#Kieran Macdonald

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We may have some US tour photo dumps. As a treat.

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Plus extra commentary from Sam Bello

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Gracie Anderson and Kieran Macdonald covering Mistoffelees and Rumpelteazer; 2022 US tour, 11 March 2023.

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Highlights from the first show of New Year's Day (01 January 2023) in US Tour 6.

Reagan Davidson made her Victoria cover debut! Congratulations Reagan!

With Ibn Snell as Mistoffelees and Michelle E. Carter out of costume.

Gracie Anderson covered Tantomile in Reagan's place with Kieran Macdonald covering Coricopat.

And a thankful Cameron Schutza as Old Deuteronomy.

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kieran!tumble… the most precious tumble…

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Drenching Drama and Delights Unleashed at Diagon Alley's Annual Affair!

by Rita Skeeter, June, 1982

In the bewitching heart of our magical community, Diagon Alley - a typically tranquil spot, last weekend burst forth into a riotous spectacle of frolic and scandal, all under the fickle blessing of a grudgingly weeping sky. The Annual Street Fair, a supposedly mundane occasion celebrated by magical merchants and curious visitors, unashamedly paraded its vibrant eccentricities despite the heavenly tears - perhaps the gods' own lament of exclusion from the spectacle below.

Kieran Ollivander, our cherished purveyor of fine wands, was ensnared in a frenzied swirl of youthful excitement - first-year Hogwarts students buzzing around him like Cornish Pixies high on giggle water. Does the name Ollivander strike a chord? Why, indeed it should! This sprightly lad hails from the prestigious Ollivander lineage. Despite the charming façade of patience as he attended to each magical greenhorn, one could detect a hint of a strained smile. Could the weight of his famed pedigree be draining the life force from our young wand maestro?

A whiff of scandal wafted through the damp air from an innocuous potion booth. Mary MacDonald, the illustrious potioneer and Hogwarts alumna, was suddenly graced by the dark and mysterious figure of Severus Snape. This surprise rendezvous of former classmates, with Snape hardly the sociable butterfly, sent tongues wagging faster than a Snidget in a Quidditch match. Is this an echo of a professional alliance in the brewing, or a spicy hint of a tantalizingly personal connection?

Amidst this bustling hive of magic, James Potter, the Quidditch commentator whose velvety voice fills our living rooms, casually descended onto the scene, trading bludgers for baubles. To add a spritz of charm, accompanying him was none other than the bewitching Lily Evans, his erstwhile Hogwarts companion. Their merry gallivanting through the fair, punctuated by shared laughter and warm glances, undoubtedly brewed a concoction of nostalgia and curiosity. An innocent stroll or a simmering whisper of old flames being rekindled?

Just when one thought the day was a mere pot of jovialities, the stern gaze of Frank Longbottom, an Auror who seemingly consumes constant vigilance for breakfast, sliced through the laughter and chitter-chatter. Despite his reassuring presence, his patrolling under the persistent pitter-patter served as a cold reminder of the uncertain times we live in - a bitter counterpoint to the sweet merriment around.

Thus, delectable constellation of readers, behind the ordinary façade, we unearth the extraordinary, the tantalizing, and the scandalous. Our beloved wizarding community paraded its colourful plumes, reminding us of our enduring spirit, even under cloudy skies and within darker shadows. As alliances were formed and old bonds rekindled, the delicious scent of scandalous stories simmered in the misty air, whispering secrets to those willing to listen. So, keep your Extendable Ears at the ready, for every cobblestone in Diagon Alley harbours a tale, a secret, or a scandal - all waiting for the intrepid and irresistible Rita Skeeter to unravel. Stay tuned, my lovelies!

@kieranollivander @vclatiles @halfblxxdprinc3 @mighty-prongs @fauvehoof @longbottomlad

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Table of Contents- Part 2

Not everything is hyperlinked as that is just too many. Use search function.

Misc: pride cats, holiday, cats negativity, bows, text post, cats incorrect quotes, tumblr polls (brackets), art reference

Cats Productions, show reviews,

Vienna based: vienna 83, zurich, paris 1990, amsterdam

Asia: shiki, 2014, 2010, 2017, 2020, 2022 (Includes korea),

International Tours: 2019 international tour, 2022 international tour, cats german tour, cats dutch tour

London: London 90's london 2014 revival (Palladium), Uk tour 2

Broadway, Original- US Tours: Us tour 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.2

South & Central: Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Santiago

Nonreplica: thunerseespiele, Tecklenburg (Circus), Gothenburg (emo tugger), melbourne (1920’s), wichita, warsaw, kilworth house (WW1), cats 2019, city springs, Santiago 2024, Cats pac nyc

Misc Cats: Rap Tap Tapper (street cat Tugger), Jellylorum, Gus, Growltiger, Rumpus Cat, Griddlebone, Psychic Twins, Coricopat, Tantomile, Cassandra, Grizabella. George the Jellicle Dog

The kittens: Tumblebrutus, Pouncival, Electra, Etcetera,

Misc Actors (May refer to understudies).

