Post by sysi on Jul 9, 2010 14:39:23 GMT 1
So here I'm with my report
But first of all,I'd like to apologize for 2 things...firstly, the quality of pictures is even worse this time I did my best, but the lighting was extremely bad this time and my camera and especially flash isn't good enough....but I hope you will still enjoy the pictures .... And then, I'm so sorry, but I totally forgot to ask Marina about that russian show I don't know how that happened, I was probably too amazed by her, or I don't know....I simply forgot.....
So...
We arrived (me and my mum) in Aubagne sooner so we went in the town (which is btw quitte nice). Then we went to the rink...they should have open at 18:30 and they really did ,which was great because we saw the whole training
Firstly there was only Roman Kostomarov and Candice Didier and some Aubagne children on the ice.Then Nathalie and Fabian came. We took our strategical seats, situated near the skaters entrance, and we were watching what's going on on the ice. Suddenly I saw a pram with one small baby, then “the mum” and another pram with bigger baby....no “the father” though...
As Nikita was officially announced and the theme of the gala was “a Russian year in France”, we were 100% sure that if no one, he will be there, so I was a little bit disappointed when he didn’t appear....firstly,I wanted to make a little clearer opinion about him, then, he was always really very very nice with us and then, I wanted him to sign the picture I made with him, Marina and Mick last year Latter, we were told by Nikita’s mum he was occupied and by Marina he had to be in Moscow....
Back to the practice...Gwendal came first, he skated around, then Marina came and they started their, I’d say, traditional beginning of the training, with some circles together around the ice. Then Marina went to say hello to Tatiana and Roman and also to the woman from the Marseille Russian association who organised Nikita’s concert last year and who came at the same time as us.
I quickly recognized what they will skate,because they tried some typical moves from both dances and I was quitte happy with their choices. ;D But the training was short and they didn’t really train too much, they left after I’d say 20 minutes max.
Nath and Fab were on the ice the longest time, N/K were all the time trying one lift and were struggling with it a lot, once they had even a fall so we were a little bit afraid if they will be successful during the show....finally, they changed that lift, so we didn’t see the result.
Concerning the show, it was said Ksenia Makarova is injured, so she didn’t come. Mukhortova Trankov split as we all know...so the only stars were MG, N/K, P/B and Candice Didier, but we still enjoyed it a lot. I was extremely positively surprised by Candice, she’s great to watch, very elegant and with a great expression. As for the dancers, I’d say Nathalie and Fabian are on the top technically, which is totally understandable, concerning they’re on the top of their amateur career. I also enjoyed a lot their new exhibition number. ;D As for Tatiana and Roman, they’re still really good, but it’s already clear they’re 4 year out of the competitions, so they put the most difficult elements out, as it was a case with that lift...but their new Jackson number was stunning !
Another thing that comes to my mind is that at least 3 of the small girls in Sogma13 are called “Marina”, including the small daughter of the president of the club...I’m pretty sure it’s not only an coincidence as the name “Marine” is much more common in France than “Marina”
There were some really funny moments for us, especially when we saw 4 or 5 times small Mick running really really fast from the backstage to the ice. The first time, it was Marina who tricked him, then his grandma Yadviga. I can tell you, the baby knows running really fast and is having a lot of fun with it.
So finally, concerning Marina and Gwendal...first, they skated Susana and I think they skated it great, with a lot of energy, expression and joy, Gwendal is still very flexible and Marina looks so great, concerning she had her second baby so little time ago !
Sadly, I didn’t see about a half of Susana, firstly, because I was taking pictures, but especially because of small Mick who was a little bit crying, trying to get on the ice all the time( he even put his foot once there ;D). Poor Yadviga, I guess she saw nothing. As for Mick, we thought he simply wanted to be with his mum, my mum said she heart him saying “mama” . Marina took him in her arms immediately after she left the ice and stayed there to watch N/K, Gwendal disappeared in the dressing room.
After the first half, we saw Yadviga, but there wasn’t time to talk, Mick was not such an Angel this time, he was crying. Then, we saw Marina and I can tell you, I was once more shocked by how nice she was with us! I have impression she changed incredibly and I’m also pretty sure she recognized us as she was smiling immediately after she saw us. She told us about Mick, that he was a little bit ill, about Nikita,... On the question if we will see them in Aubagne once more next year, she replied she doesn’t know at all. She signed the picture with her, Nikita and Mick and asked me a moment latter if she can show it to Tania. Then she went with Navka to sign the autographs. I don’t know if their behaviour off the ice is connected to their personal life, but if yes, then Marina is definitely very happy and Tatiana very unhappy. I never met Navka before, but she seemed very annoyed with everyone, smiling only very professionally on the pictures, but nothing more. OTOH Roman vas very nice . There were at least 2 men with professional tv cameras and 3 with cameras, so I’ m surprised that there aren’t any pictures and videos yet. I have impression that it was especially people from Russian associations in France.
