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Item 56: In search of a skating program

Entered by snowth on Sun Jul 13 03:50:24 1997:

  Here's the deal.  I'm going to be testing soon for my figure skating, and
I need a program.  My coaches are like "Well, go find some music you like,
and we'll see."  The thing is, nothing's clicking.  I was wondering if anybody
had any great ideas on what to use.  It can't have words, or scare away
judges (most of which seem fairly conservative). Any brillant ideas?
12 responses total.
#1 of 12 by orinoco on Sun Jul 13 04:29:26 1997:

Can you give us some idea of the sort of length, pace, etcetera, that you're
looking for?  Uninformed scum like me have no clue what 'good skating music'
is.

#2 of 12 by mcnally on Sun Jul 13 05:21:29 1997:

  This is a somewhat off-the-wall suggestion but it occurs to me that
  there are several instrumental pieces on the compilation album
  "Scandal Ska" (on Mango Records..)  The album is a collection of early
  Jamaican ska music (think of jazz-influenced Caribbean music with a
  distinctive beat.)  Very danceable and likely to be unfamiliar to the
  judges..  I'm thinking of one piece on the album in particular, "Exodus",
  as one I could envision accompanied by a skating program..

  However, orinoco's right, probably none of us are going to be able to
  provide mch of an answer unless you give us more information about your
  requirements for the music..

#3 of 12 by orinoco on Sun Jul 13 06:15:45 1997:

exodus like Bob Marley exodus?  or exodus like someone else doing teh Bob
Marley Song?  Or something else Entirely? Or What?

#4 of 12 by lumen on Sun Jul 13 06:16:01 1997:

I agree.  We need to know what kind of program you're going to use for your
test-- what kind of skating you'll do.  Fitting your skating pattern to your
music will be best.

#5 of 12 by mcnally on Sun Jul 13 17:59:32 1997:

  re #3:  Another song entirely..  this one's an instrumental piece
  that bears no resemblance to Marley's song (which came along about
  10 years later..)  Biblical reference is fairly common in all kinds
  of Jamaican music, which no doubt accounts for the common title..

#6 of 12 by senna on Mon Jul 14 08:33:23 1997:

Typically, skaters tend to prefer more conservative music types for their
programs... classical, maybe jazz.  More upbeat and youth oriented music is
saved for Fox television specials.

#7 of 12 by orinoco on Mon Jul 14 15:27:34 1997:

I talked to snowth about this, and what she said was that it should be no
shorter than 2 and a half minutes, and if it's much longer it'll have to be
cut, that it shouldn't be too fast or slow, and that it should have 'peaks
and valleys' of activity.

#8 of 12 by snowth on Mon Jul 14 15:41:27 1997:

Re:6 Yeah. Your right, senna, and I have totally no clue what to look for in
that area.

#9 of 12 by void on Tue Aug 5 23:43:02 1997:

   oy.  a picture of someone skating to "carmina burana" just ran
through my mind.  i seem to have orff on the brain lately... :)

#10 of 12 by md on Fri Aug 8 02:26:29 1997:

Rachmaninov "Symphonic Dances" 1st movement.
"Street Beat" by Tom Scott
Rolling Stones "Stray Cat Blues"
Small Faces "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"

#11 of 12 by md on Fri Aug 8 02:44:08 1997:

Those are all serious suggestions, btw.
Some others:

"In the Forest" by Baby 'O
Prokofiev "Piano Concerto #3" 3rd movement
"I Love You Dancer" by Voyage

#12 of 12 by snowth on Fri Aug 8 03:32:00 1997:

Thanks y'all for the seggestions! My coaches seem to have found something that
they want me to listen to, so I might be set...but if not I'll let y'all know.

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