Thanks for the nice comments folks. I probably come across as a bit dry and unemotional in the way I write, but I do invest in hoping that celebs and pros try hard and do well.
Lets not forget that Karen Hardy was very complimentary about Rachel.
Karen started by saying that she would have had Rachel extending her other leg at the start and I can see her point. Rachel was holding onto the bannister too though which I think minimised the effect a bit.
Karen said - But nobody picked up on - she was walking it (clicks fingers) - she's improved within one week- she was strong. The only thing she didn't do - she just kept looking at Pasha all the way through. That confidence now has got to go out to the audience. Loved her whole dance - I thought she was great!
Karen seems to be covering technique more than choreography this year (which I am happy enough with as it gives us another view and Ian has to rush through his section when there are so many celebs). And Karen is very good at explaining what she means.
I have wondered occasionally in previous years if she had been asked by the producers to slant her views to 'steer' opinion the way the producers wanted it to go, but so far It seems to me she is giving her own view.
Thanks Karma.
Rachel again in her dancing shoes, very good,:D though not sure about the socks with those shoes.;)
Glad to hear how complimentary Karen was Fatskia, maybe she should be a judge if she can find good in them all. Let's hope she is giving her own critique and not letting anyone influence her, sounds as though she is if complimentary about all the celebs.;)
Thanks for all the links... Hopefully the QS will work out ok... she still looked terrified though... bless her.. or it might just be her face of concentration...She has such beautiful eyes...:eek::eek:
Loved the ITT segment tonight... Pasha being floored by Zoe's cheeky comments... bless him... He is getting cuter by the day... :o:o
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Lets not forget that Karen Hardy was very complimentary about Rachel.
Karen started by saying .......etc.
I have wondered occasionally in previous years if she had been asked by the producers to slant her views to 'steer' opinion the way the producers wanted it to go, but so far It seems to me she is giving her own view.
Yes I noticed Karen's supportive stance regarding Rachel and I do think she calls it as she sees it.
Looks like the knocking thing is part of routine...
Guess Pasha made another story dance
Makes me think of Chelsee's epic airport quickstep! And Kimberley's quickstep also had a story(ish)
Chelsee's was a breakthrough (week four) but I think she had more fun with that dance in the final.
Kimba's (week three) may not have been as technically acclaimed by the judges,but for me was a more fun performance with her flirting wonderfully with Pasha,who also played his role to perfection.
Thanks for all the links... Hopefully the QS will work out ok... she still looked terrified though... bless her.. or it might just be her face of concentration...She has such beautiful eyes...
Loved the ITT segment tonight... Pasha being floored by Zoe's cheeky comments... bless him... He is getting cuter by the day...
I kept being drawn to Rachel's beautiful teeth - hadn't noticed them before. She should smile even more often.
I cant get that training clip to play. Is it playing for everyone else?
Usually there is no problem on Windows Explorer.
SalsaShon, I've supported Aliona and her partners in other years, and know only too well how things can be on the MF.
I used to get annoyed by it, but it all becomes predictable after a while, and just ignore or laugh at it:)
Good advice, but see the knives are out again on the MF, I must have been watching a different ITT. Good on you Poppysinbloom, but you may as well speak to yourself or one of us.:rolleyes:;)
Yet if one of their favourites, different rules applies. Thought Rachel was a 'duffer' if you read some comments.:rolleyes: If she lasts midway then great, if not, then wasn't meant to be. We knew she wasn't a contender, but honestly.
Seems to be if Aliona isn't getting slated it tends to be Pasha, yet everyone else, esp one is marvellous, yeah right.:rolleyes:
OK Teeswolf, will listen to your advice now.:D
Good advice, but see the knives are out again on the MF, I must have been watching a different ITT. Good on you Poppysinbloom, but you may as well speak to yourself or one of us.:rolleyes:;)Yet if one of their favourites, different rules applies. Thought Rachel was a 'duffer' if you read some comments.:rolleyes: If she lasts midway then great, if not, then wasn't meant to be. We knew she wasn't a contender, but honestly.
Seems to be if Aliona isn't getting slated it tends to be Pasha, yet everyone else, esp one is marvellous, yeah right.:rolleyes:
OK Teeswolf, will listen to your advice now.:D
They were both looking very good on ITT. All black looks good on Pasha and that was a nice dress Rachel wore.
I think viewers will have been impressed by everything except the training. Since the show was recorded on Wednesday I still have faith that they can make it by Saturday. Pasha is showing a lot of faith in Rachel so I'm sticking with those cars too.
I think Rachel is doing well considering that she is not a natural mover. This is a very difficult and fast routine according to Ian so if she delivers it on Saturday viewers should be really impressed.
It is risky as one mistake in the Quickstep can be very difficult to catch up but I did notice Rachel adjusting her feet very fast in the first training clip to correct when she made a mistake.