Mistos: Mukeni nel, Harry Francis, jal joshua, z downer, cj snide, Fergus Logan, alexander babenko, andrés pérez lópez, matthew levik, riccardo sinisi, timothy scott, christopher favaloro, ben tyrrell, ryan jackson, kieran macdonald, will geoghegan, Axel alvarez

Tuggers: Ben Colley (Those pictures) McGee Maddox, Sam lips, Gino emnes, Dan Partridge, Stanley Burleson, Ed Wade, Jack Danson, Dominik Hees, [Dominick- misspelled], Andrea Luca Cotti, Nathan Zach Johnson, George Hinson (Flippy boi)

Victoria: (g pazcoguin), F Dobinson (A), Mandais (A), Anneka Dacres (Dem, Cas), Taryn smithson (Teazer), Tayler Harris,

Munkustrap: Michael gruber, Jack Rebaldi, raffe watts, Roberto de groot

Songs: Jellicle songs, invitation song, Old gumbie cat song, the rtt song, Jellicle Ball, Pas de Deux, Pekes, catfight, memory, mistoffelees song,

Random Headcanons:

Katie as RTT's owner

Alonzo and his dogs

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Skate Ontario August Sectionals RD:

at the boards- Sheri Moir and Cara Moir for IAMO, Benjamin Brisebois for IAM, Mitch Islam, Carol Lane, Paul Macintosh and more

Juniors- Layla and Alex need to manifest drawing later numbers in the skate order lol at Next Gen they skated 3rd, here they skated 1st - it didn't matter that much here (it did a little - judge 7 Rhonda Vanderveen gave them 4.75 in skating skills - huh?), but in bigger competitions, skating this early can change your ranking bc judges are more conservative at the start

they look good, the reversed pattern is still a challenge like it was last season. they have beautiful skating quality but are losing points there. they're both so strong, and it shows in the elements - somehow when she's in the air - not talking the big lift, but other moments in the choreo - maybe it’s timing? but they maybe display less ease in that than other aspects. they're leading, but they probably deserve to be further ahead

Liv Corneil/Alex Emery from IAMO have progressed a lot in their skating and unison - they look like an IAMO team - their contact with the ice has more depth to it. they had T calls at the starts of both parts of the pattern, but they were one of the few teams who were truly on the beat for much of the paso. they're in 5th

the two IAMO teams were the only ones today with level 4 twizzles

i like the two Mariposa teams - Summer Homick/Nicholas Buelow are brand new and have gelled quickly. he's talented, partners well, and she's taking to dance quickly considering she was a pairs skater til earlier this year. this outing of the RD was more solid than at Next Gen. Martins/Kowalczyk had more difficulty today but rallied. looking forward to seeing their tango FD tomorrow. Mitch Islam looked like he was stalking the boards and dancing with them

Caroline Kravets/Aiden Dotzert are another new team - they made a big improvement over July sectionals, like they'd worked out the flow of the program more. they're in 3rd. Paul Macintosh is one of their coaches

Seniors- omg this was enjoyable lol Lily and Nathan!! i keep looking for the archived video because i want to see this again - this was hot. they look confident and like they attacked this. they're skating and performing bigger. what is it when these teams are carving big ice with deep edges - once they get their levels too, watch out

it's really interesting seeing them side by side with Bashynska/Beaumont - because they did get level 3s in the MiSt and PSt

but i noticed that B/B have these hitches in their program where Nadiia has to pretty much stop her flow - she's a dancer with a lot of training but loses her carriage at times. he does not lose his. i think it's a partnering issue, where she's having to compromise to follow him at her own expense, and he could be taking better care of her. that's my take on it today. because after noticing that about B/B, it looked pretty clear how Lily and Nathan skate more as one, and there are no hitches. they're more balanced and in tune with each other. so they need their levels! lol i know it's easier said than done. B/B and H/L are in 1st and 2nd

i adore Leia and Pietro's RD - it's so charming and full of details that are perfect with the music and the lyrics. i want the whole crowd to yell Tequila at the right moment for them, can we give them that? they nicked the boards and had a fall, but they're in 3rd

