Another great montage for Nationals 2008
又发现了一个预测全美的montage，其实也不是预测啦，就是把各项的contenders做到一个montage里，觉得挺精彩的~~其实每次在这种“多人montage”里面看到他们的身影就觉得很开心呢，可能因为开心他们渐渐地为人所认识了吧：）http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-i6OZCATs
今天夜里（也就是明天凌晨）冰舞CD就要开始啦，好紧张，虽然只是第一项，呵呵~然后我看了一下全美的赛程还真是和欧锦正好错开的，好巧妙的安排，感恩一下：）
Meryl&Charlie加油吧！！！ 来恭喜一下小f和你最爱的D/W，今天他们在规定舞的表现堪称神勇，险些把我们B/A拉下马。继续努力。
送上一篇介绍Charlie的文章，幸好他没有去打冰球，否则冰舞就少了这么可爱的一对希望之星了。其实我们Evan和Ben最初练花滑的动机也都是要做冰球明星的。也许这就是天意吧！
http://origin.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_8049159
White has no trouble making transition from hockey to ice dancing
BY NANCY YANG
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Charlie White is like the modern-day D.B. Sweeney of "The Cutting Edge": a talented hockey player turned skater turned ice champion (but without the bad attitude). The former state champion hockey player from Royal Oak, Mich., left the sport behind to focus on ice dancing with partner Meryl Davis. Davis and White begin their medal quest today in the ice dancing competition at the Xcel Energy Center, their sights on qualifying for the world championships in March. Last year, the pair burst onto the senior ranks by winning the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. That was on top of the junior national title they won in 2006 and subsequent third-place finish at junior worlds.
White, 20, has spent most of his life on the ice. He started skating at 3.
"My mom wanted to make sure that if I went skating with friends, that I wouldn't embarrass myself," he said. "I ended up liking it so much I stuck with it."
But White also knew he wanted to be a hockey player, so he enrolled in both activities and pulled double duty. By the time White was about 7, his skating coach realized that hockey was hurting him artistically. The coach suggested trying something new to help him stretch out and straighten up. "I didn't have great posture (from playing hockey)," White admitted. "My coach wanted me to get into dance."Shortly afterward, in 1997, White was asked to pair up with Davis, now 21, also born in Royal Oak, just to see how
the two would work as a dance team. "It was a little weird. I'd never done anything with a girl before," he said. "I was kind of embarrassed to have to dance with her, but it went well."Davis, who had no dance experience, recalled her first impression of skating with White. "He definitely considered himself the superior dancer of the two of us. He thought he was all special because he had danced before," Davis said before chuckling. "He was a little agitated that he had to move down a level for me." CHOOSING ICE DANCING But their partnership turned out to be a winning one: -- During their 1997-98 season, they finished second at the Junior Olympics at the juvenile level. -- The next year, they won the Junior Olympics on the intermediate level and won their regional and sectional championships. -- In 2002 and 2004, they finished second at nationals in the novice and junior levels, respectively. In the meantime, White kept up with hockey, even helping his team, the Detroit Skating Club Wolverines, win a state championship. White said some of his hockey buddies ribbed him for being a figure skater but that they eventually came around. "I had really good skating skills," White said. "They started to come to respect it ... it helped them out." By 2005, Davis and White were well on their way to winning a national title in the junior ranks when White's involvement in hockey intervened - he broke his ankle in a tournament in Canada. They ended up missing the national championships. "We tried to use it as motivation," White said. "We said, 'We missed it this year, but let's go show them we've still got it.' The next year, we won juniors and got third at the junior world championships." They also became the first dance team to receive all level fours for their elements, after they performed free dance at the 2006 NHK Trophy in Japan. A level four is the highest base value for a nonjump element in scoring and reflects an element's difficulty.By the time the duo appeared at the 2007 championships in Spokane, Wash., White had decided to give up hockey to focus on ice dancing. It wasn't that he enjoyed one more than the other - he looked at several factors before he chose skating. "I put a lot of work into (hockey). I got pretty good," White said. "But there's not quite enough time for both. "I was a little bit more successful in ice dancing ... so I decided to devote everything to ice dancing and see where it took me." Davis and White train in Canton, Mich., under Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva, and alongside current dance champions Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto.Zoueva, who has worked with her share of world and Olympic champions, said Davis and White could become the next great U.S. dance team because of their flair and teamwork. She pointed to the pair's seventh-place finish at the 2007 world championships - the highest debut for a U.S. dance team since 1980 - as proof of the team's talent. "They are the smartest dance team I've ever worked with," she said. "They know absolutely what they want and what they are doing." It helps that they grew up together - at 11 years, they have the longest partnership of any current U.S. dance team. "I think having skated together for so long, our work ethic and way of skating and training have kind of evolved together," Davis said. "We haven't had a single fight in 11 years."If they stay on track, they could be part of the U.S. Olympic team in 2010. That would complete White's likeness to Sweeney's movie character: puck star becomes figure skating Olympian. "That's definitely something we're looking forward to, staying for 2010," White said. "We're not in a hurry to get out." But if he did? "I'd be learning full time," he said, with ambitions to enter law school. "Barring playing in the NHL," he joked.
