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Dancing With The Stars Season 8
marigold:
Mark Ballas Blogs:
Keeping you updated........
So its been a hectic couple of weeks, action packed and fun, but definitely hectic.
I have to say i am extremely proud of Shawns progress so far, and i really hope all of you have been enjoying our performances so far, i am really excited for the V Waltz next week.
The Ballas Hough Band shows have been getting better and better every week, and our live show is really developing and i couldnt be more excited, I am hoping that those of you who haven't been over to the grove shows yet can come and catch one very soon, we are going to be there every Tuesday at 8pm, on the Lawn at the grove till the end of the season, and we are gonna make the show different every week, different songs, special guests its going to be a blast.
Julianne Hough played with us a week ago and her and Derek did a duet which was really cool to play, and then she sang on our Song (Do you love me) which was fun,
This week, we had the lovely Joanna Pacitti sing a new song that she wrote called (Storm before the calm) and it was amazing to have her on stage with us her vocals were amazing and it was awesome to have Joanna sing on our song (Fall) which she co-wrote with us..........
I just want to say a huge thank you to all of you who have been supporting Shawn and I and of-course Ballas Hough Band, and i hope all of you who went out and picked up the record are loving it, and if you havent heard it yet grab a copy and let us know what you think.....
Well just wanted to keep you all updated, and i hope to see you at the grove.
Mark B
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marigold:
Ty Murray Blogs:
‘I like everything about the Pasodoble’
I feel like Chelsie and I are in better shape on this dance than any of other dances, simply for the fact that Chelsie is done with the choreography and we already have it set. We have the routine down and now it's just a matter of learning all the technique.
Most of the time we set the choreography and then we tweak it and then we change it some more. We've had weeks where we didn't even have the choreography completely done on Friday. Today's only Wednesday and we pretty much already have it set in stone.
I think Chelsie really likes the choreography and we were able to go through it enough today that I pretty much know the steps. Now it's about figuring out the count and the timing and the technique, but I feel like we're ahead of where we've been in past weeks.
I'm new to all of this and she's new to the show, but I think she's buckled down and figured out ways we can start to get ahead of the game. And it feels like we are.
Now that gives us Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday to work on all the technique because there's a lot of it involved with this dance and some of the timing and counts are a little tricky for me.
But I like everything about the Pasodoble.
I like how it's very masculine. I'll be honest, I don't know if this is the right description, but it's very dramatic in a real bullfighter way.
We didn't get the song we wanted, but the song we got was "Barracuda" by Heart. They gave us some options and out of those Chelsie liked this one the best.
She likes the count that goes with this song and there are no gimmicks with this routine. Our dance routine is a traditional Pasodoble. Hopefully the judges will like it because of that and because of the way that it is I think the audience will like it too--if I can do it right.
So don't get me wrong, yes, I am feeling really good about the dance and I was getting the steps, but then when you put in all the technique and it gets really hard and the ball starts rolling downhill on you really fast.
That's when you start to get stiff and mechanical.
Chelsie has a good feel for me now and she knows what makes me better as well as what makes me worse. She also has a feel for what it takes to make a dancer out of me--we have four days, not a lifetime.
It's like it would be with anything. If you have four days to get someone to do this one thing decent you're probably going to teach them differently than if they were trying to make a career out of it and that's strictly because of time restraints.
I think we're a good team and we're getting a feel for working with one another.
In the past every single thing we did she had to teach me how to do it.
For instance, if said that we were going to do pivots then she would have to explain what pivots are and how you do them. Then we'd have to practice pivots over and over.
Now we're getting to the point that there are still new things I have to learn each week, but we might come to a point in the routine where she wants me to do a pivot. Well, we've already done pivots in the foxtrot and the quickstep so that's something we've already spent a lot of time learning.
So when she wants to put in something I've already learned that's when you can really start to see that we're getting better at a faster pace.
