First, the San Jose program insert of the song sequence for acts 1 and 2 had errors on both sides. Heck, it's San Jose and Sillicone Valley ! Would you like multiple toxic computer company superfund groundwater sites ,,,or just major boulevards and expressways with 40 years of untimed traffic lights?!
Second, there were 3 falls: 2 by the women and only one by the guys (yes!) Wonder if the girls had to sing some terrible song for the guys as penance ?
The hottest booty shakers were not the stars , nuts , but Mrs. Jen Robinson and that tall guy(yes! for us tall guys!)maybe Patrice Lauzon with all the dark curly hair.
Yuko Sato, not so much tho she definitely tried in one number. Shorty Sasha Cohen, not so much.
And there were only 5 women and 7 guys-ouch-without the 'only in some shows' of Kimme Meissner(bum-la mer!) and Tanith Belbin and Benjamin AGosto looking like a hot couple in the $12 program anyway, Evan Lysacek another tall handsome dude not there on the ice,,,Even the 'producer' the ever handsome and charming, successful and fun Scott Hamilton did not make a curtain call. Oh, yea,,,it was just the SharkTank ,,,one night,,,in SanJosey.
The direct tickets were $25, $45 and $75 , tho some of the resellers like Ticketblasters charged over $300 for rinkside. Yeah, there are a lot of super neuvo riche in Sillycone Valley. We were in the N.W. section 118 ,just behind a India-n coed that liked to shrill scream ,,,alot. Only howler for many many rows. Yep, right in front of me. Anything in pants, doing anything, and she would let out her Siren. "These are $25 seats,,,these are $25 seats,,,"
Only about 5,000 out of 17,000 seats sold the usher said. And a few years ago the cheap seats were only $8...Talk about tough economic times,,,
They had a voice annoucer of the short famous old Hollywood actress that was in the shootem up western as a barmaid or floozy,,,talking about "champion" and "art" ,,,and "change" on the four corner jumbo tvs, so there wasn't much of a cohesive plot to acts 1 or 2,,,other than this wife of Darth Vader woman's voice. So let's discuss the song selection and the chore-ography and the enthusiasm of the skater/s for each number, shall we.
Song#1 in Act 1=who is J.Debney/acts of random kindness, by cast skate?
2-ditto to Jamiroquai/Canned Heat,,, with 'sometime' castmember, young and handsome Jeff Buttle? Shrill siren from coed India-n,,,oh, good, multiple Shrill Sirens,,,
3-Nat. Bedingfield's Angel was ok with Mrs. Jen Robinson,,,great curves and long hair and dress and,,,
,,,falling asleep now,,,The cast is not really trying, but having fun,,,More fun than watching it on tv ? Hmmmm,,,
4-C.B.Rae's Since I've Been Loving You with the Fr. couple was pretty and romantic, somewhat ok,,,
5-Feist's 1234,,,ok i know this song and #3 ,,,and Yuko did really really did try to Shake it, so 'A' for effort and 'B' for chore-ography and end product.
6-the amazing, the great, the fabulous CW song The Dance,,,with 2 guys and Yuko,,,it was ok
7-m.w. smith's Song for the King ,,oops,,,which i think was replaced by '16 Tons',,, now there is a song i long to hear.
8-Journey's Open Arms great pop famous song,with a very strong consistent well done Manly job by the very handsome Michael Weiss, even had a triple in there ! (not that i get all excited over triples like some silly judges)
9-The very fame ,fab now hip (how would old Scotty describe it,,,?) Rihanna's Don't Stop the Music with cutey shorty Sasha,,,but missing in chore-og. or something,,,OH, don't sleep through her silver-tasseled bellydancer bra on THIS ONE !!
10-boregetable last number of act 1 of maybe(past my bedtime) P.Englishby's Sock Him in the Jaw,,,with cast skating,,,falling asleep,,,again,,,
A 20 minute intermission and the 2, 12 year olds inside the row of us kept wanting by and back, by and back,,,by and back,,,Is there a pen for kids without parents?
Act 2 opens with the rememberable Bon Jovi sorta hit of We Got it Goin' On,,,
Oh, before you go , you have to Google how old Todd Elddredge is,,,they give away a quasi gold medal and toss lots of toys at the end,,,and a signed towel to one of the $$$$$ ringside kiddies.
B2-Was A. Bocelli's beautiful slow moto bene Io Ci Sera,,,and the Chinese couple,,,they are ok.
B3- the Lizz Wright's Stop and the womanly curvaceous Mrs. Jen Robinson,,,but falling asleep again...
B4- U2's Desire, another famous familiar pop song, even to a 50 yr olds, and the Fr. couple get solid "B" for the romance and passion,,, chore-og. not so much,,,She should have leg-wrapped him at least once to a song like that !
B5-G. Finzi's funereal Ecolgue and the young handsome mr. Buttle,,,slow emotive and well done,,,but a funereal piece in an ice show? ok, it works.
B6-the stellar John Lennon singing The long and Winding Road,,,with Yuko...what a great song !! Well interpreted too.
B7-AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long,,with the dashingly handsome M. Weiss,,,and way way way too much skatingjustwitharmsspreadfromendtoendoftherink chore-ograhy. Great song tho !!
B8-Meat Loaf's barely rememberable but ok Is Nothing Sacred,,,and the still youthful handsome athletic and no visible grey long long flowing brown hair 37 Todd Eldredge,,,nice guy, but falling asleep my date tells me,,
B9-Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata,,,and Sasha Cohen,,,,super famous fab piece of music and good ,'B+' chore-ography for a change !! Not sexy, but beautiful. Was this the butterfly wings with the slow crippled wing, goose death spiral sequence ? Beautiful wing costume , for a really short person.
B10-let's see,,,scratch "16 tons" and they gave us the Pop Hot Now song by Duffy, the one where she complains alot,,,Pop song and the (maybe?) 11 cast skate was ok.
B11-final song of REO 's Roll with the Changes and the tall guys were having fun flipping/tumbling the tall curvaceous Mrs. R. so you could see this was only the 6th city on a long slog and at least the crew was trying to have some fun !
The last one /show i saw years ago was with Michele Kwan, and she was so graceful. Rudy got to sentimental on his San Jose mom. It was good. For $25 plus $10 parking a block further than the $15 parking,,,and the $12 glossy program,,, it was an ok show, but i sure think i miss what spark Kimmie Meissner might have brought to the show.
