During the spring and summer, I made sure Rebekah and Joel passed the necessary tests to qualify and I paid for the kids to compete in the Midwestern sectionals even though I was uncertain who would coach them this season.
Thanks to the combined efforts of Ryan Jahnke, Erik Schulz, and Tiffany Hyden-Dombeck and the Colorado Springs Ice Dance Academy, (and with some help from Rachel Tibbetts and Collin Brubaker, Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov, Tanith Belbin, and Bruce Hurd) they've been able to somehow pull things together and they will compete in novice dance in less than two weeks at Mids in Fort Collins!
Annabelle and Joel have continued to improve at pairs and will also compete in sectionals. In preparation, they performed in Broadmoor Skating Club's Fire and Ice exhibition last Friday 11-4-2011 and skated a clean program. Coaches Dalilah Sappenfield, Larry Ibarra, John Coughlin, and Becky Bradley have done a terrific job with their training. Joel is so excited that they are doling press lifts and overhead loop lifts on the ice. Annabelle lands clean throw double jumps most of the time. Off the ice, the kids are doing star lifts and step-up lifts! It's been fun to see their progress.
Rebekah and Joel will perform their competition free dance in this Friday's Fire and Ice. Last year's Fiddler on the Roof free dance program (with an additional lift added) has come back to life!
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