Friends on Ice 2008

Happy Birthday, glorydave!!
I'm sorry I'm late to say this to you... I had been on vacation.

Thank you all for sharing your impressions and informations about FOI!! I couldn't help laughing reading nipponophile's extraordinary experience. Sorry nipponophile, but definitely it must have been a wonderful moment for you!! I really envy DTFF members who could go there. Oh I don't know why FOI won't be broadcasted...



"A small miracle 'made in Japan' "
http://iceblue.cocolog-nifty.com/figure/2008/07/2008made_in_jap_2861.html

Here is a translation of parts of this article.


At the conference of FOI Daisuke Takahashi looked happy.
"I have liked this music for 3-4 years and I have longed to skate to it. And now it comes true so I myself is excited very much." Considering he kept saying "it wasn't a progaram which I wanted to do at first." whenever he refered to Swan Lake Hip Hop version last season, the image of Daisuke Takahashi who started with his own will arouse.
However he didn't know the name of the music, 'eye' in fact.
"I told Kenji Miyamoto that I wanted to do coba. Then what he selected happend to be 'eye'. Our minds have become one. Thence we started. "
Daisuke Takahashi looked even proudly talking about 'a small miracle' between the fellows who reach each other's hearts. By his side he has a peer who faces in the same direction, can talk with him in a familiar language, get exicited and creats something with him.

"(The consecutive steps are) Very hard. But each of Slst and Cist has different taste. Cist is designed to be bit lovely, masculine as well as lovely."

Once again, thank you for the translation, miyu!

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Daisuke Takahashi looked even proudly talking about 'a small miracle' between the fellows who reach each other's hearts. By his side he has a peer who faces in the same direction, can talk with him in a familiar language, get exicited and creats something with him.

Yes, those two seem to connect very well.

Oh and a belated Happy Birthday to you, glorydave!

Thank you for your wishes, miyu and hsush !
And thank you miyu for translation!

I really hope Daisuke can create a good relationship also with the choreographer of his new FP...

Hi,everyone,where can I see the vids of Daisuke?
The show seems fantastic but as if I couldn't see it at all

This show wasn't televised so there aren't any videos other than the news clips that glorydave (thanks for that) posted.

Shizuka has very cute dogs! I want to say that most of them are long haired Dachshunds. Dai and Takahiko look so cute holding them. Thanks for sharing the links, Leode.

And thanks to miyu for translating that article. Daisuke and Kenji Miyamoto are a very well matched skater-choreographer pair. Hopefully he will also connect well with whoever does his free program (I think it's Tom Dickson).

Hi, DTFF members! Are you enjoying summer? I hope Daisuke enjoys, too.

swandie wrote:

Shizuka has very cute dogs! I want to say that most of them are long haired Dachshunds. Dai and Takahiko look so cute holding them. Thanks for sharing the links, Leode.

You're welcome, swandie!
Yeah, right. Shizuka has two long haired Dachshunds dogs. They are very cute!!

Here is a pic of "Phantom of the Opera"!
http://iceblue.cocolog-nifty.com/figure/2008/07/post_102c.html

Shizuka said about this program "I produced one musical performance with our member's best and characteristic moves." She added "To be honest, I love Dai-chan's steps at "Phantom of the Opera" in his Free Skating. And I was wondering I made a group performance program with using his moves. That's why I selected this opera. In order to make this program, I watched this movie and made a composition from five kinds of CDs "Phantom of the Opera" that I heard."

And Daisuke said in FOI's pamphlet about Shizuka, "She's very wonderful person. And she always looks so cool, but she sometimes makes me laugh with doing stupid things. I like that!! She is, so to say, my elder sister for me.(laughing)"

Hi, DTFF members, I introduce you Daisuke's profile and messages on FOI pamphlet which was said in his handwriting.

Daisuke Takahashi

Birthday: March 16, 1986
Blood Type: A Type

Q1. What are your memorable highlight scenes? Would you give us your Best 3?

1. Worlds 2007 in Tokyo 2nd
I never forget the roaring from the audience before I performed straight line step in Free Skating "Phantom of the Opera".

2. Trophee Eric Bompard 2003 (I think this was 2004) 11th
The short program was 3rd, but I've never done so much mistakes in Free Skating program before.

3. Worlds 2008 in Sweden 4th
In some way, this competition improved and encouraged myself to do next step.

Q2. What is highlight in "Friends on Ice 2008"?
We are very closed friends each other. I hope you enjoy our friendly group performance and each performances individually.

Q3. Would you give your message for your fan?
I will do the best for the top. I think it is not easy way to get on a top for Takahashi(laughing), but I will overcome whatever it happens. Please give me your warming supports as always, thank you.

Thank you, Leode!

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I never forget the roaring from the audience before I performed straight line step in Free Skating "Phantom of the Opera".

I never forget it, too!

GO DAISUKE!

You're always welcome, glorydave!