There were for sure lots of Aubagne children and their parents, but I think there were some skating fans as well, I saw one man who asked Marina an autograph in her book, many children asked to sign their skates. Then, I saw Marina doing and interview, but I don’t know for who or what it was.
When we were returning to our seats, we met Nathalie with Eva in her arms, sincerely said, I have impression Nathalie is already feeling her “biological clock” , she was all the time looking at the babies, talking to them, it was very cute. We did picture with Marina and Eva,
Small Eva was very calm, not crying at all and very cute. There was some woman which I don't know, who was taking care of her, because Marina really didn't have a lot of time there.I think it must have been difficult for Marina, but she was nice with everyone and all in all, I can tell you Marina seems really happy !
Sadly, not everyone was signing autographs after the first half, so I couldn’t meet Gwendal for longtime, he was in the dressing room. So when I finally met him, it was already the second half which was starting and there were lots of small children around him, so I only asked him to sign the picture I made with him last year. BUt of course he was very nice....as always
In the second half, Marina and Gwendal skated last. And even if some moves weren’t done with such an ease and they made some changes, it was great !!! They’re still so fast and expressive ! I loved it ! And I think also they had the biggest ovations !
I have one video of it which I will upload as soon as possible…the quality isn’t great, I’m really sorry for it, but we really wanted to enjoy it, not watching it through the camera….
Marina came for the final bow with Eva in her arms, which was also very cute and everyone seemed to be having a greeeat time !!!!
The end came really fast and I would love to stay there some more time, because it was so so great. We were waiting in front of the rink some more time, because we wanted tell Marina and Gwendal thank you and bye , but it was already late and they vere nowhere to be seen, so we wend to our car, because we had 60 km in front of us .
s84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/sykr/Gala%20Aubagne%2027%20juin%202010/
But first of all,I'd like to apologize for 2 things...firstly, the quality of pictures is even worse this time I did my best, but the lighting was extremely bad this time and my camera and especially flash isn't good enough....but I hope you will still enjoy the pictures .... And then, I'm so sorry, but I totally forgot to ask Marina about that russian show I don't know how that happened, I was probably too amazed by her, or I don't know....I simply forgot.....
So...
We arrived (me and my mum) in Aubagne sooner so we went in the town (which is btw quitte nice). Then we went to the rink...they should have open at 18:30 and they really did ,which was great because we saw the whole training
Firstly there was only Roman Kostomarov and Candice Didier and some Aubagne children on the ice.Then Nathalie and Fabian came. We took our strategical seats, situated near the skaters entrance, and we were watching what's going on on the ice. Suddenly I saw a pram with one small baby, then “the mum” and another pram with bigger baby....no “the father” though...
As Nikita was officially announced and the theme of the gala was “a Russian year in France”, we were 100% sure that if no one, he will be there, so I was a little bit disappointed when he didn’t appear....firstly,I wanted to make a little clearer opinion about him, then, he was always really very very nice with us and then, I wanted him to sign the picture I made with him, Marina and Mick last year Latter, we were told by Nikita’s mum he was occupied and by Marina he had to be in Moscow....
Back to the practice...Gwendal came first, he skated around, then Marina came and they started their, I’d say, traditional beginning of the training, with some circles together around the ice. Then Marina went to say hello to Tatiana and Roman and also to the woman from the Marseille Russian association who organised Nikita’s concert last year and who came at the same time as us.
I quickly recognized what they will skate,because they tried some typical moves from both dances and I was quitte happy with their choices. ;D But the training was short and they didn’t really train too much, they left after I’d say 20 minutes max.
Nath and Fab were on the ice the longest time, N/K were all the time trying one lift and were struggling with it a lot, once they had even a fall so we were a little bit afraid if they will be successful during the show....finally, they changed that lift, so we didn’t see the result.