We still have a lot of work ahead of us between now and Monday, but I just feel like we're ahead of the game.
http://www.pbrnow.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/1/I-like-everything-about-the-Pasodoble
marigold:
Woz Blogs:
This morning, very early, I met a limo that took me to the DWTS stage for a satellite feed to Good Morning America. I don't remember specifics of that interview, with myself and with Holly, but they did include the greatly funny Jimmy Kimmel piece. Then it was back to my apartment where I rushed to clear as much internet stuff as I could.
I actually managed to sleep maybe 2 hours before meeting another limo that took me to LAX for a flight to NYC to appear on Regis and Kelly tomorrow morning (Thursday). Karina and Dmitry and Holly were also on this fight, and Holly's manager and my friends Joe and Zach.
It's 1 AM here now and I have to catch a morning limo, so I'm going to hold off on doing a full post of my DWTS thoughts. Thank you all for your patience.
I do plan to stay in NYC a couple of extra days and return to L.A. on Sunday to catch the DWTS show on Monday and Tuesday. I may drive home Wednesday for the first time in quite a while, so that's a big deal.
I am very bogged down due to a total lack of time right now.
best,
Woz
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marigold:
An interesting article more on Shawn:
Johnson's Stalker Had Been Stopped by Ala. Police
Five days before Robert O'Ryan was arrested for allegedly stalking Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, a Loxley, Alabama police officer quizzed the 34-year-old during a traffic stop on Interstate 10. A police car dash cam recorded the conversation between O'Ryan and the officer.
O'Ryan was en route from his home in Florida to meet Johnson in California. The unkempt man told the officer he was meeting a friend. "Who is she," asked the officer. "Shawn Johnson," O'Ryan stuttered. "She's an Olympic gymnast. She's on TV now."
O'Ryan confessed, "I'm meeting her there. I've been communicating with her." He also told the policeman, "I'm going to try to get her to marry me."
During the 29-minute stop, the alleged stalker mentioned Johnson at least three times, and when asked if he'd ever spoken to the "Dancing with the Stars" contestant, O'Ryan said only in his dreams. O'Ryan admitted, "My intuition tells me that we're going to have a beautiful relationship together."
According to WKRG in Alabama, O'Ryan received two traffic tickets; one for driving without insurance and another expired plates.
Last Thursday, O'Ryan was charged with one felony count of stalking and two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded gun in a vehicle. He faces up to four years in prison.
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/04/johnsons_stalker_had_been_stop.php
marigold:
More on Shawn: A video of the police traffic stop is below
Celebrity Stalker On Loxley Dash Cam
Loxley, Alabama may be a small town, but it sees more than its fair share of characters traveling Interstate 10.
"You'd be surprised at how many guys they encounter that are just crazy," said Loxely Police Chief Chip Cason.
It's no surprise then, that a police officer making an early morning traffic stop didn't think much of a guy claiming to be driving 2,400 miles to marry an Olympic gymnast.
In the dash cam video that recorded the stop, the officer asked 34-year-old Robert O'Ryan where he was headed.
"California," replied O'Ryan who went on to say he was meeting a friend. "Who is she," asked the officer. "Shawn Johnson," mumbled O'Ryan. "She's an Olympic gymnast. She's on TV now."
During the 29 minute stop, O'Ryan talked about Johnson at least three times, and when asked if he'd ever spoken to the gymnast and Dancing With The Stars contestant personally, he said only in his dreams.
"Today with Internet dating it's not uncommon to encounter people traveling miles across states to go meet people that they've met on the Internet for the first time," said Cason, who says the officer didn't even know who Johnson was when he gave O'Ryan two traffic tickets: one for having no insurance and the other for an expired license plate.
Cason insists there was no way for the officer to know the man standing in front of him would be arrested five days later with a pair of loaded guns, duct tape and love letters to his idol.
O'Ryan faces a felony stalking charge after he was spotted trying to sneak in to the CBS Studios during a Dancing With The Stars Rehearsal.
Link to view video: http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/celebrity_stalker_caught_on_dash_cam/25020/
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