I'm not even writing her off as a contender because its early days and I think she has done well so far considering that she is not a natural mover. They will need to develop more of a relationship and more chemistry to be contenders and that can only happen naturally, so we shall see.
No, not at all, you and a few others after you were very good.:)
Aah ok. The reason I thought I might have offended is because I'm not the biggest Rachel fan but will support her because she's dancing with Pasha (and to be fair she seems like a nice person, if a bit dull to me.) This is only my second year on DS's SCD forums and so I don't know if there's a prior history to posters attacking Pasha but he seems to me a popular boy.
Perhaps Artem fans wish to find Pasha as ungracious as their boy was last year when he partnered Fern. I see none of that from Pasha. He's been empathic with Rachel, which is what she needs actually, and his humour has come through very strongly this year. I just wish she'd 'get' him being funny sometimes - another of my Rachel frustrations.
Good advice, but see the knives are out again on the MF, I must have been watching a different ITT. Good on you Poppysinbloom, but you may as well speak to yourself or one of us.:rolleyes:;)
Yet if one of their favourites, different rules applies. Thought Rachel was a 'duffer' if you read some comments.:rolleyes: If she lasts midway then great, if not, then wasn't meant to be. We knew she wasn't a contender, but honestly.
Seems to be if Aliona isn't getting slated it tends to be Pasha, yet everyone else, esp one is marvellous, yeah right.:rolleyes:
OK Teeswolf, will listen to your advice now.:D
Oh dear, I haven't looked at the MF, so don't know what they are saying.
Rachel has been mid division so far, but I think she has the potential to improve. She just lacks self confidence on the dance floor, but I expect this to come the further she gets.
She comes across as a lovely girl, trying her best and enjoying herself. What is the problem?
I love anyone with sin right in the middle of their user name. In fact, get you! You're like an animate Eden, all those flowers and a hidden serpent :cool::cool:
They were both looking very good on ITT. All black looks good on Pasha and that was a nice dress Rachel wore.
I think viewers will have been impressed by everything except the training. Since the show was recorded on Wednesday I still have faith that they can make it by Saturday. Pasha is showing a lot of faith in Rachel so I'm sticking with those cars too.
I think Rachel is doing well considering that she is not a natural mover. This is a very difficult and fast routine according to Ian so if she delivers it on Saturday viewers should be really impressed.
It is risky as one mistake in the Quickstep can be very difficult to catch up but I did notice Rachel adjusting her feet very fast in the first training clip to correct when she made a mistake.
I'm not even writing her off as a contender because its early days and I think she has done well so far considering that she is not a natural mover. They will need to develop more of a relationship and more chemistry to be contenders and that can only happen naturally, so we shall see.
I love anyone with sin right in the middle of their user name. In fact, get you! You're like an animate Eden, all those flowers and a hidden serpent :cool::cool:
Now monkeh!!! what were you doing in the middle of the night on DS!!!????:eek::eek:
I love anyone with sin right in the middle of their user name. In fact, get you! You're like an animate Eden, all those flowers and a hidden serpent :cool::cool:
You have a great imagination and sense of humour and both inform your writing. As to your thoughts on me and my name
They were both looking very good on ITT. All black looks good on Pasha and that was a nice dress Rachel wore.
I think viewers will have been impressed by everything except the training. Since the show was recorded on Wednesday I still have faith that they can make it by Saturday. Pasha is showing a lot of faith in Rachel so I'm sticking with those cars too.
I think Rachel is doing well considering that she is not a natural mover. This is a very difficult and fast routine according to Ian so if she delivers it on Saturday viewers should be really impressed.
It is risky as one mistake in the Quickstep can be very difficult to catch up but I did notice Rachel adjusting her feet very fast in the first training clip to correct when she made a mistake.
I'm not even writing her off as a contender because its early days and I think she has done well so far considering that she is not a natural mover. They will need to develop more of a relationship and more chemistry to be contenders and that can only happen naturally, so we shall see.
A lovely post skia... well said...
Pasha looked yummy!!!! :o
And as long as Pasha has faith in Rachel, so do I ... :D
I am just glad for them to improve week by week... that's what it is all about ....
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Lets not forget that Karen Hardy was very complimentary about Rachel.
Karen started by saying that she would have had Rachel extending her other leg at the start and I can see her point. Rachel was holding onto the bannister too though which I think minimised the effect a bit.
Karen said - But nobody picked up on - she was walking it (clicks fingers) - she's improved within one week- she was strong. The only thing she didn't do - she just kept looking at Pasha all the way through. That confidence now has got to go out to the audience. Loved her whole dance - I thought she was great!
Karen seems to be covering technique more than choreography this year (which I am happy enough with as it gives us another view and Ian has to rush through his section when there are so many celebs). And Karen is very good at explaining what she means.