Alisa Korneva/Kieran MacDonald are newly senior and did great here. nice program, really good music cut - another Kitchener/Waterloo team with Paul Macintosh. i think Kieran's mom is one of their coaches. nice skating. though there was an off balance moment where it looked like her hand was going to go in front of his skates. idk maybe she wasn't that close, but oof

Alyssa Robinson/Jacob Portz - they had twizzle issues today, but they have one of the best of the many Saturday Night Fever RDs - they're capturing the 70s flavor well among all these disco programs. and i want to see their lift again

both Ritter/Brykalov and Roberts/Alis had new costumes since Lake Placid, Shilling and Baeten- i want to tell him not to stop performing before the very end. i'm so curious who did the choreo for all these programs - they all have good stuff and seem well considered for each team

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skateontario: What a way to cap off an incredible day of skating! Congratulations to the Canadian Junior Dance champions, Layla Veillon & Alexander Brandys. 🥇🇨🇦👏 Having the 2nd best Free Dance today, Alisa Korneva & Kieran MacDonald moved up from 4th place in the Rhythm Dance to claim the bronze medal. 🥉 6th place - Dana Sabatini-Speciale & Nicholas Buelow 7th place - Sophia Gover & Billy Wilson-French 9th place - Nicole Bolender & Aiden Dotzert 12th place - Caroline Kravets & Jacob Stark 14th place - Charlotte Chung & Axel MacKenzie Coaches of the medallists: Layla & Alex - Cara and Scott Moir Alisa & Kieran - Carleigh MacDonald We are #SkateOntarioProud of all of you!

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Canadian 4CC & Junior World Teams

Four Continents

Men - Wesley Chiu, Conrad Orzel, Roman Sadovsky

Women - Madeline Schizas, Sara-Maude Dupuis, Justine Miclette

Pairs - Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps; Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud; Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Ethier

Ice Dance - Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier; Laurence Fornier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorenson; Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha

Junior Worlds

Men - Anthony Paradis, Aleksa Rakic

Women - Lulu Lin, Kaiya Ruiter

Pairs - Ava Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov; Martina Ariano Kent / Charly Laliberté-Laurent  

Ice Dance - Alisa Korneva / Kieran MacDonald, Chloe Nguyen / Brendan Giang; Layla Veillon / Alexander Brandys

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good news everyone

they passed

Sammy Fossum as Alonzo and Kieran Macdonald as Mistoffelees; 2022 US tour, 12 March 2023.

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A roundup of photos posted recently from US Tour 6 of the last few weeks in January and February.

Taryn Smithson as Rumpleteazer signs a fun wall tag in Durham, NC.

Gracie Anderson covered both Tantomile and Rumpleteazer during the week in Norfolk, VA.

John Zamborsky had his chance to walk his musical theatre school campus in Greensboro, NC in honour of the commencement his missed last year.

Luke Bernier spent some time covering Munkustrap in his hometown of Norfolk, VA.

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Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 14

Ayes: 111 (95.5% Con, 4.5% DUP) Noes: 362 (97.0% Lab, 2.5% Ind, 0.6% SDLP) Absent: ~177

Day's business papers: 2024-9-3

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 3rd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (106 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Cox George Freeman Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Noes

Labour (351 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Lewell-Buck Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Naish Janet Daby Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Mary Kelly Foy Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Duffield

Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (9 votes)

Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Imran Hussain Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

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Audio Gift

CATS - US Tour 6 (Minneappolis, Orpheum Theatre) - October 29th, 2022 (Matinee)

My master (do not share link outside of tumblr)

Sam Bello (Sillabub), Lexy Bittner (Cassandra), John Anker Bow (Gus the Theatre Cat), Samuel Buchanan (Plato/Macavity), Michelle E. Carter (Jennyanydots), Ellie Chancellor (Bombalurina Act 2), Erica Lee Cianciulli (Bombalurina Act 1), Regan Davidson (Tantomile), Nora DeGreen (Demeter), Allyson Duarte (Jellylorum), Dominic Fortunato (Pouncival), Sammy Fossum (Alonzo),Taylor Harris (Grizabella), Wilson Livingston (Coricopat), Brendan Moran (Tumblebrutus),Brian Craig Nelson (Mungojerrie), Yuka Notsuka (Victoria), Hank Santos (Rum Tum Tugger), Cameron Shutza (Old Deuteronomy), Taryn Smithson (Rumpleteazer), Ibn Snell (Mr. Mistoffelees), Kade Wright (Munkustrap), John Zamborsky (Skimbleshanks)

Gracie Anderson, Megan Arseneau, Luke Bernier, Max Craven, Marisa Gorst, Rachel Haber, Clara Hevia,Kieran Macdonald, José Raúl Mangual, Tony Mowatt 

