The 2024 Skate Ontario Synchro Series #3 – Oakville event will feature Synchro teams from multiple provinces. This event is Provincial Championship qualifier for STAR 6 (Juvenile) and STAR 8 (Pre-Novice) and a non qualifying (invitational) opportunity for all other synchro categories including STAR 3 & 4 and Adult.
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00:00 [MUSIC - KING & THE KING, "BREAK IT OFF"]
00:01 (SINGING) Break it on a break, break, break, break, break.
00:03 And the fake is gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, baby.
00:07 I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.
00:09 I shake it off.
00:10 I shake it off.
00:12 I never miss a beat.
00:15 I'm lightning on my feet.
00:18 And that's what they don't see.
00:21 That's what they don't see.
00:24 I'm dancing on my own.
00:25 Dancing on my own.
00:26 I make the moves so fast I go.
00:28 I make the moves so fast I go.
00:30 And that's what they don't know.
00:33 That's what they don't know.
00:36 But I keep cruising.
00:38 Can't stop, won't stop grooving.
00:41 It's like I got this music in my bones.
00:45 And yet it's gonna be all right.
00:48 'Cause the player's gonna play, play, play, play, play.
00:51 [INAUDIBLE]
00:53 [KNOCKING]
00:57 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:29 Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 2024 Synchro
01:33 Fest Invitational at the 16 Mile Sports Complex.
01:38 Our next event is the Senior Synchro Short Program.
01:43 We are pleased to introduce the officials for this event.
01:48 The referee, Michelle Wall.
01:52 The ice level referee.
01:53 [APPLAUSE]
01:56 Joanne Matheson.
02:13 [APPLAUSE]
02:16 The judges, Sherry Agnew.
02:22 [APPLAUSE]
02:23 Cheryl Goldie.
02:24 [APPLAUSE]
02:25 Marion Dyke.
02:27 Melissa Houle.
02:28 [APPLAUSE]
02:30 Laura McClellan.
02:31 [APPLAUSE]
02:32 Shelly Misnick.
02:33 [APPLAUSE]
02:35 Hillary Quick.
02:36 [APPLAUSE]
02:38 The technical controller, Kathy Mikowski.
02:42 The technical specialists, Rebecca Zilberstein
02:47 and Kayla Debly.
02:48 [APPLAUSE]
02:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:53 And welcome back, everybody, to the Senior Short Program.
03:02 You are looking at Nexus on the ice getting ready to go here.
03:05 [APPLAUSE]
03:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:09 [INAUDIBLE]
03:30 Please welcome the first team representing the Burlington
03:33 Skating Center, Nexus.
03:36 [APPLAUSE]
03:39 Fresh from their three weeks in Europe
03:45 and two international competitions,
03:46 here is Nexus Seniors Short Program.
03:48 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:02 [MUSIC - "I HATE TO GIVE THE SATISFACTION"]
04:13 I hate to give the satisfaction,
04:15 asking how you're doing now.
04:17 How's the castle built of people you pretend to care about?
04:20 Just what you wanted.
04:23 Look at you, cool guy.
04:24 You got it.
04:27 I see the parties and the diamonds.
04:29 Sometimes when I close my eyes, six months of torture
04:31 I saw this unforbidden paradise.
04:34 I loved you truly.
04:36 You gotta laugh at the stupidity.
04:39 'Cause I've made some real big mistakes,
04:43 but you make the worst one look fine.
04:47 I should have known it was strange.
04:50 You only come out at night.
04:54 I used to think I was smart, but you made me look so naive.
05:01 The way you saw me for parts.
05:04 You sucked your teeth into me.
05:08 You love blood sucker, dream crusher.
05:13 Bleeding me dry like a damn vampire.
05:16 Every girl I ever talked to told me you were bad, bad news.
05:23 You called them crazy.
05:24 God, I hate the way I called them crazy too.
05:27 You're so convincing.
05:29 Do you lie without flinching?