早年的详细profile~~
谢谢Sofia提供的文章，其实Charlie早年是三项都比较成功的，除了冰球和冰舞，单人滑成绩也不错啊：）获得过全美Intermediate组冠军和Novice组季军，此外还参加过JGP男单比赛。是03~04赛季Midwestern Sectional的Novice组男单冠军以及05~06赛季Midwestern Sectional的Junior组男单冠军。可是后来出于和冰球一样的原因放弃了~当年他曾经说过，训练时在冰舞和单人滑之间转换，就像换一双冰鞋一样简单：）下面这个应该也都算考古发现之一吧，找到了一份他们早年比较详细的档案以及早年比赛较为完整的成绩记录。现在回过头看很有感慨呢，感觉他们从搭档开始每一步都走的很踏实——从Juvenile，到Intermediate，再到Novice，再到Junior，然后终于升入Senior的大赛场。从每个阶段的成绩来看，他们都不是那种一鸣惊人的天才选手，因为当他们在那些少年组别比赛的时候，最耀眼的永远是别人；但是他们也一直在努力，希望终有一日能闪光~~
想来很有意思，虽然他们才这么年轻，但如果加上以前的 Junior Olympics（也就是US Junior National的前身~），这次全美已经是他们参加的第11届全国锦标赛了，并且他们在全美以及少年全美设置的全部五个组别都比过Nationals，抛开成绩不论，和同龄冰舞选手比起来真算是人生经历相当的丰富：） 经历了这么多届比赛的成长和蜕变，希望他们能实现梦想，预祝明天的FD完美发挥，实在不完美也没关系，留到后面的比赛也不错，始终保持快乐的心态就好~^_^
记得之前就在icenetwork上看到过一份比官网详细的profile里讲到过他们各自的乐器专长，并且Charlie在中学时代是一支弦乐队的成员:)果然在这里又有看到。但是，不知道现在他们这么忙，还有闲情逸致继续这些爱好吗？嘿嘿，希望（其实是奢望~~）他们以后某个表演节目中能加一段“琴箫合奏”（只是借个词，其实是小提琴和长笛^_^）呵呵~~那一定很精彩……
另外，1998 Junior Olympics（即97~98赛季的少年全美锦标赛）是对他们来说很重要的一场赛事，在那之前他们并没有take ice dancing seriously，只是将其作为提高单人滑艺术表现力的辅助训练，但是那次比赛获得亚军的成功鼓舞了他们，使得他们对继续练下去有了信心。
早年档案及比赛纪录一览表（截至2003 US Nationals之前~）
Meryl Davis & Charlie White
Junior Ice Dance
Born in Royal Oak, MI on January 1, 1987, Meryl Davis is from West Bloomfield, MI.She is an accomplished flute player and enjoys acting. She has received the Presidential Fitness Award, and admires ice dancer Jamie Silverstein.
Charlie White of Bloomfield Hills, MI, was also born in Royal Oak, MI, on October 24, 1987. He enjoys playing the violin, soccer and hockey. In the future, he would like to design cars.
Both Davis and White began skating at age three, and skate for Detroit SC. They train in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Seth Chafetz coaches them, while Liz Punsulan & Jarod Swallow choreograph their programs. Davis & White's favorite aspect of skating is competition.