Notes: Untracked. Includes full show to playout. Occasional crackling and rustling can be heard from time to time, particularly in Act 1, but nothing too distracting. Ellie Chancellor replaced Erica Lee Cianciulli as Bombalurina in Act 2.

https://mega.nz/folder/53gGzQrJ#jBByZS6E5tbNma4ZlnyL3Q

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idtapthat03 - Six Degrees of Skimbleshanks

Michelle E. Carter + (John Zamborsky, Christopher Salvaggio, Brian Craig Nelson, Max Craven, Kieran Macdonald, Sean McManus)

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Hey it is I, your fashionista nonny of yore, I'm still around and kicking, I just had some life stuff happen (my dad somehow fell down at the cottage, broke his hip and needed surgery, and he's not even an elegant pair girl with full turnout, so, like... the audacity!? Anyway, he's on the mend). It was probably for the best that I couldn't be on here after NHK because I swear to fucking god... I literally couldn't watch the other disciplines until quite a bit later, I was so angry. It was basically confirmation for me that P/C are coming back, because why else would MF be hustling so hard to get this team medals now? Because she knows it'll be impossible later, and P/C is literally the team that made her the political force she is today, so... My condolences to the Italians and whichever hapless Montreal teams suffer the wrath of vindictive panels at upcoming events. I can already tell the GPF placements are gonna be a shitshow.

I've been watching shit here and there, including this Bosphorus Cup aka the longest event of my life but hey - at least we got a free stream, and I felt the need to shout out that one team with the full frizzy hair and the jean jacket over the sparkly red dress on the girl for a Tina program and the guy in a Canadian tuxedo, A+ packaging while still presumably on a budget, I wish other teams would take a page out of their book, these kids understood the assignment! On the flip side, as much as I feel for them, I wish S/F would see the writing on the wall and spare themselves the heartache, they came all the way out here just to not get minimums and their new fed apparently doesn't even have the budget to send a coach out with them, so what's the point? Both Firus brothers married up, isn't that enough? So what if one of them doesn't make it to the Olympics? Judges from other small feds will kill them to prop up their own teams just because there are limited spots for Milan, this switch isn't the magic bullet they've been hoping for. (Also word on the street is Ted and Mama Firus can't stand each other, so that may have influenced their decision as well).

Also at the NRW Trophy there was a Hungarian team with a Depeche Mode FD that was an absolute mood and while the concept perhaps was not executed to its utmost potential, it had this cape-y dress that gave off such witchy vibes and the girl had a Glenn Close-ness about her that was just fabulous, highly recommend. I haven't watched the Challenge FDs yet but the persistent underscoring of Paul Mac's technically superior teams is infuriating. If Skate Canada knew what's good for them, they'd be pushing Korneva/MacDonald for the junior title now with Lewis/McMillan out, not Random Burnaby Team #154 that won't go anywhere, but they've been making some truly boneheaded decisions or none at all lately, so I've abandoned all hope. They're sleepwalking into an ice dance drought post-2030 and they'll depend on importing teams, it feels like, and it won't be just because of kids quitting because of the economy. Kieran has some of the crispest, most textbook turns out there, and it's so cute that he's being coached by his sister, she's done a phenomenal job. The best moment was when Ted and B/B realized the mics weren't on and then afterwards the auto-subs transcribed Nadiia as Daddy, 11/10 Skate Canada stream fail moment, no notes. Anyway, rant over, hope you're doing well and I'm glad you're being wooed by your boo so delightfully, they seem to be a gem! 💗

FASIONISTA NONNY! So good to hear from you!

I'm sorry to hear about your dad. (Wild he chose not to at least try for a triple throw...) I hope he's doing well. I'm sending you and your dad some warm fuzzies!

NHK was a time and a half, that's for sure. I've repressed some of it, so who really even knows what happened? P/C were also seen in a video training with the French ballet, so that's another good?bad? sign that they will be returning. Le sigh. I'm gonna repress this too. What were we talking about?

As for the Bosphorous Cup, love a commitment to a theme, and I'm biased, but also love a Canadian tuxedo. S/F is just...so....I actually just sat here with my hand over my face shaking my head for about 20 seconds. That's what they are. If they can make it to the Olympics and live their dream, all the power to them, and if they don't...woof.

I didn't even know there was another competition happening, Fashionista Nonny, you give me all the good deets! Glenn Close-skater girl sounds very iconic, love her already. I have no confidence in Skate Canada, and I never did. If I ever see Mike Slipchuck in a dark alley, he better run.

Also, thank you! My partner is a freaking sweetheart and I adore them a lot.

All the best to you and yours, Fashionista Nonny! Your message was a wonderful treat, as always.