in its entirety on three separate stations. No blabbing during each skaters routine- only evaluated the performance while waiting for the score- no Johnny & Tara BS- very professional. No up close and personal things. The only negative thing was that it was a live telecast- so it started at 4 in the AM here in Puerto Vallarta, and the commercial that they played at the breaks was the same commercial over and over- sort of like Flo Marching!! That and we still feel like alot of the skaters need some help from drum corps designers. They need to enhance their difficult routines to fit the music. And a big shout out to Donovan Carrillo from Guadalajara who made Mexico skating history at the Olympics- we are proud of you man!! OK- back to your regular scheduled program 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironlips Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 "They need to enhance their difficult routines to fit the music." This has been my petty annoyance forever, but I have been informed by skating pros that it's not really a priority and doesn't enter into the score. (What? Haven't they got a G.E. caption?) Some skaters actually did hit cues, and that was very effective. It's also very difficult in terms of time and space. You know, the old "Space/Time Continuum". Ergo, those who can do this should get higher scores, at least in that "caption". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, ironlips said: "They need to enhance their difficult routines to fit the music." This has been my petty annoyance forever, but I have been informed by skating pros that it's not really a priority and doesn't enter into the score. (What? Haven't they got a G.E. caption?) Some skaters actually did hit cues, and that was very effective. It's also very difficult in terms of time and space. You know, the old "Space/Time Continuum". Ergo, those who can do this should get higher scores, at least in that "caption". I've often wondered if they even listen to their own music. I also agree some this year did at least hit some cues and was very effective. Edited February 24, 2022 by GUARDLING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, Dr. Craig Callen said: Actually, I sort of tune in just for them. They are kind of like the Gene and (Helen?) Reyburn’s of the early DCI PBS broadcasts to me. Edited February 24, 2022 by Jurassic Lancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 4:21 PM, Dr. Craig Callen said: No blabbing during each skaters routine- only evaluated the performance while waiting for the score- no Johnny & Tara BS- very professional. No up close and personal things. What’s wrong with Johnny and Tara. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, Whiskey said: What’s wrong with Johnny and Tara. Lol remember Dick Button the king of US “homers”. If a US skater and a non-US skater did the same thing he would gush over the US skater and do a “meh” for the other one. Quit watching due to him…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Kingsmen Alumni Corps really wanted to do "Ritual Fire Dance" in 2007, but either couldn't get permission or had to pay some outrageous cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 10 hours ago, Whiskey said: What’s wrong with Johnny and Tara. I like Johnny and Tara. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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