It is Jenny Kirk’s birthday on Thursday, and to thoroughly embarrass her, for the past few days Dave has been posting links on the TSL Facebook page to videos of Jenny skating when she was a lot younger ( https://www.facebook.com/TheSkatingLesson ).
13 year old Jenny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcGFpcAQSkY
14 year old Jenny (Lion King)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErVcFLNXb9Y
16 year old Jenny (Pocahontas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLZw99jmRk
Jenny is so cute and adorable in the first video!!! You just want to pick her up give her a big hug!!!
What I find so remarkable looking back is how good Jenny was so young! I had only ever seen her skating before when she was already at senior level. But, from looking at these, she was a VERY good novice and junior. I know I have been raving on about how good the current Russian teenagers are, but I think Jenny at the same age was as good as, if not better, than them.
And, although Jenny is embarrassed looking back on it, I love her costume in the Lion King routine! It really helps your enjoyment when you can see the lengths the skater goes to make their performance look just right. It’s like Mao Asada and her Mary Poppins exhibition from last season. It just shows their professionalism.
I just wish I had watched these videos before I watched the “This and That” video from a couple of weeks ago, as all I could think during these throwback videos was “Where did it all go wrong?!”
Thankfully, Jenny made up for that major fashion faux-pas a few days later by posting this photo of herself when she was going out for her first competition:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q74/1150406_10151783632093748_792232095_n.jpg
Jenny wrote in the description accompanying this photo “The number of fashion don'ts in this picture is overwhelming.” But, I totally disagree. She looks just how a wee girl of that age, at that time, SHOULD look. And she looks so happy!
Thank you for the memories! (Even though, for me, they are completely new! )
Caroliza_fan
13 year old Jenny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcGFpcAQSkY
14 year old Jenny (Lion King)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErVcFLNXb9Y
16 year old Jenny (Pocahontas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLZw99jmRk
Jenny is so cute and adorable in the first video!!! You just want to pick her up give her a big hug!!!
What I find so remarkable looking back is how good Jenny was so young! I had only ever seen her skating before when she was already at senior level. But, from looking at these, she was a VERY good novice and junior. I know I have been raving on about how good the current Russian teenagers are, but I think Jenny at the same age was as good as, if not better, than them.
And, although Jenny is embarrassed looking back on it, I love her costume in the Lion King routine! It really helps your enjoyment when you can see the lengths the skater goes to make their performance look just right. It’s like Mao Asada and her Mary Poppins exhibition from last season. It just shows their professionalism.
I just wish I had watched these videos before I watched the “This and That” video from a couple of weeks ago, as all I could think during these throwback videos was “Where did it all go wrong?!”
Thankfully, Jenny made up for that major fashion faux-pas a few days later by posting this photo of herself when she was going out for her first competition:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q74/1150406_10151783632093748_792232095_n.jpg
Jenny wrote in the description accompanying this photo “The number of fashion don'ts in this picture is overwhelming.” But, I totally disagree. She looks just how a wee girl of that age, at that time, SHOULD look. And she looks so happy!
Thank you for the memories! (Even though, for me, they are completely new! )
Caroliza_fan
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