Concerning the show, it was said Ksenia Makarova is injured, so she didn’t come. Mukhortova Trankov split as we all know...so the only stars were MG, N/K, P/B and Candice Didier, but we still enjoyed it a lot. I was extremely positively surprised by Candice, she’s great to watch, very elegant and with a great expression. As for the dancers, I’d say Nathalie and Fabian are on the top technically, which is totally understandable, concerning they’re on the top of their amateur career. I also enjoyed a lot their new exhibition number. ;D As for Tatiana and Roman, they’re still really good, but it’s already clear they’re 4 year out of the competitions, so they put the most difficult elements out, as it was a case with that lift...but their new Jackson number was stunning !
Another thing that comes to my mind is that at least 3 of the small girls in Sogma13 are called “Marina”, including the small daughter of the president of the club...I’m pretty sure it’s not only an coincidence as the name “Marine” is much more common in France than “Marina”
There were some really funny moments for us, especially when we saw 4 or 5 times small Mick running really really fast from the backstage to the ice. The first time, it was Marina who tricked him, then his grandma Yadviga. I can tell you, the baby knows running really fast and is having a lot of fun with it.
So finally, concerning Marina and Gwendal...first, they skated Susana and I think they skated it great, with a lot of energy, expression and joy, Gwendal is still very flexible and Marina looks so great, concerning she had her second baby so little time ago !
Sadly, I didn’t see about a half of Susana, firstly, because I was taking pictures, but especially because of small Mick who was a little bit crying, trying to get on the ice all the time( he even put his foot once there ;D). Poor Yadviga, I guess she saw nothing. As for Mick, we thought he simply wanted to be with his mum, my mum said she heart him saying “mama” . Marina took him in her arms immediately after she left the ice and stayed there to watch N/K, Gwendal disappeared in the dressing room.
After the first half, we saw Yadviga, but there wasn’t time to talk, Mick was not such an Angel this time, he was crying. Then, we saw Marina and I can tell you, I was once more shocked by how nice she was with us! I have impression she changed incredibly and I’m also pretty sure she recognized us as she was smiling immediately after she saw us. She told us about Mick, that he was a little bit ill, about Nikita,... On the question if we will see them in Aubagne once more next year, she replied she doesn’t know at all. She signed the picture with her, Nikita and Mick and asked me a moment latter if she can show it to Tania. Then she went with Navka to sign the autographs. I don’t know if their behaviour off the ice is connected to their personal life, but if yes, then Marina is definitely very happy and Tatiana very unhappy. I never met Navka before, but she seemed very annoyed with everyone, smiling only very professionally on the pictures, but nothing more. OTOH Roman vas very nice . There were at least 2 men with professional tv cameras and 3 with cameras, so I’ m surprised that there aren’t any pictures and videos yet. I have impression that it was especially people from Russian associations in France.
There were for sure lots of Aubagne children and their parents, but I think there were some skating fans as well, I saw one man who asked Marina an autograph in her book, many children asked to sign their skates. Then, I saw Marina doing and interview, but I don’t know for who or what it was.
When we were returning to our seats, we met Nathalie with Eva in her arms, sincerely said, I have impression Nathalie is already feeling her “biological clock” , she was all the time looking at the babies, talking to them, it was very cute. We did picture with Marina and Eva,
Small Eva was very calm, not crying at all and very cute. There was some woman which I don't know, who was taking care of her, because Marina really didn't have a lot of time there.I think it must have been difficult for Marina, but she was nice with everyone and all in all, I can tell you Marina seems really happy !
Sadly, not everyone was signing autographs after the first half, so I couldn’t meet Gwendal for longtime, he was in the dressing room. So when I finally met him, it was already the second half which was starting and there were lots of small children around him, so I only asked him to sign the picture I made with him last year. BUt of course he was very nice....as always
In the second half, Marina and Gwendal skated last. And even if some moves weren’t done with such an ease and they made some changes, it was great !!! They’re still so fast and expressive ! I loved it ! And I think also they had the biggest ovations !
I have one video of it which I will upload as soon as possible…the quality isn’t great, I’m really sorry for it, but we really wanted to enjoy it, not watching it through the camera….
Marina came for the final bow with Eva in her arms, which was also very cute and everyone seemed to be having a greeeat time !!!!
The end came really fast and I would love to stay there some more time, because it was so so great. We were waiting in front of the rink some more time, because we wanted tell Marina and Gwendal thank you and bye , but it was already late and they vere nowhere to be seen, so we wend to our car, because we had 60 km in front of us .
s84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/sykr/Gala%20Aubagne%2027%20juin%202010/