05:33 Ooh, I'm mesmerizing, paralyzing, tragic, but thrilled.
05:37 Can't figure out just how you do it,
05:39 and God knows I never will.
05:41 And for me, it not hurt.
05:43 'Cause girls your age know better.
05:46 You said it was true love, but wouldn't that be hard?
05:56 You can't love anyone 'cause that would mean you had a heart.
06:00 I tried to help you out.
06:01 Now I know that I can't.
06:03 'Cause how you think's the kind of thing I'll never understand.
06:07 Now, it's a real big mistake to make the worst one look fine.
06:19 I should have known it was strange.
06:22 You only come out at night.
06:25 I used to think I was smart, but you made me look so naive.
06:32 The way you sold me for parts is you sucked your teeth into me.
06:39 I'm like a light sucker, dream crusher, bleeding me dry
06:45 like a damn vampire.
06:47 [music playing]
06:50 [cheering]
06:55 [applause]
06:58 Nexus.
07:05 [applause]
07:08 Representing the Burlington Skating Center, Nexus Senior.
07:12 [applause]
07:15 A clean short program for these guys.
07:19 Let's take a look at some of their highlights.
07:22 [music playing]
07:25 Apologies for technical difficulties.
07:45 We'll go right to the kiss and cry with these guys.
07:48 They look very happy with their performance.
07:51 This team has been busy this past month.
07:55 They spent the last three weeks traveling and competing in Europe.
07:59 First, they were at the Budapest Cup, where they finished fifth.
08:03 And then this past weekend, they were at the Hevelius Cup in Gdansk, Poland,
08:06 where they finished fourth.
08:08 [applause]
08:15 And you might be wondering why we have two categories here
08:18 with just one team, both Nexus and both categories.
08:22 Like we said previously, every time out on the ice for these teams is valuable.
08:27 Every time they learn something new, every time they go back to training
08:31 the next week with something to change and something to make better.
08:35 Especially with Worlds coming up at the end of the month--
08:38 or sorry, at the end of March, these guys are training as hard
08:42 as they have ever trained during the season,
08:45 and they're getting ready for their big goals here towards the end of the season.
08:48 Cheering on their counterparts, the Elite 12 senior team
08:51 that's getting set for their short program here.
08:54 The short program score, 74.85.
09:00 [applause]
09:03 This completes the senior synchro short program.
09:09 [indistinct chatter]
09:12 Our next event is the senior synchro Elite 12 short program.
09:21 [upbeat music]
09:27 [cheering]
09:30 ♪ To feel this good when I'm with you ♪
09:34 ♪ Try my best to fight and say I hate you ♪
09:37 ♪ But I always say ♪
09:40 ♪ Whoa, 'cause ♪
09:43 ♪ Ain't nobody love, ain't nobody love like you do ♪
09:48 ♪ Ain't nobody love, ain't nobody love like you do ♪
09:53 ♪ Ain't nobody love, ain't nobody love like you do ♪
09:58 ♪ Ain't nobody love, ain't nobody love like you do ♪
10:02 ♪ Everybody's talking 'bout the next thing ♪
10:07 ♪ Feel like what they got ain't good enough ♪
10:11 [cheering]
10:13 And here you hear the audience getting geared up
10:16 for the senior Elite 12 short program.
10:19 This is Nexus's Elite 12 team.
10:22 So while it is the same level of senior, it is an entirely different team.
10:26 Representing the Brooklyn Skating Center, please welcome Nexus.
