The photos from the last weekend’s 2016 Fall Freestyles event from the DC Area Arthur Murray studios are released at the TimeLine Media proofing site! Compared to their last meeting, this was a crowded event in the ballroom. Of course everyone was in the same ballroom this time, but attendance felt higher. This week, we have edited and sorted the photos by studio. With this in mind, please let me know if I made any mistakes! Here is the link:
This time, I had some great help from my photographer friends. It would be impossible for me to cover all the heats all weekend, so I am thankful for the help! Obviously, we would like to thank the studio owners and managers that prepared the dancers for their heats all weekend!
The photos from last April’s 2016 Spring Freestyles are expiring. After Monday, they will be removed from the proofing site and placed in an archive server. Before they go, please share the following link to all the photos:
Obviously this was a different event setup. Because of the new scheduling, a two-day event became one. Moreover, everyone had to dance on Sunday to participate. In order to make this work, there were more people on the dance floor at once. Likewise, it was much more busy for the teachers dancing with students. Nevertheless, they did a great job during the heats, and changing quickly for the professional shows. Although it was a compressed schedule, we still had a great finale for the professionals to show off their skills. Of course this is inspiring to see, but it also is great marketing for the studios. Selfishly, it makes for great photo marketing too. Enjoy!
Nancy Kerrigan at the entrance to Tysons Corner Center
An Olympian Visits
Nancy Kerrigan will likely come to mind when you think of ice skating. She made the USA proud with her efforts on the Olympic teams in 1992 and 1994. For the first holiday season that Tysons Corner Center has their Plaza open to the public, they have a large ice rink installed. To open the rink for skating to the public, they had a show featuring some area ice skaters, and Nancy Kerrigan. What a way to open this exciting new installation!
Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center
I was inside covering other events inside the mall as I posted
about previously. So I asked a photographer Nick Tettey from JB Elliott
Photography to help me get photos of the ice show. To see his photos of the
event, you can visit the Facebook page of Tysons Corner Center. I came outside
to catch the end of the show which gave me the opportunity to see Nancy skating
live. To see a professional that has practiced performing for large crowd for most
of her life is a gift. You can tell the muscle memory she has built to do such
complicated movements and to make them look effortless.
Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner CenterIce Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center
Meet and Greet
After their show was done, Nancy and her skaters came inside to get some nice photos together. The stage set up in the Concourse was a much better setting for photos than the very dark and cold ice skating rink setup out on the Plaza. So I setup a large strobe as high as I could get it on a light stand. From here, it was very easy to get nice photos of the group together with Nancy.
Nancy Kerrigan Meet and Greet at Tysons Corner Center
She was very generous with her time. Lots of people wanted to come up to get some selfies with her, and she did so nicely with everyone that waited to see her.
At the end of the event, Nancy took a lot of time to meet with an older gentleman that came to ask her what the event was about. In explaining all of his buttons that he wore on his jacket and hats, he said that he used to be a pilot that used to fly Air Force One! Nancy humbly told him that she used to skate for the USA. I really enjoyed seeing her interaction with him and how she succinctly summarized her amazing career!
Nancy Kerrigan Meet and Greet at Tysons Corner Center
