Thread: Battle of the Blades: Sale, Bourne to share ice w/ NHL stars (threads merged)

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin Albrecht I truly want to thank all of you for the support we have received from FSU members. You have been wonderful spreading the word and at last count I saw that there were 1,065 posts and 76,113 views – wow. Thank you Kevin - and please also pass our thanks and congratulations on to Sandra.

Quote: Originally Posted by overedge It's one dance that would take maybe 1:30 of an hour-long show. I'm certainly not suggesting that the entire show be compulsory dances. I know you didn't mean it to be for the whole show - but I just don't think it would sell to the broader audience. What I think would sell, is the guys trying simple jumps, and other singles elements that are easily identified.

C'mon guys - why on earth are you looking a gift horse in the mouth??

Quote: Originally Posted by algonquin Oh that would be fun. I wonder if there is still hard feelings between Toller and the CBC? Call me crazy, but I have a very funny feeling Toller holds a grudge.

Thank you Kevin (and team) for bringing us this wonderful show. I'm one of the stray sheep who's been brought back into the fold....I followed figure skating intensely since 1996 but kind of lost interest the past few years and this show brought the fun and excitement back with a huge whallop. I'll be attending Skate Canada on Friday, dipping my toes back into the skating pool.

Quote: Originally Posted by overedge But figure skating is not all about wearing a pretty costume and wiggling your hips. If they want to show what figure skating is really like, making the hockey players learn and perform a compulsory dance would be great. And they wouldn't have to do it one after another like on test day - make one couple do the Dutch Waltz each week. Sure, that'd be fascinating for some of us (maybe not me ) but...

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/georgereadsthemail.html You could email George and ask him to have Shae & Claude and Marie-France & Stephane on.

From the Halifax feed - show started with a group number with all the couples; Kurt performed "Brickhouse"; Jamie & David skated; Marie-France & Patrice skated; "filler" with comments from current hockey players; information about the charities each couple were supporting; comments from Dick Button & Sandra Bezic; finally , shortly after 8:30 the first couple was eliminated from the...

Finding our way back to skating - go figure by Scott Russell http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/2009/...to_skatin.html Ok I'll admit it. I almost had a tear in my eye reading the last two sentences of this article. And this one made me laugh out loud Loose Change: The beginning of the end? http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/29397-.html

Quote: Originally Posted by flowerpower Yeah, it was great, wasn't it? It would be fantastic if BOTB could inspire a "Save Maple Leaf Gardens" movement. It's such a shame to see this historic building, the site of so many great Canadian sporting moments, sitting empty awaiting demolition (or being turned into a Loblaw's grocery store!). It's a National Historic/Heritage Building. It can't be torn...