Once the rink gets too crowded, it is impossible for Lil Shauna to practice properly. We tried sneaking her over to the 1/3 ice but was chased back bcos figure skating group classes were ongoing. In the end, she was happily resting and snacking. She was only left with 30 mins eventually to practice.
To add on to the bad start, she tripped over ice during buddy hop and fell soon after she went over to the 1/3 ice. Bunny hop!!!! That is like one of the easiest jumps! Zzzzzz. We had to waste the next precious 5 mins comforting the crying girl bcos she is made of paper and cannot fall. I brought my mp3 player and wanted her to practice on her own with the music. In the end, we gave up - the earphones kept dropping out of the ears and it was too dangerous when they finally stayed up.
Fortunately, she had enough time to revise her program before class. She had the usual fault - traveling spin and her spirals needed to be higher.
Teacher Raymond didn't bring along the amplifier today, just when I though what is left is plenty of practice with music. I am so wrong. Teacher Raymond worked on her spins and spiral and waltz jump (see, I can be tutor coach already). We were told that Lil Shauna has 2 items to compete - the program that she had learnt and what they called the compulsory solo. For the latter, she is to do a ballet jump, a half-flip and spin. There will be no music and like the name suggested - compulsory for all competitors. It wasn't difficult, these are all that she is familiar with.
Teacher Raymond then spent the rest of the class teaching Lil Shauna the hand movements that accompany the strokes! What?!?! We are not done? The hand actions were not difficult, but Lil Shauna was so shy and ended up looking so awkward when it was supposed to be cute. Teavher Raymond looked so much cuter than Lil Shauna. Lol. Lil Shauna will have loads to practice. It is not easy to combine both hands and legs. We will definitely hit the ice tomorrow for her to practice.
By the way, the costumes that I bought from taobao are finally here!
I bought 2 sets and their combined cost is less than what it would cost me to buy in a shop in Singapore - $140+. It would easily be $200 to buy a suit in Singapore. This one fits better. The other one is a little squeezey. That is the risk with online shopping.
We tried her hair too. I saw this on YouTube. What we need next is loads of hair spray and make up trial. I think we are almost ready to go.
The competition will be here in 1 month time. So scary!
Mummy Lim
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