I have wondered occasionally in previous years if she had been asked by the producers to slant her views to 'steer' opinion the way the producers wanted it to go, but so far It seems to me she is giving her own view.
http://www.rachelriley.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2548&sid=0bcab4eac3d7a4cdae3858fe18721a86#p12822
Thanks Karma.
Rachel again in her dancing shoes, very good,:D though not sure about the socks with those shoes.;)
Glad to hear how complimentary Karen was Fatskia, maybe she should be a judge if she can find good in them all. Let's hope she is giving her own critique and not letting anyone influence her, sounds as though she is if complimentary about all the celebs.;)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jx0jf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jx0jf
Love the noises Pasha makes near the end... :D:o:o:o
ETA... Snap KA
Guess Pasha made another story dance
Makes me think of Chelsee's epic airport quickstep! And Kimberley's quickstep also had a story(ish)
https://twitter.com/TeamPashel/status/390893652991811584/photo/1/large
https://twitter.com/TeamPashel/status/390897589467766784/photo/1/large
https://twitter.com/TeamPashel/status/390898138195968000/photo/1/large
https://twitter.com/TeamPashel/status/390899305575641088/photo/1/large
https://twitter.com/RachelRileyRR/status/390892581129052160/photo/1/large
Sooo cute. Zoe sneaking in her Pasha adoration whenever she can.
Loved the ITT segment tonight... Pasha being floored by Zoe's cheeky comments... bless him... He is getting cuter by the day... :o:o
I tolerated Aliona with Matt as they produced some fun quality routines but despised her for winning with Dreary McDullard.
Yes I noticed Karen's supportive stance regarding Rachel and I do think she calls it as she sees it.
Chelsee's was a breakthrough (week four) but I think she had more fun with that dance in the final.
Kimba's (week three) may not have been as technically acclaimed by the judges,but for me was a more fun performance with her flirting wonderfully with Pasha,who also played his role to perfection.
I kept being drawn to Rachel's beautiful teeth - hadn't noticed them before. She should smile even more often.
I cant get that training clip to play. Is it playing for everyone else?
Usually there is no problem on Windows Explorer.
Good advice, but see the knives are out again on the MF, I must have been watching a different ITT. Good on you Poppysinbloom, but you may as well speak to yourself or one of us.:rolleyes:;)
Yet if one of their favourites, different rules applies. Thought Rachel was a 'duffer' if you read some comments.:rolleyes: If she lasts midway then great, if not, then wasn't meant to be. We knew she wasn't a contender, but honestly.
Seems to be if Aliona isn't getting slated it tends to be Pasha, yet everyone else, esp one is marvellous, yeah right.:rolleyes:
OK Teeswolf, will listen to your advice now.:D
No, not at all, you and a few others after you were very good.:)
I think viewers will have been impressed by everything except the training. Since the show was recorded on Wednesday I still have faith that they can make it by Saturday. Pasha is showing a lot of faith in Rachel so I'm sticking with those cars too.
I think Rachel is doing well considering that she is not a natural mover. This is a very difficult and fast routine according to Ian so if she delivers it on Saturday viewers should be really impressed.
It is risky as one mistake in the Quickstep can be very difficult to catch up but I did notice Rachel adjusting her feet very fast in the first training clip to correct when she made a mistake.
I'm not even writing her off as a contender because its early days and I think she has done well so far considering that she is not a natural mover. They will need to develop more of a relationship and more chemistry to be contenders and that can only happen naturally, so we shall see.
I bet you did
But not on the forum
Perhaps Artem fans wish to find Pasha as ungracious as their boy was last year when he partnered Fern. I see none of that from Pasha. He's been empathic with Rachel, which is what she needs actually, and his humour has come through very strongly this year. I just wish she'd 'get' him being funny sometimes - another of my Rachel frustrations.
Edit: Typos everywhere! :mad:
If so, then you have good taste.
Oh dear, I haven't looked at the MF, so don't know what they are saying.
Rachel has been mid division so far, but I think she has the potential to improve. She just lacks self confidence on the dance floor, but I expect this to come the further she gets.
She comes across as a lovely girl, trying her best and enjoying herself. What is the problem?
I love anyone with sin right in the middle of their user name. In fact, get you! You're like an animate Eden, all those flowers and a hidden serpent :cool::cool:
Thank goodness for you Fatskia. Really good post.
Now monkeh!!! what were you doing in the middle of the night on DS!!!????:eek::eek:
A lovely post skia... well said...
Pasha looked yummy!!!! :o
And as long as Pasha has faith in Rachel, so do I ... :D
I am just glad for them to improve week by week... that's what it is all about ....
Don't you know yet??... She is a sinning 'monkeh' !!!!:eek::eek::D:D