Competitive Record
2002 Midwestern Sectional-Junior - 2nd
2002 Hellmut Cup Memorial-Novice - 1st
2002 U.S. Championships-Novice - 2nd
2001 Midwestern Sectional-Novice - 1st
2001 U.S. Championships-Novice - 6th
2000 Midwestern Sectional-Novice - 2nd
2000 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice - 1st
2000 U.S. Championships-Novice - 6th
1999 Midwestern Sectional-Novice - 3rd
1999 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice - 3rd
1999 Junior Olympics-Intermediate - 1st
1998 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate - 1st
1998 Eastern Great Lakes Regional - Intermediate - 1st
1998 Junior Olympics-Juvenile - 2nd
1997 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile - 1st
Pics: 05~06 season OD
听说介个素Mambo + Rumba的combination……可我怎么看不出来……http://www.ice-dance.com/davis-white/gallery/albums/05lpidc/080505-7442.jpg
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http://www.ice-dance.com/davis-white/gallery/albums/05lpidc/080505-7438.jpg D/W这次还真是不错呢，期待他们的worlds之行，可爱的小孩 呵呵，据看电视的人说（NBC直播的FD~~），FD发挥的非常好，而且又加了很多改动，看上去和大奖赛那会儿的感觉完全不一样了哦；说，整个比赛是：“B/A won easily, but D/W stole the show~~” ……啊，好期待能快一点看到录像啊^_^
下一站是4CC了，可以和好朋友VM一起去，加油哦！这次争取拿到4CC奖牌！去年只差一点点：） 恭喜D/W!!状态果然越来越好~期待看到这次的FD
这次4CC看点多多啊~拿牌是没问题了~ 呵呵，Jerry，借你吉言哦！！其实这次4CC基本上就没有太多悬念了，不过加拿大的2~3名和N/B之间倒是实力比较接近，到时候还是有一番竞争：） 唉，我觉得韩国观众如此有眼福，可惜他们平时可能从来不看冰舞的，所以冰舞比赛的票那么冷清……希望Meryl&Charlie不要受环境因素的影响，也不要想太多结果，好好发挥就成，让裁判看到他们的进步吧~^_^
摘一些国外论坛看了直播的朋友们的评价，唉我也好想看到FD，可惜目前都没有流传出来，icenetwork上也没有……>_<
Davis and White- I am sooo happy for them. I thought this last year- the way they are able to develop and learn and change within the course of a season is amazing. They had a slow start but look at the way the music was re-edited and the choreography re-arranged. This FD is now one of my favorite ones this season if not my favorite. It has shade and light- tender moments and stark dramatic ones and the closing pose where she moves out of his arms- wow!! It will be wonderful to see how they develop over the next few years. They have the potential to open up even more emotionally on the ice. And as opposed to Tanith and Ben I just feel that there are more levels to the connection that they have between them on the ice. More shade, tenderness, and dark. I liked it when Dick said that it was sexy- because it was!!
Yeah, I noticed that Mr. Button was more captivated by Davis/White's performance. I think he alluded to all those shades (tender/dramatic moments)you've pointed out. I liked it too. Wow, things I hoped they'd changed, were not only changed but were greatly improved + more. Wonderful performance. Once they get more time with this new choreography, their PCS should go up more. Don't hold back at Worlds, Meryl and Charlie!
Davis & White just skated an absolutely terrific FD at Nationals. They reworked moves and the music so now everything flows much better, and the connection between them is amazing. Dick Button called it "pulsing" and "sexual". That may be TMI, Mr. Button, but nevertheless, the FD is simply spectacular, and of the quality we expected from D/W all season.
嗯，seems that Dick大叔非常之欣赏他们的FD哦，不过呢我觉得大叔有点用词不当了吧，对他们这样的年龄和气质，实在当不起“sexual”的评价……，不过“pulsing”倒是比较合适，呵呵！ 他们的CD哇卡卡，实在太可爱了，他们是现役里面最适合滑这个舞种的选手！！ 嘿嘿，我也是这么觉得，而且在刚定下来4CC滑这个CD的时候我就很开心了，虽然之前从没见过他们滑这个，但是可以感应的到，气质实在是太契合了嘛~~^_^
而且看了FD以后就会发觉，他们这个赛季的expression真的进步了好多，比如这次National，和CD时的样子简直判若两人；角色情绪的转换对冰舞选手还是很重要的，因为他们就像演员一样，需要驾轻就熟地把握情感：）
从11月的TEB到现在，这两个月的期待果然没有白费……Thank you Meryl & Charlie for 3 stunning performances ！！ 他们实在是太适合Polka了,会让人莫名愉快呢~4CC还能再看一次,哦耶~ 呵呵，对啊，看他们的polka心情超好，偶同学看了都说好可爱～
和他们的长相气质都很符合
期待能快点看到他们的FD～ 很奇怪，到现在为止都米看到FD的视频 原帖由 郭芙蓉 于 2008-1-27 21:47 发表 http://www.chinaice.org/images/common/back.gif
很奇怪，到现在为止都米看到FD的视频
我本来想截几张图再发，后来电脑不合作……那么……
70.9M Davis White - 2008 US Nats - FD.divx
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这个视频画面很舒服，但是有几个地方我觉得镜头角度不是很对，如果调换一下效果就更好了：） 还有就是音效不太好，声音不够大，建议看的时候把播放器音量稍微调大一点就ok了~~还有就是没有慢镜重播和K&C区，所以听不到Dick大叔的评价，我不太甘心……
：FSvids上出了FD的视频，我看看效果较之这个如何，马上分流：）
非常喜欢，希望可以找到更好的版本