More on the line of up and coming US starts, I was watching the US Intermediate Ice Dance championships and saw a a team of cuties that I predict have a BIG future. Elizabeth Tkachenko and Alexei "sorry-Russian name" are US skaters and really have tremendous skills and presence! For their first dance they had to wait on the ice about 10 min while some technical problem. Others would have had a melt-down. They stayed calmed and relaxed and skated very nicely! Oh, and I forgot, they are 9 and 10 years old!
Wow! That's amazing! I KNOW if that happened to me at 10 years old, I would be whining and complaining that it's taking too long. I was very impatient then and I still am.