Introduction, or a short recap my "adventures" in Bucharest on the show "Kings on Ice", 11.04.2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK, girls, and officially - yesterday I was in paradise!
... do I must to say - "Plushy paradise"?
Beautifully birthday present I could not imagine - 12 hours to be in the presence of Evgeni, is there anything better than that?
My words are not enough, nor can express all my feelings - but there are pictures and video, which I could take forever yesterday
.... just that I have 3 more pairs of hands and 10 cameras
First, few "bad" news - I changed the 8 pairs battery and recorded 9 GB of material
- and again I was not able to shoot everything whyt I want and see - lot of things are happening at the same time, or I late to turn on the camera, or just a blink
... spent all batteries, charge all memory
.... I forgot to bring my power cable for laptop (while hotel's internet was a 50MB per second for upload)
.... nor my camera is superior, so you'll forgive me for the non-sharp clips, photos etc ...
On the end of "long day", I had to shoot only Plushy's pieces from show
... that I was sorry, because it was one of the best show I've ever seen
- all extraordinary skaters, the atmosphere which prevailed among them, and the interaction of each skater with a wonderful and gratefully Bucharest audience - every performer was welcomed and seen off with a huge applause, Lambiel and Plushy have a standing ovation - Plushy even 2 times.
But believe me - what I saw before show, I just had to shoot, because it is something that is rarely seen
.... at least for me
I have so much to tell you, I do not know from where to go. So, I will start shortly, after and widely - hour by hour (if someone interested in
)
You will be clearer my shock and euphoria
... when I realized that, thanks to Edvin Marton's, and later to Ari's (as and Max for helping me to contact Marton)
.... I got a pass as a member of the team, the so-called "artist" label
- so, I was not have just a journalist pass (who has restricted access to some parts of the arena) than I was "member of team who participate", and therefore, to me was permitted access wherever and skaters
- I drove up together with skaters on the bus
... peered everywhere around the backstage (and in the locker rooms, men, too, if someone interested
) .... I saw everything and attend to all their activities .... talking with everyone, mostly with Ari, Lambiel and Plushy, like I'm their equal member of the team.
Plushy was cute, warm and patient with me
... personally invited me to lunch with them
... constantly joking with everyone (and me)
(stil in shock
)
Also, stil I can not come to myself, when I realize that Plushy reminded me from Estonia... that I was 2 times hugged and kissed with him
and took pictures (sorry, this will not be able to see - I'm too shy
) ... watched him while is he on the ice, next to him
.... managed to give him all gifts from the bunch of girls, who were sent to him through me, badger him with many autographs for same girls
... take his statement with a message addressed to all his fans, which read and wrote on the site and forum
... thanked him on behalf of all of us, because he was came back, fought, thanked for what he is, and will always be - the best skater of all time.
I concluded that Evgeni's fully aware of all our love and devotion to him, but that he also, constantly needed a confirmation of this, and it motivates when he see that people enjoy in his skating, and it gives him strength to continue on ... After all, you can hear his statement/interview
For now, I post only "Tango" on youtube, I tried 3 times uplaod "Je suis malade" (but 2 times I got youtube error reported at the end) - I will ask Dimi to try to upload to our "shared" channel
... trust me - you will not regret waiting - such ovations I have not seen before.
I still have a part form "new" final with Lambiel and Plushy, and irresistible honorary Plushy's circle with a small girl
Before the show - it's another story
.... please be patient while I classify photos and videos, and while I not upload them
(i have "slow" SD photo memory card, slow internet...
)
With some picture and videos I'm going to add a comment of what I not managed to record, and it was interesting.
P.S. The only thing for I regret is because had "exclusive" access to all places, and had a great place during the show
... but I did not have a quality camera, which can convey to you all the atmosphere
... but I think you will also enjoy and in this what you can see, and I hope that i will have opportunities, in the future, to do some better shooting on some next show
PLUSHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! .... just for beginning....
..... still in "Plushy paradise"