10:30 [cheering]
10:57 [singing]
11:00 ♪ There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea ♪
11:25 ♪ You became the light on the dark side of me ♪
11:32 ♪ Love remains a drug that's high enough to heal ♪
11:38 ♪ But did you know that when it snows ♪
11:41 ♪ My eyes become a log and the light that you shine can't be seen ♪
11:49 ♪ Baby, I'd like to make you do a kiss for the rose on the breeze ♪
11:55 ♪ Ooh, the more I get of you the stranger it feels, yeah ♪
12:01 ♪ Now that your rose is in bloom ♪
12:05 ♪ A light hits the gloom on the breeze ♪
12:10 [music]
12:21 ♪ I've been kissed by your rose on the breeze ♪
12:27 ♪ I've been kissed by your rose on the breeze ♪
12:33 ♪ There is so much I'd make you tell me ♪
12:35 ♪ So much I could say you would be ♪
12:40 ♪ My power, my pleasure, my pain ♪
12:45 ♪ To me you're like a golden cushion that you give a life, baby ♪
12:49 ♪ Now won't you tell me is a healthy baby ♪
12:53 ♪ But did you know that when it snows ♪
12:56 ♪ My eyes become a log and the light that you shine can't be seen ♪
13:04 ♪ Baby, I'd like to make you do a kiss for the rose on the breeze ♪
13:10 ♪ Ooh, the more I get of you the stranger it feels, yeah ♪
13:16 ♪ Now that your rose is in bloom ♪
13:20 ♪ A light hits the gloom on the breeze ♪
13:25 [music]
13:30 ♪ Now that your rose is in bloom ♪
13:35 ♪ A light hits the gloom on the breeze ♪
13:47 [applause]
13:53 Nexus.
13:55 [applause]
14:00 A great short program there from Nexus's senior Elite 12 team.
14:04 [applause]
14:08 Then you can see their senior team just piled right into the stands
14:10 from their skate to watch their teammates.
14:14 [music]
14:19 A really creative opening there.
14:22 [music]
14:25 And great unison all the way through this program.
14:28 [music]
14:32 I love the idea of just using one song instead of a themed piece of music.
14:39 Really embody the character that the song--
14:41 really embody the character that the story of the song is telling.
14:47 And if you are watching at home wondering why we just watched
14:50 two senior Nexus teams back-to-back, the idea here is that there are only
14:54 12 skaters on the ice in the Elite 12 category with the hopes of making it
14:59 more palatable for the Olympics in the next cycle.
15:02 [music]
15:11 A really unique formation for their moves here.
15:13 You don't often see them done in a block like this.
15:16 That close proximity can be very dangerous.
15:18 Definitely blades close to the face, not for the faint of heart.
15:27 And using those twizzles to transition, change position.
15:32 Really seamless, very impressive.
15:34 And here they are awaiting their scores.
15:36 [music]
16:05 [music]
16:33 [music]
16:43 [music]
16:53 [music]
17:15 The short program score, 59.65.
17:20 [cheers]
17:22 This completes the Senior Synchro Elite 12 short program.
17:27 [cheers]
17:35 So with both senior categories finished here, we will have a short break
17:38 and then move on to the Junior Free Program.
17:40 The next event is the Junior Synchro Free Program.
17:44 My apologies.
17:45 We'll go ahead now with the Junior Free Program.
17:52 [crowd chanting]
18:08 We are pleased to introduce the officials for this event.
18:14 The referee, Michelle Wall.
18:19 The ice level referee, Joanne Matheson.
18:23 The judges, Sherry Agnew, Cheryl Goldie, Marion Dyke, Melissa Houle,
18:34 Laura McClellan, Shelly Nisnik, Hillary Quick.
18:42 The technical controller, Kathy Makowski.
18:46 The technical specialists, Rebecca Silberstein, Kayla Debly.
18:57 [music]
19:10 [music]
19:13 Back on the ice getting set for their free program here is Ice Ignite
19:16 representing the Ilderton Skating Club.
19:18 This is the same free program that they had last season,
19:22 skating two in this shirt.
19:25 They have changed the color of their shirts, however,
19:27 having a peach one last season and more of a blue ombre color this year.
19:34 [music]
19:49 Representing the Ilderton Skating Club, please welcome Ice Ignite.
19:54 [applause]
20:09 And the free program from Ice Ignite Jr.
