2 new Novices!

Congratulations to Laurin Benson & Chris Lettner and Joanna Salvagna and Marc-Andre Servant, who passed their Novice Free dance tests at RTC on July27th. Both teams performed their new free dances really well, and received very positive comments from the judges. Well done, you are off to a great start!

A Senior Moment!

Many congratulations to Vanessa Crone & Paul Poirier, who passed their senior competitive dance test on Thursday June 7th, a dazzling achievemnet from the 16 & 15 year old Junior Canadian Champions.

Debuting their new free dance, Vanessa & Paul skated a fast, flowing program, show casing their great skating skills, as well as their innovative and dynamic lifts and sizzling spin! Congratulations on a great performance so early in the season.

Vanessa & Paul join Andrea & Spencer and Laura & Jeff as teams that passed every competitive dance test and choreographed every program in their careers at Ice Dance Elite. We are extremely proud of all the hard work and dedication shown by the whole team at I.D.E.

Good luck to Vanessa & Paul in their upcoming competitive season.

Test Positive!

Congratulations to Olivia Martins and Alvin Chau, who passed their Junior Free Dance at the Mariposa test day on May 4th 2007. Oliva and Alvin debuted their new free dance to great effect, and are now working away towards the new season.

Well done guys!

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Congratulations to Vanessa Crone & Paul Poirier on their 9th place finish at the Junior World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, March 1st-4th 2007.

Vanessa & Paul capped an amazing season with a top ten world finish in their very first Junior World Championship. Competing against 27 teams, some of whom went on to compete at the senior World championships in Tokyo, they skated strongly in every section of the event, and turned heads with their unique style and incredible athleticism. Watch for their report on thier experieinces at the championship........coming soon!

Many congratulations to Katie Finerty and Derek Fox on their Bronze medal finish in the Gold Dance Biathlon event at the Starskate National Championships held in Calgary, march 14th -16th 2007. Katie and Derek found themselves competing against some former national competitors, and certainly held their own. Fine work,especially when you consider that Derek had not even been on figure skates a year and a half ago, and Katie only danced with a partner for the first time in January this year! Ice Dance Elite is very proud of its Starskate competitors!

And so the competitive season comes to an end..................................but we are already hard at work on next seasons new programs. And I can already say we have some surprises in store.............................!!

Trillium Starskate Championship Report

Congratulations to the teams that competed at Waterloo March 9th -11th 2007. it was another great weekend for Ice Dance Elite, with all our teams in the medals.

Juvenile Dance

Briar Koski & Joshua Koenig - 1st

Katie Desveaux & Dmitre Razgulajevs - 3rd

Preliminary Dance

Mackenzie Bent & Garrett Mackeen - 1st. Mackenzie & Garrett also received the Homesense Great Skate Award for their wonderful performance.

Junior Silver Dance

Abby Carswell & Fredrick Cheng - 1st

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March, 2007

Congratulations again to Katie Finerty & Derek Fox on their Gold medal performance in the Gold Dance biathlon event held at the March Mania competition in Keswick March 3rd - 4th 2007. Katie and Derek are now training hard for the Starskate Nationals to be held in Calgary March 21st-25th 2007.

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Congratulations to Katie Finerty and Derek Fox, who placed first in the Gold Dance Biathlon event at the Boston Pizza Starskate Championship held February 16th-18th 2007 in Brampton. Katie and Derek advance to Starskate Nationals to be held in Calgary in March 2007.

Abby Carswell and Fredrick Cheng also turned heads in their exhibition in Junior Silver Dance, and will advance to the Trillium Cup in Kitchener in March 2007.

RALPH AND HILL DO IT AGAIN!

Many congratulations to Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill, who became Canadian Novice Ice Dance Champions at the Junior National Championships held in Brampton, Ontario, February 1st-4th 2007. This is the second national title in a row for Kharis and Asher, who were the 2006 Pre-Novice Canadian Champions.

After a strong start in the compulsory dances, which had them 3rd in the Paso Doble, and 2nd in the Blues, they entered the free dance in third place, and as always marks were very tight. But true to

form, Kharis and Asher turned in a mesmerizing performance of their "Rainforest" free dance to clinch the title. This also earned them the Skate Canada "Possibility" Award for the best performance of the championship.

We would also like to congratulate Olivia and Alvin, Nikki and Graham, Kelly and Jordan and Joanna and Mark on their excellent performances at the event. We are so proud of all our teams and what they have accomplished.

Ice Dance Elite is very proud to hold the Junior and Novice Ice Dance Champions of Canada for the first time in our history.

You can see Kharis and Asher and Vanessa and Paul on TSN, Saturday March 10th at 2pm.

Enjoy!

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Gold for Crone and Poirier!

Congratulations to Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier, who took the Junior Ice Dance Championship of Canada held in Halifax, N.S. January 15th-21st 2007.

The victory was especially sweet, since the team did almost not get to skate! The Tuesday before Nationals, Paul sustained a bad injury to his left foot while training for junior nationals in singles. He had 8 stitches between his toes, and the bottom of his foot was split open. Vanessa and Paul were unable to train at all for the rest of that

week, and only managed 15 minutes on the Saturday before we left for Halifax on Sunday. But being the troupers that they are, they came shining through, winning the title and becoming Canadian champions for the second time. (They were novice champions two years ago.)

Vanessa and Paul will represent Canada at the Junior World Championship in Oberstdorf, Germany, in February 2007.

Congratulations also to Hilary Clegg and Simon Gagnon on their spirited skate in their first junior championship. All the teams acheived personal best scores at the event.

Read More..

Crone and Poirier capture junior ice-dancing title - BEVERLEY SMITH - The Globe and Mail

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Ok, first off, a trivia question for all you movie buffs! Which movie does the song, "The Posh Traveling Life" come from?

While you are pondering the answer, I will update you all on my travels this fall with Vanessa and Paul and Andrea and Spencer whilst they were competing in the Junior Grand Prix. I was lucky enough to visit Norway, Chinese Taipei, and the Czech Republic, none of which I had visited before. I also squeezed in a week in Oberstdorf ... Continue...

Congratulations to Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier on their bronze medal performance at the Junior Grand Prix event held in Oslo, Norway,September 29th - October 2nd 2006.

Beginning with a 4th place in the compulsory dance, they moved up to 3rd in the original dance, and cemented their medal by winning the

free dance portion of the event. We were all so proud to see the Canadian flag being raised in the medal ceremonies.

This was only their 2nd appearence at a Grand Prix event. Following this, they spent a week training in Oberstdorf, and then went on to Taipei, where they placed 5th. Watch for their reports coming soon!

Congratulations to Kharis Ralph & Asher Hill on their gold medal performance in the Novice Dance event. This is their first year at the Novice level and they are off to a great start. The reigning Pre-Novice Canadian champions went into the lead in the compulsory dance with a strongly skated Paso Doble, and followed it up with captivating performance of their "Rainforest'' free dance. Gaining first place scores in technical and program componants, the gold medal was theirs.

Watch for a report on their Nacs experiences.....coming soon!