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Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« on: March 04, 2015, 07:29:53 PM »
My girls really want to skate together in the Spring show. Not that I actually know when that is, but they mentioned it to their coach, and he mentioned it today, so I gather it's happening eventually. I'm trying to think of something that would be fun for them. They're 9 years old, identical twins, and cute as buttons (I may be biased here). Their coach said the only thing that came right to mind was "Sisters" from "White Christmas" so I am trying to find alternatives. Any ideas off the top of your head?

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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2015, 08:09:30 PM »
"Me and My Shadow"

"Tea for Two"

"Side By Side"

There must be something a big more "modern" but this is what strikes me for right now!

I love it when kids do "duets" of any kind - I did one with a friend when I was 10 or 11 and it was a BLAST!!  I don't know what we skated to though....

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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2015, 08:13:18 PM »
- Anything from Frozen (though it's overdone so I recommend against it)
- Stepsister's Lament - Cinderella
- What is this Feeling - Wicked
- Abraham's Daughter - One could be Katniss and one could be Prim
- Dig a little deeper - Princess and the frog
- Dancing with myself - they could dress like mirror images of each other and mirror each other :)
- Ever Ever After - Carrie Underwood

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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2015, 08:16:42 PM »
- Anything from Frozen (though it's overdone so I recommend against it)
- Stepsister's Lament - Cinderella
- What is this Feeling - Wicked
- Abraham's Daughter - One could be Katniss and one could be Prim
- Dig a little deeper - Princess and the frog
- Dancing with myself - they could dress like mirror images of each other and mirror each other :)
- Ever Ever After - Carrie Underwood

These are good - make sure the music is widely familiar though - otherwise a great deal of the audience won't "get it"!

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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2015, 08:29:04 PM »
Good suggestions, keep 'em coming! And yes, sadly we've nixed Frozen, even though it's their favorite and they sing the songs constantly.

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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2015, 08:39:16 PM »
Anything you can do, I can do better

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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2015, 08:56:08 PM »
Anything you can do, I can do better
My training partner and I skated this as our duet program this year. It was really well received by the audience!
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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2015, 10:53:31 PM »
Fun!  I like Dancing with Myself, that would be super cute.
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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2015, 10:05:41 AM »
These are awesome suggestions! Totally saving them for future stuff. A friend ended up suggesting the theme song from the Disney show "Liv & Maddie" and all four of us jumped right on board. It's pretty much perfect for them, and they love the show.

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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2015, 11:13:35 AM »
The Helgesson sisters did a routine to Rocky for their exhibition piece at Europeans this year. They basically had a skate off. I'm sure you can find it on Youtube somewhere. The result of the contest was a fix (as in the older sister won but the younger sister had a better day of it), but it certainly was entertaining. I liked the sit spin contest where it was who fell over last, which is easily replicatable!
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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2015, 11:28:53 AM »
Love this thread, great ideas here which I may borrow at some point ;)
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Re: Music ideas for a twin skating duet?
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2015, 12:00:36 PM »

The Helgesson sisters did a routine to Rocky for their exhibition piece at Europeans this year. They basically had a skate off. I'm sure you can find it on Youtube somewhere. The result of the contest was a fix (as in the older sister won but the younger sister had a better day of it), but it certainly was entertaining. I liked the sit spin contest where it was who fell over last, which is easily replicatable!
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That's hilarious! I am totally saving that idea for when they're older, more skilled, and hopefully a little teensy bit less psychotically competitive with each other!