Daisuke Takahashi and Nobunari Oda performed their short programs in a show organized by the Kansai University. Before the show apparently there was a local juniors competition, but I don't have details, sorry. :cold:
In the show Nobunari Oda skated his new short program, "Masquerade". He used "Romance" and "Waltz" from the "Masquerade Suite" by Aram Khachaturian. He nailed 3A, 3Lz-3T and 3F! The rest of him elements: FSSp, CiSt, CSSp, SlSt, CCoSp. His footwork reminds me of Mao's - with a balletic feel, lots of
en pointe toe-pick twirls accentuated by arm gestures and some
moves showing flexibility. He needs a haircut!
Daisuke Takahashi skated his short program "Eye", which he already performed at Dreams on Ice. He successfully landed 3F, 3A and 3Lz, but tripped and fell on his footwork. After the show, he admitted that this made him embarassed a lot.
Oh, and he just had a haircut.
After that, there was an encore skated to music played live.
Nobunari changed his costume and skated to "Fly Me to the Moon", a flute-strings version which was different from his old SP and EX. He landed 3A, 3Lz-3T and 3T out of steps. He also did two step sequences, straight and circular, and finished with a combination spin.
Daisuke skated to "Air on G-String" (still wearing the "Eye" costume) He landed 3Lz and 3F, and also did 2 step sequences and two combination spins.
Some news clips featuring interviews and clips from the performances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk9-HH9F7eAA short preview of Nobunari's SP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZYMGBnZcps(Timing might be wrong, I dubbed the music on because in the oryginal clips the commentators were too loud)
A report from the event from "Smile Wind", Nobunari's fansite:
http://www.nobunari.com/report/Re-08kandai.html(Including some photos)
An article & some photos:
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/080831/spm0808312156000-n1.htm
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Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:48 am
It's just dreamy! Can't wait to see Mao's and Nobunari's programs to this music. 