20:22 [music]
20:33 [music]
21:01 [music]
21:11 [music]
21:21 [music]
21:41 [music]
22:01 [music]
22:11 [music]
22:21 [music]
22:31 [music]
22:41 [music]
22:51 [music]
23:01 [music]
23:11 [music]
23:21 [music]
23:31 [music]
23:41 [music]
23:51 [music]
24:01 [applause]
24:17 Ice Ignite.
24:19 [applause]
24:25 Well, what a way to end off the night from Ice Ignite Jr.
24:28 They look incredibly proud of that performance, as they should be.
24:31 A really strong, clean, free program there from Ice Ignite.
24:35 [applause]
24:39 So much dynamic choreography in this program.
24:42 It really feels like the team moves as a unit rather than individual bodies.
24:50 These lines coming around the corner were really strong, really straight.
24:55 [music]
24:58 And great lineup throughout their difficult choreography in their no-hold block.
25:03 [music]
25:12 Really seeing the skaters dig into their knees when they're doing those difficult turns.
25:16 That knee rhythm really helps them stay on deep edges when they're doing the turns
25:22 and helps them have higher quality of skating.
25:25 [music]
25:28 As we've been talking about this whole evening, those defined lines coming in and out of the box intersection.
25:33 The judges will love to see that.
25:35 And a mix of difficult positions and non-difficult positions here in their spin element,
25:40 which will be rewarded by the judges as well.
25:43 [music]
25:49 Deep intersection here.
25:54 No collisions.
26:00 And finishing with this wheel that had lots of power all the way through.
26:08 And there they are in the kiss and cry.
26:13 This team also is back from their international competitions this season.
26:19 Most recently they were competing at the Trophy de Casse in Dumfries, Scotland.
26:23 The team finished fifth overall and was actually awarded most entertaining performance of the day
26:28 for their free program that you just watched.
26:30 [music]
26:44 And similarly to our senior teams, this team may be the only team in their category this evening,
26:49 but they are looking for that exposure, that time out on the ice in front of an audience
26:54 to get used to performing, get used to that feeling of being out there on the ice
26:58 and developing a sense of comfortability with the program in its performance state.
27:03 [music]
27:32 And if you're wondering why the skaters are waiting for their scores a little bit here,
27:36 it may be just because the judges are reviewing an element over on their computers.
27:42 [music]
28:11 [music]
28:31 [music]
28:47 Also I have to commend these skaters for competing their short program and free program in the same day.
28:53 This is not typical of a junior competition, so it's been a long evening for these skaters
28:58 and I'm sure they will rest well tonight because that is a long evening and commend them for their efforts.
29:05 All efforts of our athletes, really.
29:07 This is not easy what you see them out there doing on the ice and it takes a lot of courage
29:11 and practice and time in and driving and parents and coaches and everyone in between.
29:16 So a big thank you to all of the people who make these events possible for our athletes
29:20 because as you can see, they enjoy them so much and we also enjoy them so much seeing them have that fun.
29:26 [music]
29:55 [music]
30:08 The free program score, 109.79 with a total score of 159.61.
30:20 [applause]
30:28 And this concludes our first day of competition here at Synchro Series 3.
30:36 It's been a great day of skating here. There's lots of moments that our skaters will remember.
30:42 Lots of moments that have made us #SkateOntarioProud.
30:48 Good night.
30:50 I'd like to take one more moment to thank our Skate Ontario sponsors, volunteers and officials.
30:55 Tomorrow we are set for another great day of skating, starting off with our intermediate or gold category of free skating at 8am.
31:04 So all those full details are available on www.skateontario.org as well as on social media @skateontario.
31:14 We look forward to welcoming you back tomorrow. My name is Megan Churchill, part of the Skate Ontario commentary team,
31:19 signing off tonight from the 16 Mile Sports Complex in Oakville, Ontario.
31:22 Thank you for watching and bye for now.
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